Malaria Vaccine Hailed As Potential Breakthrough
A malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% effective in early trials and could be a major breakthrough against the disease
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Malaria’s Ticking Time Bomb
Scientists are racing to stamp out the disease in southeast Asia before unstoppable strains spread.
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‘Super Malaria’ Spreads Across Southeast Asia, Raising Alarm
A form of malaria dubbed, “super malaria,” because of its resistance to standard treatment, has spread to Southeast Asia for the first time creating an alarming global threat.
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Drug-Resistant Malaria On Myanmar-India Border A Risk To World Health
In the parts of the world where malaria still rears its ugly head, the sometimes-deadly parasitic disease is mostly controlled and bested by a class of drugs called artemisinins. But a new study shows pockets of drug-resistant malarial outbreaks have been cropping up throughout Southeast Asia.
The new study, which also noted drug-resistant infections in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, was published this week in the …..