A team of researchers have made a major breakthrough in the understanding of the genetic composition of a parasite they believe might be used to stop the spread of disease. Dubbed Wolbachia bacterium, the parasite can influence the reproductive trend among insects and even go on to influence...

Reuters - Fewer children in sub-Saharan Africa are dying from measles, diarrhea and respiratory infections but improvements have been offset by HIV/AIDS and malaria, researchers said on Friday.

- Scientists of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have new evidence that indicates frequent doses of glucose-along with anti-malarial drugs-can help patients recover better and faster. After a four-year study looking into the...

Thirteen pharmaceutical companies have agreed to phase out a single-drug treatment for malaria in a bid to control rates of drug-resistance in the disease. The companies are among the main producers of the drug artemisinin and bowed to pressure from...

Plants thought to help treat or cure cancer, AIDS and malaria have been found in the endangered rainforests of Borneo, according to a report from the Swiss-based global conservation group WWF. According to a report, researchers at...

AP - A group of public health experts accused the World Bank on Tuesday of faking medical data, approving useless treatments and reneging on promises to help fund the fight against malaria.

Public health experts criticized the World Bank on Tuesday for failing to tackle malaria in hard-hit countries while millions of children have died. They said the bank, which has an annual budget of $20 billion, has concealed the amount of...

Reuters - Public health experts criticized the World Bank on Tuesday for failing to tackle malaria in hard-hit countries while millions of children have died.

 Combining anti-AIDS drugs, an antibiotic, and bed nets treated with insecticide could cut the rate of malaria infections in HIV patients by up to 95 percent, researchers said on Friday. Treatment may prove itself in...

A malaria outbreak in India has claimed the lives of at least 35 people with another 20,000 affected. Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman says, “A maximum alert has been sounded across Assam and medical teams are working on a war...

AP - Medical teams have been sent to northeast India after an outbreak of malaria killed at least 35 people, officials said Thursday.

AP - Each year cardiovascular disease kills 13 million people in developing countries, almost triple the number who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, researchers said Wednesday.

Researchers say 13 million people in developing countries die from cardiovascular disease. The staggering figure is almost triple the number of people who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Dr. Runlin Gao, a cardiologist...

AP - Each year cardiovascular disease kills 13 million people in developing countries, almost triple the number who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, researchers said Wednesday.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Baltimore, MD (AHN) - Government policies in Burma that restrict public health and humanitarian aid have enabled some of the world’s deadly diseases to spread unchecked. According to a report by Johns Hopkins, AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria...

AP - The best treatment for malaria may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.

AP - The best treatment for malaria may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.

AP - The best treatment for malaria may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- For years, health workers have distributed iron and folic acid supplements to malnourished children throughout the developing world, to help fight pediatric anemia.

AFP - UN recommendations that infants be systematically given iron and folic acid supplements in populations where there is high incidence of anaemia could be dangerous in zones where malaria is widespread, a study says.