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Mosquitos: Get Them to Buzz Off
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- August 17, 2024
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It's that time of year when mosquitoes are at their peak, buzzing around barbecues and stinging at will.
But you don't have to become their next victim, says one expert who offers tips on how to avoid being bitten.
A Malaria Drug May Combat Tick-Borne Babesiosis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 5, 2024
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A malaria drug could help immune-compromised people who can't shake off babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic infection, a new study says.
The drug tafenoquine helped cure four New England patients whose babesiosis infections weren't knocked out by the usual standard of car...
Maryland Reports Case of Locally Acquired Malaria
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 21, 2023
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There's been another case of locally acquired malaria in the United States, this time in Maryland, authorities report.
It's the first time this has happened in that state in 40 years.
No evidence connects this case to seven locally acquired infections in Florida ...
New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to 8
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 19, 2023
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The United States now has had eight reported cases of malaria, seven of them in Florida, state health officials reported Tuesday.
Considered a public health emergency, these cases are the first in two decades to be acquired within this country's borders, not reported by ...
Mosquitoes Test Positive for Malaria in Florida
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 30, 2023
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Public health authorities are continuing to investigate malaria cases in Florida and Texas, gathering mosquitoes for tests.
Multiple mosquitoes from Sarasota County in Florida have tested positive for malaria at a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab, ...
Malaria Cases in Florida, Texas Are First U.S. Spread in 20 Years
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 27, 2023
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Public health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states, to be on the lookout for local spread of malaria after five cases have been reported in the United States in the past two months.
This is the first time there has been local spread in this...
New Tropical Species of Mosquito Migrates Into Florida
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 24, 2023
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Florida has yet another new mosquito species in its midst that has migrated from the tropics, settling in at least three counties since 2018.
It's not yet clear whether this one, called Culex lactator, will contribute to transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in...
3-Dose Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in African Trial
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 6, 2023
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New research has confirmed that a three-dose malaria vaccine is both safe and effective in West African adults, including those previously exposed to malaria.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) led work on the...
New Malaria Antibody Drug Prevents Infection in Adults for 6 Months
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2022
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A new malaria antibody treatment may keep more people free of the sometimes deadly disease for up to six months in regions where infection rates are high.
Instead of requiring the immune system to make enough antibodies, this experimental drug provides those who receive...
Scientists Engineer Mosquitoes That Can't Transmit Malaria
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 22, 2022
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The fight against malaria could hinge on genetically engineered mosquitoes that have something called "gene drive."
Researchers from the Transmission: Zero team at Imperial College London report that they have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth in their gut of th...
Monoclonal Antibody Might Help Prevent Malaria
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- August 4, 2022
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Researchers are reporting early but encouraging findings on a potential new way to prevent malaria -- an old foe that still ranks as a major killer worldwide.
In a small trial of healt...
New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children
- March 14, 2022
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A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia Monday for kids and teens.
The approval was...
WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine, a Lifesaver for Children Worldwide
- Robert Preidt
- October 6, 2021
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The first vaccine to protect against malaria has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of children a year.
Malaria kills about half a million people worldwide annually. Nearly all of those deaths occur in s...