Malaria
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Kerala reports case of new type of malaria. How worrisome it is?
India | Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM ISTState Health Minister KK Shailaja informed that a soldier, who had returned after serving in Sudan, has been detected with 'plasmodium oval, a new genus of malaria'.
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India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases in South-East Asia between 2000-2019: WHO
India | Dec 01, 2020, 09:51 AM ISTIndia made “strong progress” in the fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The World Malaria Report 2020, released Monday, said that in 2019, malaria cases globally numbered about 229 million, an annual estimate that has remained virtually unchanged over the last four years.
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750 million genetically modified mosquitoes are being released to control vector-borne diseases
World | Aug 22, 2020, 09:03 AM ISTOver 750 million genetically modified mosquitos will be released in Florida Keys in the next two years. According to the reports, the plan has been approved from the US authorities on Tuesday.
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Pranayam helps cure diseases, Swami Ramdev shares how
Lifestyle | Aug 11, 2020, 10:29 AM ISTSwami Ramdev says by doing pranayamas daily, one can protect himself from any disease. Know what are the benefits of Pranayamas here.
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Delhi records 73 cases of Dengue, Malaria amid coronavirus pandemic
India | Jul 26, 2020, 11:42 AM ISTAmid the rising coronavirus cases, another battle is looming over the horizon of Delhi. The cases of mosquito-borne diseases are rising in the national capital. As per the latest data released by all three municipal corporations, the city has recorded 73 cases of Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya so far.
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COVID-19 pandemic may lead to surge in HIV, TB, malaria deaths: Lancet study
Science | Jul 14, 2020, 03:31 PM ISTScientists have predicted a surge in HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria deaths in low- and middle-income countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but add that this toll can be reduced by prioritising the most critical services, such as timely diagnosis and treatment for these diseases.
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'How malaria parasite traffics between host cells decoded'
India | Dec 27, 2019, 01:24 PM ISTResearchers conducted a study on the interaction of the malaria parasite with the human red blood cells, the study was aimed at shedding more light on this complex interplay.
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Malaria carrying mosquitoes sense insecticide with leg proteins: Study
Science | Dec 26, 2019, 11:14 AM ISTIn a first, researchers have shown that proteins in the legs of malaria carrying mosquitoes help them develop resistant to insecticides, an advance that may lead to new strategies against the disease which kills nearly 4,00,000 people each year.
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Chemically treated mosquito nets to fight Malaria in Manipur
India | Dec 07, 2019, 05:39 PM IST"LLINs which are given free of cost by the Geneva-based Global Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM)" is one of the most essential "malaria elimination programme", State Malaria Officer, Thangpa Serto told PTI.
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Malaria-endemic districts reduced to 63 in 2018
India | Dec 06, 2019, 10:16 PM ISTThe government has identified malaria-prone areas of the country and the number of high endemic districts has reduced from 132 in 2016 to 63 in 2018, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Parliament on Friday.
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Trust your grandmother's soup/'kadha' to save you from malaria
Health | Nov 19, 2019, 06:13 PM IST"Malaria kills more than 400,000 people per year and infects more than 200 million, yet resistance to our frontline drugs continues to emerge," said study lead researcher Jake Baum, Professor at Imperial College London, in UK.
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How malaria parasite prepares for infecting humans found
Science | Nov 01, 2019, 03:01 PM ISTThe study, published in the journal Nature Communications, noted that the malaria parasite Plasmodium makes a blueprint of the proteins it needs to infect the liver while still living in the mosquito, well in advance of its life cycle stages in the human host.
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Delhi saw 459 malaria, 467 dengue cases since January: SDMC report
India | Oct 14, 2019, 01:24 PM ISTOn September 8, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had launched a special mass campaign under the name 10 hafte, 10 baje, 10 minute’ by inspecting his home for stagnant water to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases.
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India biggest success story among malaria-endemic countries
India | Oct 09, 2019, 11:22 PM ISTIndia has been the biggest success story amongst malaria endemic countries in the world in bringing down malaria cases and deaths, which have declined by 49.09 per cent and 50.52 per cent in 2017, respectively, as compared to 2013.
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Anti-malarial drug: New discovery offers new hope towards prevention from the deadly disease
Aug 30, 2019, 06:02 PM ISTA new drug has been discovered by a team of scientists in the US which unleashes a new hope to prevent the spreading of malaria. The drug aims to kill the parasite at all stages of its life cycle along with treating the patient suffering from the deadly disease.
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Mosquito Menace: 75 dengue cases and 131 of malaria reported in Delhi
India | Aug 28, 2019, 07:19 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a special campaign to combat dengue that will involve wide participation of people in preventing the spread of vector-borne diseases. Kejriwal said he himself along with his ministers and government officials will help check mosquito-breeding.
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Malaria cases spike in Delhi, 51 cases reported in June
India | Jul 08, 2019, 05:06 PM ISTCases of malaria have spiked in the national capital with at least 51 persons affected by it in June this year, three times the number of people affected with dengue reported in the same month, a municipal report released on Monday said.
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Climate warming may increase malaria risk in colder regions
World | Jun 28, 2019, 11:33 AM ISTA slight rise in temperature may increase the risk of malaria to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people, in areas that are currently too cold for malaria parasites to complete their development, according to a study.
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Good news: World's first malaria vaccine launched in Africa | 10 points
World | Apr 24, 2019, 08:13 PM ISTWorld's first malaria vaccine launched in Africa: The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a giant leap in fight against Malaraia disease by launching world's first vaccine to fight the dreaded disease.
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India, 15 other African countries account for 80% of world's malaria cases: WHO
World | Nov 20, 2018, 12:28 PM ISTIn all, 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carried almost 80 per cent of the global malaria burden. In India, 1.25 billion people in the population were at risk of malaria, the report said.