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TB Vaccine Candidate Shows Early Promise
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report in the September 4 online edition of Nature Medicine that they have developed a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate that proved both potent and safe in animal studies. (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/)...
SMS, Singers And Nets Against Malaria
“It’s 9pm. Are you and your family sleeping under a mosquito net?” That message – delivered by government officials, artists and other personalities in Cameroon – will run on private and state-run media each evening from 20 August as...
Parasites Help Revise Ecological Theory
An old theory in ecology is that in any ecosystem, a small-sized animal species will be more populous than a large species. All you need is a summer picnic to prove the point: your barbecue might end up attracting thousands of tiny ants — but only a...
Staying the Course on Malaria Research
Funding for malaria research and development has quadrupled in the past 16 years – new drugs, diagnostics and insecticides have been developed and a vaccine is in the final stage of testing – but the constantly adapting malaria parasite means...Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy Protects Newborns
Infants born to mothers who received the influenza (flu) vaccine while pregnant are nearly 50 percent less likely to be hospitalized for the flu than infants born to mothers who did not receive the vaccine while pregnant, according to a new collaborative...
Unrest Disrupts Côte D’Ivoire’s Malaria Prevention Bid
The post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire delayed by several months a distribution of mosquito nets – a pillar of the country’s strategy to combat malaria, a leading killer of children.
ABC News And PSI Global Ambassador Mandy Moore Announce Essay Contest for Social Change
This week, as a follow up to World Malaria Day, PSI Global Ambassador Mandy Moore and ABC News’ Be the Change: Save a Life are co-hosting an on-line essay contest, asking others to share stories of what inspires them to take action in global health. ...
Malaria Cases in Malawi Double Since 2005
Deputy Director for National Malaria Control Programme for Malawi Doreen Alli said Thursday that Malaria cases in the country have almost doubled from about 3.7million cases in 2005 to about 6.1million in 2010.
