New malaria parasites evade detection and are hard to treat

Newly-detected strains of malaria-causing parasites in Ethiopia are resistant to current treatments and are able to evade detection.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Sept. 12, 2023 ~7 min

Malaria may be returning to the United States

For the first time since 2003, local transmission of malaria has been found in the United States, with six cases in Florida and one in Texas.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
July 31, 2023 ~11 min


Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered

After recent cases in Florida and Texas, authorities are advising the public to drain standing water sources to keep mosquitoes from multiplying.

Rajiv Chowdhury, Professor of Global Health, Florida International University • conversation
June 30, 2023 ~8 min

Microwaving insecticide could keep bed nets working

To make the insecticide deltamethrin more effective for anti-malaria bed nets, researchers are turning to the microwave.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
June 27, 2023 ~2 min

Keeping 8 billion people healthy in a hotter, more crowded world -- 4 ways population and climate change put public health at risk

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 ~9 min

8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 ~9 min

Antibody Drug Tested as New Tool against Malaria

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 6, 2022 ~4 min

Team links malaria spike with mass amphibian die-off

Shortly after a mass die-off of amphibians, Costa Rica and Panama saw a spike in malaria cases. A new study clarifies the connection.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Sept. 23, 2022 ~6 min


Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice finds

Certain viruses like dengue and Zika can make their hosts smell tastier to mosquitoes. Luckily, vitamin A and its derivatives may help combat these odor changes.

Penghua Wang, Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut • conversation
June 30, 2022 ~9 min

We studied the sounds of mosquitoes’ mating rituals – our findings could help fight malaria

Reproduction in mosquitoes crucially relies on their sense of hearing.

Marcos Georgiades, PhD Candidate, Neurobiology and Biophysics, UCL • conversation
Jan. 13, 2022 ~7 min

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