WHO Says COVID Crisis Hurt Efforts to Fight Malaria

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 9, 2021 ~2 min

Malaria vaccine could save thousands of kids every year

WHO's approval of the first-ever malaria vaccine could prevent hundreds of millions of cases of malaria and thousands of deaths in children each year.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
Oct. 13, 2021 ~9 min


WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal

Malaria is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases. So why has it taken so long to get a vaccine?

Dr Miriam K. Laufer, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine • conversation
Oct. 8, 2021 ~6 min

The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

The joint award recognizes the long road to deciphering the biology behind the brain’s ability to sense its surroundings – work that paves the way for a number of medical and biological breakthroughs.

Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida • conversation
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Scientists Find Evidence of Drug-Resistant Form of Malaria

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 2, 2021 ~4 min

Vaccines could affect how the coronavirus evolves - but that's no reason to skip your shot

A 2015 paper on chicken virus evolution is being taken out of context and used to fuel fears about COVID-19 vaccines. Its lead author aims to clarify the science in hopes of saving lives.

Andrew Read, Professor of Biology, Entomology and Biotechnology, Penn State • conversation
Aug. 27, 2021 ~10 min

3 Ebola drugs block SARS-CoV-2 replication in the lab

Three drugs proven effective against Ebola and the Marburg virus prevented replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a lab setting.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
March 25, 2021 ~5 min

Malaria led to speedy evolution on island off African coast

Findings from the island nation of Cabo Verde show malaria led to one of the speediest, most dramatic changes measured in the human genome, researchers say.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Jan. 29, 2021 ~6 min


Malaria test is as simple as putting on a bandage

Researchers have created a low-cost, pain-free, super simple malaria test that delivers results in just a few minutes with a microneedle patch.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Nov. 3, 2020 ~5 min

How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone

As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it's not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it's usually here to stay.

Nükhet Varlik, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina • conversation
Oct. 14, 2020 ~9 min

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