<p>Malaria kills more than half a million people per year. We meet the innovators who are using buildings, lights, genes and vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disease.
In Ghana, a young woman has turned her school project into a business, selling lights that electrocute mosquitos and help kids study.
In Tanzania, researchers have designed a house with ... Show More
Oct 2023
The Mosquitoes Are Winning
<p>For decades, the world seemed to be winning the war against mosquitoes and tamping down the deadly diseases they carried. But in the past few years, progress has not only stalled, it has reversed.</p><p>Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health for The Times, explains how the ... Show More
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Oct 2021
Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
Since their discovery in the 1970s, artemisinin-based drugs have become the mainstay of treatment for malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. Researchers have identified artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites in Southeast Asia since the early 2000s, but now, there ... Show More
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