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African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA
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African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA

CNN  —  Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived…
Egypt prepares project to combat malaria in South Sudan
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Egypt prepares project to combat malaria in South Sudan

Egypt has begun preparations to implement a malaria control project in South Sudan, funded by the Egyptian Agency of Partnership…
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases
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Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases

NEW DELHI (AP) — Lavina D’Souza hasn’t been able to collect her government-supplied anti-HIV medication since the abrupt lockdown of…
NASA pioneers malaria-predicting tech in Myanmar
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NASA pioneers malaria-predicting tech in Myanmar

NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space, as the emergence of new drug-resistant…
Malawi rolls out ground-breaking malaria vaccine
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Malawi rolls out ground-breaking malaria vaccine

Malawi on Tuesday rolled out the world’s first licensed malaria vaccine in a landmark campaign against a disease that each…
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns
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Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns

Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at…
With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct
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With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct

  Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos…
First large-scale malaria vaccine trials for Africa
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First large-scale malaria vaccine trials for Africa

A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization…
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO

A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water…
Cocktail of UV, Vitamin B zaps malaria in blood
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Cocktail of UV, Vitamin B zaps malaria in blood

Blood donated by unknowing malaria carriers can be made safer with UV radiation and Vitamin B, said a study Friday…
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