According to WHO data, there were 282 million cases of malaria in 2024, an increase of about 9 million cases (3%) compared ...

A new vaccine for malaria may reduce malaria cases by 77%, according to clinical trials, but significant challenges remain when it comes to fully eradicating the disease. The new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M ...

LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - New vaccines are helping Ghana approach a long-sought goal of ending child deaths from malaria, demonstrating the potential of the shots to drive back a disease that ...

Malaria is caused by a parasite that is spread to humans by infected mosquitoes. In 2024, almost 282 million people worldwide were infected and 610,000 died, according to the World Health Organization ...

SEATTLE -- A much-anticipated malaria vaccine candidate demonstrated an overall efficacy of 75% in young children, and with no serious safety concerns, results from a phase III trial spanning four ...

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts ...

Sudan, a low-income country in Africa, faces a weak healthcare system and high malaria prevalence. The epidemiology of malaria is influenced by emerging resistance of parasites and vectors, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued approval to the world's first vaccine that can fight malaria, a disease that kills about 500,000 people worldwide each year. The WHO issued a ...

The death of seven children from malaria was a tragedy that shook Samson Okoth’s world. The children, aged between one and five years, died from the mosquito-borne disease between 2018 and 2022. Okoth ...

The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board has declared that malaria vaccination is now a permanent component of routine immunisation, aimed at protecting children and pregnant women.The ...