A novel virus has surfaced, causing illness in a 20-year-old man from Peru. The unidentified patient sought medical attention after experiencing symptoms resembling those of malaria and dengue, including fever, chills, muscle and joint pain. While the outcome of the man’s illness remains unclear, scientists who identified the pathogen from a blood sample have raised concerns about its potential... 

Ghana has given regulatory clearance to a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University scientists. The West African country is the first in the world to approve the use of the R21/Matrix-MTM serum, the university said on Thursday. The vaccine has been endorsed by Ghana’s drug regulator, the Food and Drugs Authority, “for use in children aged five to 36 months, the age group at the highest... 

Buses will no longer stop at the Brussels North bus station, located just a few blocks away from the European Parliament, after nonwhite invaders—who have camped out illegally at the site—have caused a scabies, tuberculosis and malaria outbreak. According to a report in Belgium’s Het Laaste Nuus (HLN), bus driver trade unions have ordered members not to stop at the Brussels North station after... 

Scientists may have found a way to cure cancer in humans. Scientists say they might have made a breakthrough in fighting cancer, which could save millions suffering from the deadly disease. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have found that malaria protein can attack and fight cancer cells. According to the research team, a malaria protein... 

New finding points to possible malaria vaccine Scientists say they can use their information about how malaria parasite invades human red blood cells to develop an anti-malaria vaccine. Researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK) pinpointed a single receptor for a protein that is critical for the parasite to gain entry into red blood cells before multiplying and spreading. Blocking the receptor...