Radical environmentalist groups continue to rail against DDT, killing millions
Over 800,000 individuals die each year from malaria, the majority of which are pregnant women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, DDT has the Continue reading → The post Radical...
View ArticleNew malaria vaccine isn’t perfect, but holds much promise
Malaria, the mosquito-borne parasitic disease, infected an estimated 198 million people in 2013 and killed over 500,000, according to the WHO. The majority of those victims were children under the age...
View ArticleFalse Medicines: Another culprit in the rise of resistant organisms
n April, the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) published a special supplement to their monthly journal that covered the global pandemic of falsified medicine. The supplement...
View ArticleNew malaria vaccine tentatively approved, although more work to be done
The holy grail of malaria prevention, a vaccine effective in preventing this devastating mosquito-borne parasitic disease, is one step closer to reality. The new GSK vaccine, RTS/S now called...
View ArticleBlood Banks’ Contamination Concerns Less than FDA, CDC
The FDA and CDC are expressing concerns about the potential for rising rates of transfusion-associated infections, with both agencies calling for more testing and precautions. Cash-strapped blood banks...
View ArticleDefending Nobel Winners from Baseless Attacks
A recent online article attacks several Nobel Prize winners whose contributions to humanity saved many millions of lives. Continue reading → The post Defending Nobel Winners from Baseless Attacks...
View ArticleMalaria Prevention Vaccine Edges Closer to Reality
A new vaccine against malaria, a scourge especially in sub-Saharan Africa, shows that a series of three shots offers about 50 percent protection. It's one small-to-medium sized step toward a truly...
View ArticleBiology Seeks to ‘Drive’ Out Mosquitos, Malaria
Roughly 200 million people contract the malarial parasite annually, and in 2013 malaria was the cause of 500,000 deaths worldwide. According to a recent study, a new genetic engineering technique is...
View ArticleMosquito Maladies: A New, Really Nasty Viral Infection
In Brazil, a new viral infection called Zika is doing great harm. It's causing an epidemic of severe birth defects, so much so that doctors are advising women to delay becoming pregnant. There is no...
View ArticleStopping Zika Virus in Its Tracks, by Unleashing DDT
The mosquito-borne Zika virus has been declared a global public health crisis by the World Health Organization, but the agency did not say how to effectively fight it. One way would be to allow...
View ArticleHow ‘Victor/Victoria’ Mosquitoes Can Help Cure Zika
Researchers have been able to identify a gene that determines maleness in mosquitoes, and if that were introduced into females it could potentially help wipe out the vector for the Zika virus...
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