Discover nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases that could also combat mosquitoes and their transmission of malaria.

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the ...

Each child will receive three doses and a booster dose, bringing the total injections to four to optimise protection against ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

All malaria rapid diagnostic tests have been implicated in the WHO product alert, as manufacturer investigations continue.

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Ending malaria in Africa offers significant economic benefits for both the continent and the U.S., boosting gross domestic ...

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Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest public health threats, with efforts to eradicate the disease slowing at an alarming ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...