From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Thursday, July 24, 2008 A variation in the Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines, or simply DARC, found in two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africans may have introduced an unknown...
Weakened by torture, Azib Simon succumbs to disease only a week after contracting it By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ERITREA (ANS) -- Imprisoned and tortured for her Christian faith since December, 37-year-old Azib...
London, UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2008 - The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria globally is unlikely to be met, according to Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Bob...
Former President Clinton's foundation has signed pricing agreements with several suppliers involved in making a malaria-fighting drug in an effort to stabilize the medication's fluctuating costs and ensure more dependable...
In his first event as a full-time philanthropist, Bill Gates joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday in committing a combined $500 million to help governments around the world cut tobacco use. Bill Gates, who is...
Dr. Rampa Rattanarithikul is sitting in the Museum of World Insects and Natural Wonders, which she founded with her husband in 1999. Rattanarithikul, 69, has devoted 50 years to the study of mosquitoes, first as an entry-level...
As Jacqueline Novogratz says in her 2005 TEDTalk: "You can't talk about poverty today without talking about malaria bednets." Yesterday, the Guardian UK reported on a massive new study of malaria prevention -- which found...
Blood samples of 1,300 persons are collected Committee happy with Rajiv Giribala Rakshana scheme Srikakulam: State SC/ST Welfare Committee Chairman K.Nagarjun on Wednesday toured fever-affected villages in Seethampeta mandal...
General Santos City – City health officials expressed alarm over the rise in the number of malaria cases here. The latest report said that there were already 33 residents who were diagnosed with malaria in the month of July...
MANCHESTER UNITED and Portsmouth must cover up at night and take malaria tablets after Kolo Toure was hit with the disease. The Arsenal centre-back, 27, was bitten by a mosquito in his native Ivory Coast. United play Pompey in...