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Why is malaria on the rise and how can you protect yourself on holiday?

Returning from a tropical vacation should bring with it a feeling of sunbathing and relaxation, not a tropical illness. But the number of British travelers catching malaria abroad is rising and scientists warn the situation could get worse. The UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has published its latest data on malaria in travelers returning to… Read More »

African scientist may eliminate malaria by editing mosquito DNA

Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening malaria attack when he was just five years old. Diabetes narrowly escaped the mosquito-borne disease, but the three- and four-year-old cousins ​​were not so lucky. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Health Sciences Research Institute, is developing an innovative technique that could potentially eradicate… Read More »

African scientist may eliminate malaria by editing mosquito DNA

Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening malaria attack when he was just five years old. Diabetes narrowly escaped the mosquito-borne disease, but the three- and four-year-old cousins ​​were not so lucky. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Health Sciences Research Institute, is developing an innovative technique that could potentially eradicate… Read More »