Malaria

Researchers developed a low-cost rapid test to detect an invasive species of mosquito that has adapted to live near humans in urban environments, which they hope can be used in areas far from medical labs.

Ivory Coast administered the first doses of the world’s second malaria vaccine this week, according to the vaccine’s manufacturers, marking the latest development in a decades-long effort to control the deadly mosquito-borne disease.

Experts have called for additional research and drug development after estimates showed that more than 700 million disability-adjusted life-years were associated with 85 pathogens, with some disproportionately affecting young children.

The FDA recently cleared Qiagen’s respiratory syndromic testing panel, QIAstat-Dx Respiratory Panel Plus, for clinical use.

The addition of azithromycin to daily trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment among pregnant women with HIV did not reduce the rate of malaria or bacterial sexually transmitted infections at delivery, data show.

DENVER — A panel of four experts discussed different aspects of the ways brain health and climate change are linked at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

One subcutaneous dose of an experimental monoclonal antibody protected children from infection and clinical malaria during a 6-month malaria season in Mali, according to phase 2 results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

BOSTON — The emergence of infectious diseases can be tied to events like climate change, social change and political trends, according to an expert.

Researchers have found that AI platforms perform better when given clear, unambiguous prompts. This was the case when clinicians at Rutgers University tested ChatGPT’s ability to create poems that could be used in medical education.

Cameroon became the first of a dozen countries that will participate in a wider rollout of a WHO-approved malaria vaccine in Africa.