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A rapid diagnostic test for malaria.

With quick and easy malaria tests, some unexpected drawbacks

Health

In remote areas of the world, traditional lab testing for malaria can be difficult. Researchers are finding unexpected consequences in the use of rapid diagnostic tests.

A female Anopheles quadriannulatus mosquito

Scientists want to use a genetically modified malaria parasite as a vaccine against the disease

Health
Brazilian soldiers distribute educational flyers about the Zika virus in São Paulo, the country's largest city.

Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil

Environment
A Sri Lankan man reads the newspaper. People in Sri Lanka are most likely to read the paper in the mornings and evenings, the same times that disease-carrying mosquitoes come out to bite.

Could reading a newspaper save you from dengue fever?

Environment

Rain barrels, wrigglers and rising temperatures bring concern about malaria to urban England

Environment
Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria

Health & Medicine

Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.