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My Bout with Malaria

In 1987, fresh off a three year service tour in the Peace Corps, I came down with Malaria. I found myself on all fours, vomiting in the shower. And I had medicine injected into my buttock that looked like the color of unhealthy urine.

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Over-Treating Malaria in Africa

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Malaria in Thailand

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Malaria in Thailand

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Health Update

Diane Toomey reports on a study done in Africa where researchers have discovered why malaria is a significant threat to the health of newborns.

Health Update

Diane Toomey reports on a study done in Africa where researchers have discovered why malaria is a significant threat to the health of newborns.

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Malaria deaths vastly under-counted

Global Politics

Malaria deaths are being vastly under-counted in India and perhaps throughout much of the world, says a new report in the British medical journal, Lancet. The World’s Health and Science Editor David Baron tells anchor Lisa Mullins why.

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