Malaria News

Malaria News.

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  Progress Toward Goal of Ending Malaria

  By David Bois | Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:32 PM ET

  with algae. The disease arises out of serial transmission between mosquitoes and people (and animals) on whose blood mosquitoes feed to survive.Malaria continues to claim anywhere from 1.5 to 3 million mostly young lives annually. Half a billion people contract the disease annually. The John Read More

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  Bush Feeds the Hungry

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:32 PM ET

  Workers. The backpacks will be outfitted with all the essential medical equipment the health workers need to provide basic health services, such as Malaria testing, vaccinations, birth control and medicine to people in remote villages.If you'd like to help by purchasing a FEED bag or teddy bear Read More

  More like this in: Health, Children, Travel, United States, Education, Organic, Women's Health, World Food Program, Guatemala, Zac Posen, Lauren Bush
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  Can Chocolate Cure Malaria?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:59 PM ET

  only round three of 14.Some of the brilliant, if unusual, ideas in this round are:using chewing gum to detect the presence of Malaria; combating the Malaria parasite with chocolate;diagnosing pneumonia via digital recovering devices; and identifying tuberculosis proteins using color-changin Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Associated Press, Chocolate, Grants, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Vaccines, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Giving
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  Invasive Species? Break Out the Sewing Machine

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  fish and other creatures die. The biodiversity of waterways is decimated, water transport is stopped up and the resulting weed-choked bog attracts Malaria-carrying mosquitoes and snails with the schistosomiasis flatworm.What to do when invaded by a fast-growing, free-floating invasive hyacinth Read More

  More like this in: Indonesia, Textiles, Philippines, Invasive Species, Science, Social Responsibility, Asia, Africa, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Development
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  Nothing But Nets Gets Ugly (Betty)

  By Annie Scott | Fri Oct 9, 2009 4:14 PM ET

  given over 2.8 million insecticide-treated bed nets to at-risk communities and taught them how to use them. Bed nets can prevent 50 to 90 percent of Malaria cases. Malaria doesn't just affect children, either. It infects 500 million people per year and kills over 1 million -- 90 percent of thos Read More

  More like this in: United Nations, United Nations Foundation, National Basketball Association, Nothing But Nets, NBA Cares, Social Responsibility, Entertainment, Africa, Giving, Fundraising, Events, Activism, Development, Celebrity, TV
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  Good News on Child Mortality

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  leading causes of child mortality — pneumonia and diarrhea — still need more attention, as they have been overshadowed by efforts to eradicate Malaria and measles. Further strong action will be necessary to bring the worldwide child mortality levels down. UNICEF Executive Director Ann M Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, The New York Times, Malawi, Child Mortality, World, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Development, Human Rights
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  Save a Life – Cheap

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:02 PM ET

  Republic of Congo. Pregnant women also received information about how to use the nets to protect first themselves and then their newborns from Malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Researchers from the University of North Carolina studied the impact of the project, which was part of a large Read More

  More like this in: Africa, North Carolina, EurekAlert, Congo, C.A.R.E, Democratic Republic of Congo, Infant Mortality, University of North Carolina
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  Let Your Computer Process Change

  By Marc Hertz | Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:31 PM ET

  Earth's climate to try and anticipate any changesRosetta@home, which is trying to find cures for major human diseasesAfrica@home, which is battling Malaria in Africa This "volunteer computing" idea came about with the knowledge that many people's computers are kept idle, while still online, an Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Africa, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Volunteerism
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  Malaria Vaccine Set to Begin Human Trials

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  Bill Gate's Foundation to thank for providing more thad $17 million in funding for the project. The Foundation has been very active in funding anti-Malaria projects.The researchers who developed the vaccine "deleted two key genes in the Plasmodium falciparum parasite," according to gizmag.com Read More

  More like this in: Science, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), University of Maryland, National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, Biomedical Research, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Treading Lightly Abroad

  By Ben Corbett | Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:00 AM ET

  where there's a wealth of information on how to keep it real when visiting foreign cultures. (Photo courtesy Sune Frack vi Read More

  More like this in: Children, Charity, Travel, Science, PBS, March of Dimes, Lonely Planet