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November 2019
Wiping out the daughters: Burkina Faso's controversial mosquito experiment
A radical experiment to genetically modify a strain of mosquito in order to stop them breeding malaria-carrying daughters is one of the latest efforts to tackle the deadly scourge of malaria
September 2019
The long read
People v mosquitos: what to do about our biggest killer
The long read: These tiny pests adapt so successfully to changing conditions that they have become humankind’s deadliest predator. We might soon be able to eradicate them – but should we?
History shows it will take more than technology and money to beat malaria
Jonathan Kennedy
Hopes of eradicating the disease by 2050 will fail unless we tackle the poverty and weak governance that allow it to thrive
Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective’ way to kill parasite
Drugs derived from Ivermectin, which makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes, could be available within two years
August 2019
'Malaria will not be eradicated in near future', warns WHO
Burundi malaria outbreak at epidemic levels as half of population infected
July 2019
Drug-resistant malaria parasites 'spreading aggressively' across south-east Asia
How Myanmar became an example to the world in the battle against malaria
May 2019
Mosquito-killing spider juice offers malaria hope
Scientists have genetically modified a fungus to make it produce the same lethal toxin as is found in the funnel web spider
Argentina and Algeria stamp out malaria in 'historic achievement'
Improvements in detection, diagnosis and treatment hailed by World Health Organization as ‘a model for other countries’
Big pharma can only see the benefit of R&D for wealthy markets
Kenan Malik
There is too little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to work on treatments for diseases of low-income countries
April 2019
Specieswatch
Specieswatch: malaria in the UK – how I set a debate buzzing
Malawi starts landmark pilot of first ever child malaria vaccine