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(Newser) - The World Health Organization has issued a warning against homeopathic treatments for TB and other life-threatening illnesses, reports the BBC. The organization issued the alert after pressure from a group of young researchers who complained that homeopathy was being promoted in poor countries as a treatment for TB, infant diarrhea,... More »

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malaria • HIV • global health • World Health Organization • developing world • diarrhea • tuberculosis • homeopathy

(Newser) - Scientists fear that winged invaders could wipe out native species on the islands where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution, the Times of London reports. Mosquitoes have been hitching rides to the Galapagos on incoming aircraft, and now Galapagos species—including iguanas, tortoises, and Darwin's finches—are in serious... More »

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malaria • mosquito • Charles Darwin • Ecuador • ecosystem • Galapagos Islands

(Newser) - Diarrhea kills 1.6 million children under 5 every year—more than AIDS or malaria—and gets a fraction of the funding. But a deceptively simple new treatment may mark a breakthrough, Time reports. Zinc supplements appear to dramatically decrease diarrhea-related deaths—one afflicted village in Mali hasn’t had... More »

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Africa • AIDS • malaria • children • treatment • death • diarrhea • women's issues

(Newser) - The parasite that causes malaria almost certainly jumped from chimpanzees to humans much like the AIDS virus did, National Geographic reports. Scientists initially believed that the malaria parasite that kills over a million people annually was older than humanity. But new research has found that it is a mutant version... More »

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disease • malaria • monkey • chimpanzees • parasite • infectious diseases

 Gadget Turns 
 Phone Into 
 Microscope 

CellScope could help curb outbreaks of disease in developing world

Jul 22, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new gadget could mean big improvements for health care in the developing world. Called the CellScope, the device attaches to any cell phone with a camera, turning it into a microscope, Science Blogs reports. Invented by researchers at UC Berkeley, the CellScope also features an LED that can detect... More »

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health care • cell phones • disease • malaria • developing world • microscopic • mobile phones • clinic

(Newser) - Global warming is real, but Al Gore’s crusade to curb carbon emissions is misguided and will squander money that could be applied cheaply and efficiently to those problems now, Danish statistician Bjørn Lomborg writes in Esquire. “Here’s the truth: There are better, more cost-effective ways to... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • carbon offsets • malaria • famine • humanitarian aid • carbon emissions • Bjorn Lomborg

OPINION

 Bruni to G8: 
 Don't Let 
 Recession Kill 
 AIDS Funding 

We've made progress—now don't let economy destroy it

Jul 8, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gets in the op-ed game today, urging G8 leaders who are converging on L’Aquila, Italy, to continue the commitment their predecessors made 8 years ago to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. The earlier initiative helped the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria save some 4 million... More »

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Africa • France • malaria • world economy • G8 summit • recession • HIV/AIDS • tuberculosis • Carla Bruni • economy • L'Aquila

Scientists Urge WHO to Slam Homeopathy as HIV Remedy

Brits want such treatment ruled out
for HIV, TB, malaria

Jun 1, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Concerned about deaths tied to choice of treatment, British scientists are calling on the World Health Organization to speak out against homeopathy as a way to battle HIV, TB, malaria, influenza, and infant diarrhea. Clinics throughout Asia and sub-Saharan Africa offer to treat such diseases through homeopathy, though there is... More »

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AIDS • malaria • HIV • medical treatment • alternative treatment • World Health Organization • HIV/AIDS • tuberculosis • homeopathy

 'Star Wars' Scientists 
  Take Aim at Mosquitoes 

Anti-malaria Weapons of Mosquito Destruction can zap bugs 100ft away with lasers 

Mar 14, 09 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rocket scientists who worked on ways to beat Soviet missiles a generation ago are now using their lasers to zap mosquitoes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Researchers looking for ways to combat malaria have rejigged "Star Wars" technology to create a contraption that can pick off individual mosquitoes from... More »

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malaria • mosquito • parasite • disease control • laser

Gates Lets Mosquitoes Fly at Audience

Stunt underscores malaria threat shouldn't be for 'only poor people'

Feb 5, 09 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Gates had the audience buzzing yesterday as he released a jar of mosquitoes at the TED2009 conference in California during a presentation on eradicating malaria, reports MSNBC. The bugs were not carrying the disease. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates explained, according to a witness... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • malaria • Facebook • mosquito • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Twitter • TED2009

Glossies

 How to Avoid 
 World's Worst 
 Travel Diseases 

Knowing the drill will help prevent a ruined vacation ... or worse

Dec 17, 08 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Experiencing the local flavor sometimes comes at a cost—violent illness. Travel + Leisure lists ways to avoid the world's most unwelcome travel surprises:
  • Malaria: To avoid this dangerous parasite take prophylaxis before traveling—usually mefloquine or chloroquine; and wear long sleeves and a repellent containing DEET.
  • Giardiasis:
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travel • malaria • hepatitis A • Dengue • Giardiasis • Montezuma's Revenge • Yellow Fever

Glossies

 Mosquitoes: a Cure for Malaria? 

Scientist takes risks to find cure

Dec 13, 08 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Mosquitoes land, swap a little of your blood for parasites that head straight to your liver, and so cause a million malaria-related deaths every year, writes Jason Fagone in Esquire. But what if you took those same mosquitoes and irradiated them? You get weakened parasites that make the perfect vaccine,... More »

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Africa • malaria • vaccine • mosquito • PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative • Dr. Stephen Hoffman

 Watershed Vaccine 
 May End Malaria Toll 

If trials work as expected, shots could save millions of children

Dec 9, 08 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have developed a promising vaccine against malaria, a devastating disease that kills a milion people a year, most of them young children. Trials of the breakthrough vaccine enter the final phase next year and it could be widely available by 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times. Successful trials have... More »

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Kenya • medical breakthrough • malaria • Ethiopia • GlaxoSmithKline • Tanzania • vaccine • mosquito • Zambia • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Rwanda • RTS,S • PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

 Non-Profit Pharma 
 Puts Cures Over Cash 

Institute for OneWorld Health finds cheap, new uses for partially developed meds

Oct 24, 08 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Combating diseases that afflict only the poor doesn't plump the profit margins of pharmaceutical companies; now comes one that sets out to do just that as a non-profit, Good Magazine reports. Using grants to look at long-forgotten compounds, fund clinical trials, and distribute affordable meds to the world’s poorest... More »

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pharmaceutical companies • malaria • drug companies • nonprofit • infectious diseases • pharmaceutical industry • Institute for OneWorld Health

Malaria Fight Gets $3B Booster Shot

Initiative will focus on Africa, stress the need
for persistence

Sep 27, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The global fight against malaria will get an unprecedented $3 billion push from a global alliance of nonprofits, financial institutions, and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports, with a focus on prolonging the effort beyond initial successes. The Global Malaria Action Plan aims for multibillion-dollar yearly funding through 2020, and... More »

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Africa • World Bank • malaria • Bono • aid programs • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • donor

Gates Urges Companies to Get Creative to Improve Lives


He ruminates on how to tweak market forces to help more people

Jul 31, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Gates tweaks his corporate colleagues with an essay in Time urging businesses to look harder for ways to extend the benefits of capitalism to a greater portion of the global population. As a philanthropist, he says, he recognizes the need for nonprofit work, but as a businessman, he knows... More »

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philanthropy • Bill Gates • malaria • humanitarian • capitalism • poverty • incentives

Clinton Boosts Efforts to Fight Malaria, GOP

Ex-president outlines foundation's drug deal, says he'll help Obama

Jul 17, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton's philanthropic foundation has struck a deal to keep a lid on the price of anti-malaria drugs, the AP reports. The former president today outlined a plan that would help limit wild fluctuation in the market for artemisinin, an extract key to treating malaria, which sickens 500 million a... More »

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Barack Obama • malaria • Bill Clinton • Clinton Foundation • drug costs

 Gene Raises AIDS Risk in Africa 

Africans 40% more likely to contract HIV

Jul 16, 08 10:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gene extremely common among Africans but almost unknown other ethnic groups may be rendering people of sub-Saharan Africa more susceptible to HIV and AIDS, the Times of London reports. The gene variant—common because it provides malaria protection—makes carriers 40% more likely to contract HIV and could be... More »

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Africa • United Nations • AIDS • malaria • HIV • University College London • Duffy-negative • San Antonio Military Medical Center • Matthew Dolan • AIDS epidemic

Cheap Malaria Drug Holds Promise for Millions

It's based on 2000-year-old herbal remedy

Jun 4, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The lives of millions of children  may be saved by a new technique for producing a malaria drug at a 10th of the cost of current treatments, making it accessible the world's most impoverished people, reports the Independent.  The technique involves inserting a dozen synthetic genes into yeast cells,... More »

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malaria • genetic modification • artemisinin • UC Berkeley • mosquito • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • genetic engineering • Chinese medicine • synthetic biology • bioreactor • Artemesia annua • wormwood • Royal Society • Jay Keasling

 $10 Mosquito Nets Move Young Donors to Save Lives

Malaria solution is hands-on way to help

Jun 2, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mosquito nets, at $10 a pop, are a low-cost, effective way to prevent malaria—and they've become a cause célèbre for young people across the country, who've raised millions in donation drives, the New York Times reports. “You can say $10 saves a life,” says one... More »

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Africa • malaria • public health • mosquito

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