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EXPLAINER: Why are malaria pills being used against coronavirus?

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 08:15 PM

Health officials caution that no one should be taking these drugs to treat or prevent coronavirus infection without medical supervision and a prescription. Read more »

KILALANIN: Unang Pinoy na nagpositibo sa COVID-19 sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 01:28 AM

Siya ang unang Pinoy na nagpositibo sa sakit na COVID-19 sa bansa.  Read more »

Chloroquine allowed by France to treat gravest virus cases: minister

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 08:17 AM

The anti-malarial drug chloroquine can be administered in France to patients suffering from the severest forms of the coronavirus but only under strict supervision, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday. Read more »

South Korea reports sharp drop in COVID-19 cases, and Hokkaido lifts State of Emergency

Updated as of Mar 22 11:37 AM

Three Asian neighbors show positive signs while possible cures are being explored in other parts of the world. By JACS T. SAMPAYAN Read more »

Philippines on track to eradicate malaria by 2030 — WHO

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 07:29 PM

Malaria infections fell from nearly 50,000 in 2003 to more than 5,000 in 2019, data from the National Malaria Control and Elimination Program of the Department of Health (DOH) show.   Read more »

Malaria fight stalling at 'unacceptably high level' of deaths: WHO

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 02:48 AM

LONDON - Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 - mostly children in Africa - because the fight against the mosquito-borne disease has stalled, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Experts challenge WHO with 'epic' goal to eradicate malaria by 2050

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 07:47 AM

In a major report that contradicted the conclusions of a WHO-led malaria review last month, 41 specialists said a future free of malaria -- one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases -- can be achieved as early as 2050. Read more »

Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia: study

Reuters
Posted at Jul 23 07:35 AM

Strains of malaria resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines are becoming more dominant in Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand after spreading rapidly from Cambodia, scientists warned on Monday.    Read more »

Malaria back with a vengeance in crisis-hit Venezuela

Andrea Tosta, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 11:43 AM

Scientists contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become the first country to eradicate malaria. However, there was a resurgence seven years ago, worsening to become an epidemic in 2016, according to the Red de Epidemiologia NGO. Read more »

When travelers bring skin infections back as souvenirs

Jane E. Brody, New York Times
Updated as of May 07 08:16 AM

As more and more Americans of all ages travel abroad, often to less developed areas, travelers and doctors in this country need to be alert to unusual and often perplexing skin infections. Read more »

Scientists: 'Mosquito birth control' drug could be ready in 5 years

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 09 10:18 PM

LONDON - Scientists in the United States said on Tuesday they had taken a major step toward developing a "mosquito birth control" drug to curb the spread of malaria and other killer diseases blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.   Read more »

Team led by Fil-Am scientist develops 'saliva-based' malaria test

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 01:30 PM

MANILA - A team of researchers led by a Filipino-American scientist has invented a "saliva-based" contraption that "detects malaria before symptoms appear," potentially making diagnosis of the disease easier and more effective.  Read more »

Indonesia's quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 03:47 PM

MATARAM, Indonesia - A malaria outbreak has infected at least 137 people in Indonesia's West Lombok after the island was rocked by a series of earthquakes in recent months, an official said Sunday.  Read more »

DOH-Caraga eyes malaria-free region

Erwin M. Mascariñas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 01:34 AM

BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) Caraga Regional Office has announced that two more provinces in the region will soon be declared malaria-free. Read more »

Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains

Panu Wongcha-um and Prapan Chankaew, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 15 10:27 PM

BO RAI, Thailand - Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrillas, Thailand's border town of Bo Rai finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease. Read more »

Paano makaiiwas sa malaria?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 08:36 AM

Kahit bumaba na ang bilang ng mga naitatalang kaso ng malaria sa Pilipinas, ay nagpapatuloy pa rin ang kampanya ng Department of Health (DOH) sa pagsugpo sa sakit.   Read more »

6 namatay sa malaria sa Palawan

Lynette dela Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 01:21 AM

Mahigit 6,000 ang nagkasakit ng malaria sa Palawan noong 2016. Anim dito ang namatay. Read more »