Washington, Feb 6 : A new vaccine has shown promise in protecting the most vulnerable patients -- young children -- against malaria, says a study.

Researchers found the vaccine stimulated strong and long-lasting immune responses in Mali children.

Washington, Dec 22 : Little tweaking in mosquitoes'' ''mating plug'' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, says a new study.

Scientists have said that preventing male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a ''mating plug'' could stop the spread of malaria.

The new study focuses on the species of mosquito primarily responsible for the transmission of malaria in Africa, known as Anopheles gambiae.

New York  - A new Global Malaria Action Plan was announced Thursday to slash the estimated 1 million deaths from malaria each year, drawing on fresh funding of over 3 billion dollars to be provided by the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors.

London, Sept 9: A genetic mutation that protects child from the devastating effects of a mother’s malaria infection has been identified.

Washington, Sept 6: Scientists suggest that the best way to treat malaria is to avoid using same drug for everyone, and opt for multiple first-line therapies.

With the help of a computer model, a research team from Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria treatment.

London, Sept 1 : In a breakthrough study, researchers at Osaka University in Japan have found that the spurt of malaria in species as diverse as humans, birds, and mice occurred when the species-specific parasite strains learnt to switch hosts.

Washington, Aug 5: A new study has identified one of the tricks malaria uses to hide from immune proteins - a finding that may help in future drug development.

Malaria is one of the world's biggest killers, killing over a million people every year, mainly children and pregnant women in Africa and south east Asia.

London, Aug 1: The travel industry is missing an ideal opportunity to inform travellers about the risk of contracting malaria in specific countries, according to infectious disease experts.

During the study, the researchers reviewed 27 travel brochures from British tour companies and found that only 12 contained any information about malaria, yet they all featured holidays to African countries where the disease is endemic.

Washington, July 30: A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota has found that cerebral malaria is associated with long-term cognitive impairment in one of four African kids.

Malaria is a leading cause of death for kids in sub-Saharan Africa and cerebral malaria, which affects more than 750,000 children a year, is one of the deadliest forms of the disease.

It only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to contract the disease that directly affects the brain, causing fever, vomiting, chills, and coma.

Washington, July 22: The United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and reverse the increase in malaria by 2015 is unlikely to be met, according to a statement published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.

The eight MDGs were established by the United Nations in 2000 with a view to tackle global poverty and health inequality.

Washington, July 10 : A team of Australian researchers have identified a key mechanism that enables malaria-infected red blood cells to stick to the walls of blood vessels and avoid being destroyed by the body''''s immune system.

The discovery highlights an important potential new target for anti-malarial drugs.

Malaria is caused by the malaria parasite, which is injected into the bloodstream from the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes.

Washington, May 29: Researchers at the University of South Florida have shown that a transmembrane protein called MAEBL plays a critical role in transmitting the deadly malaria parasite.

The study showed that MAEBL is critical for completing the life cycle of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, allowing the insects to transmit the potentially deadly infection to humans.

Jakarta - More than two-thirds of the 576 districts in Indonesia have been classified as malaria endemic areas, with more than 100 million people at risk of catching the disease, the country's health minister said Thursday.

Bilaihum (Tripura), May 3: Malaria continues to take a heavy toll in Tripura with reports of at least 30 tribals falling prey to high fever and 22 of them succumbing to the vector spread disease.

Over the past few days, several cases of malaria have been reported from the Bilaihum village, 75 km from Agartala.

Block development officer (BDO) of the area, Jayanta Debbarma confirmed that all the deaths were due to malaria and water borne diseases.

Phnom Penh - Impoverished former Khmer Rouge fighters in north-western Cambodia have reported a spike in malaria infections, raising fears of a new epidemic along the Thai border, police said Tuesday.

A senior police officer in Samlot who declined to be named said by telephone that the Thai border area had recorded 92 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease last month and 93 this month.

New York  - The United Nations issued a call Friday for ending malaria deaths worldwide by 2010, offering programmes that it called "bold but achievable," including the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets to 107 countries where malaria is endemic.

Washington, Apr 22: Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that not all people who get bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito end up with the disease. This, they say, is thanks to a deficiency in an enzyme called pyruvate kinase.

The enzyme is required for energy production in the body, and a deficiency of this, the researchers found, provides protection against malaria infection.

Washington, Apr 21: International health experts have developed a social networking site that would help in engaging the vast global community in the battle against malaria.

London, Apr 17: The mutation that causes the rare genetic disease pyruvate kinase deficiency protects against malaria, states a new study.

Approximately 1 in 20,000 people have two copies of a genetic mutation that prevents red blood cells from producing energy and causes anaemia.

And patients with the condition often die young.

Washington, Mar 18 : In a new study, researchers have found that the blood disease alpha thalassemia may protect kids from malaria.

Alpha thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which children suffering from it unusually make small red blood cells that mostly cause a mild form of anaemia.

Washington, January 23: A researcher at the University of Navarra has discovered new compounds active for treating tuberculosis and malaria.

Esther Vicente, a PhD in chemistry, has described in her thesis the synthesis and characterisation of 65 derivatives of quinoxaline, the structure of which is similar to a number of anti-malalarial and anti-tuberculosis pharmaceutical drugs currently on the market.

Washington, Jan 23: A malaria vaccine trial in Mali conducted by researchers at the Malaria Research and Training Center at the University of Bamako, Mali, has shown early promising results.

In the study, the researchers found that a candidate malaria vaccine, designed to block the malaria parasite from entering human blood cells, was safe and elicited strong immune responses in the 40 Malian adults who received it.

Washington, December 26: Kenyan chemists are trying to develop malaria medicines from the extracts of plants.

The project, being carried out in the vicinity of the Mount Kenya, is a collaboration between traditional healers and plant chemists.

Jack Githae, one of the traditional healers involved in the project, describes this work as ‘natural pharmacy’.