US Malaria Articles

US Malaria News : Production of Sticky Proteins May Explain How Malaria Evades the Immune System
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:33:10 GMT
Researchers have discovered a sticky new strategy that the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum , uses to make sure it evades the human immune system and thrives inside the body.

US Malaria News : Single-Dose Of Experimental Malaria Drug Clears Parasites In Mice, Represents Potential New Class Of Drugs To Treat ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:27:01 GMT
An experimental malaria drug was shown to effectively treat the disease in mice with only a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, Reuters reports (Kelland, 9/2). The new drug, known as NITD609, "represents an entirely new class of medicines to treat malaria ... Human trials, backed by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG, could begin later this year," the ...

US Malaria News : Cowell: 'I thought Cheryl Cole was hungover when she had malaria'
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:03 GMT
Simon Cowell thought Cheryl Cole had a hangover when she came down with malaria.

RESOLVED: That the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria should be transformed
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:01:34 GMT
On September 14, we will host the second debate in our year-long series, Fault Lines in Global Health , on the topic, Resolved: That the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria should be transformed to become the Global Fund for Health. read more

One-off pill to cure malaria
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:31:32 GMT
Malaria could be a thing of the past, thanks to a powerful new pill in the offing. Just a single dose of an experimental drug was found to clear the disease in mice carrying the killer infection, say researchers.

Reportlinker Adds US Vaccines Market
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:45:00 GMT
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'New drug promises cure for malaria'
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:36:46 GMT
The result of an international study suggests that scientists might be closer to the production of a promising new drug that could treat deadly malaria.

India needs to help fight diseases
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:18:00 GMT
Emerging economies such as India, China and Brazil need to share responsibility to help the world become free of disease, said Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.

HIV project under threat
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:33:15 GMT
WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica's bid to stem HIV/ AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis is poised to hit a snag, as the country's 'upper-middle income' classification renders it ineligible for further financial grants...

Cowell 'thought Cole was hungover'
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:44 GMT
Simon Cowell reportedly reveals that he thought Cheryl Cole was hungover when she had malaria.

Malian officials probed over Global Fund corruption
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:11:24 GMT
Several Malian health ministry officials have been arrested in connection with a probe into embezzlement from the Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a top prosecutor said Monday.

Un-Natural Selection: Human Evolution's Next Steps
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:59:33 GMT
Millions of years ago, the natural environment was shaping us into the species we are now and humans evolved by natural selection. But as humans continue to evolve, we've turned the notion of natural selection on its head. Nature isn't the only force that picks the genes. Humans are doing it too.

One-off pill to cure malaria
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:35:44 GMT
London, Sep 5: Malaria could be a thing of the past, thanks to a powerful new pill in the offing.

Global Fund Investigates Possible Theft, Sale of Malaria Medication
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:20:38 GMT
Malaria causes about 1 million deaths around the world each year, but not all the medication donated to fight the disease is reaching its intended targets. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- the largest international funder of malaria programs -- is investigating the possible theft and sale of donated malaria medications "in a number of countries," the group's ...

Simon Cowell: divorce and malaria might be 'making' of Cheryl Cole
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:07:54 GMT
Simon Cowell has praised his fellow X Factor judge for her courage during her turbulent year

Novartis And Collaborators Discover Novel Antimalarial Drug Candidate
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:11:45 GMT
Novartis announced that scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), in collaboration with researchers from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a novel compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria. Major ...

New malaria drug found
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:38:38 GMT
WASHINGTON. Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Science.

MCD workers’ stir enters third day
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:05:01 GMT
DBCs’ fate Still under cloud; government grants time to call off strike

Is there life after summer holidays?
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:39 GMT
Ignore your email backlog and don't comment on anyone's tan… A survivor's guide to going back to work. Plus: The essential stories you may have missed while you were away Dealing with the stay-at-home bores There is no one quite as insufferable as the person who has worked through August. The stay-at-home bore will, invariably, be convinced that everything was far more efficient when only they ...

Pevion Biotech Appoints New CEO and Secures CHF 10 Million Financing
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:44:43 GMT
BERNE, Switzerland, September 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pevion Biotech AG announced today the appointment of Evert Kueppers as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Thomas Stauffer. "We would like to thank Thomas for his excellent contributions over the years and wish him all the best in his new position," said Klaus Breiner of BB Biotech Ventures and Chairman of the Board of Directors. "We ...

Burke on Cowell's X Factor 'exit'
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:38:28 GMT
Alexandra Burke has said it might be nice for X Factor judge Simon Cowell to "try something new". Related Stories Police defend Paris' quick release Jolie visits flood-stricken country Clooney's American takes No 1 spot Emmerdale scores TV award hat-trick Demi and Ashton party hard in LA

Officials: US missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:08:44 GMT
Pakistani officials say suspected U.S. missiles have killed five militants in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

Cheryl To Quit X Factor?
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:06:16 GMT
Cheryl Cole may quit the UK X Factor after the current series, according to new reports.  It’s claimed she wants to live in the US with rumoured boyfriend Derek Hough and is hoping to...

Orissa tribals still apprehensive about Vedanta
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:40:48 GMT
Mukesh Kumar of Vednata Aluminium Ltd. promised all possible help for the people once the project starts to function.

Burke on Cowell's X Factor 'exit'
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:32:50 GMT
Alexandra Burke has said it might be nice for X Factor judge Simon Cowell to "try something new".

12°C - Cloudy with rain, heavy at times
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:09:49 GMT
TWO hundred thousand Tanzanian children have died in the last 10 years simply because they were poor, a charity insisted yesterday.

Cheryl to move to the US?
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:57:59 GMT
Cheryl Cole ''has her heart set on America'' and is planning to quit her job on British television for a fresh start there.

Donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:19:58 GMT
LONDON — Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: Some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets. Africa - Malaria - Health - Infectious disease - Conditions and Diseases

The Winners Code
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:02:16 GMT
Leave A Mark

Morning Roundup: Eye In The Sky
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:27:28 GMT
Photo by nailmaker . Good morning, Washington. We hope you had an enjoyable three-day weekend and that those of you who get to work by car didn't fall prey to the mighty " Terrible Traffic Tuesday ." (Sidebar: does anyone else find it interesting that the American Automobile Association, an organization whose main mission is to make sure that cars remain a relevant form of transportation, are up ...

Cheryl's still got Xcess baggage
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:15:27 GMT
X FACTOR star looks sombre in black as she arrives back in UK with EIGHT suitcases

More aid for flood-hit...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:41:15 GMT
BAHRAIN's third shipment of aid to flood-hit Pakistan will be dispatched today. It is part of the BD2.6 million aid consignment, consisting of medical equipment, medicine, food and tents.

Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:05:50 GMT
Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Pevion Biotech Appoints New CEO and Secures CHF 10 Million Financing
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:59:00 GMT
Pevion Biotech AG announced today the appointment of Evert Kueppers as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Thomas Stauffer.

Idol-makers await their time in the sun
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:48:14 GMT
This is Shashikant Bagwe’s favourite part of the Ganesh festival — when the work is done and the praise starts coming in. The idol-maker, like most of them in the city, has been working over-time to give the idols finishing touches and ready them for their glitzy pandals in homes or with big mandals.

Donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:42:02 GMT
Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.

Global Fund helps others, but keeps us safe as well
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:28:17 GMT
In 2008, AIDS claimed 2 million lives. Another 1.8 million died of tuberculosis. Malaria killed a million more.

Jamaica too rich for HIV/AIDS funding
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:06:07 GMT
MINISTER of Health Rudyard Spencer has appealed to the representatives of The Global Fund to provide continued funding of HIV/AIDS programmes in Jamaica, after the country became ineligible on income grounds.

Clinton Foundation Promotes Solar-Energy Projects in Africa
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:38:17 GMT
Emaye Beyene says she has no idea who Bill Clinton is. But the Ethiopian mother of five does know that a “special guest” came to her town here Thursday to look at how solar power helps her life.

Cheryl Cole to move to US?
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:58:20 GMT
Cheryl Cole ''has her heart set on America'' and is planning to quit her job on British television for a fresh start there. Cheryl Cole "has her heart set on America" and is planning a fresh start there.

IMF, World Bank Announce Increased Aid Measures For Flood Relief In Pakistan
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:26:41 GMT
"The IMF and the World Bank have stepped up aid to flood-hit Pakistan to help the country cope with its worst-ever humanitarian disaster," Agence France-Presse reports. IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the fund "'will provide around 450 million dollars in immediate emergency financing' to Pakistan to help manage the aftermath of devastating floods," the news service reports (9/2 ...

New Antimalarial Compound Shows Promise For Drug Resistant Malaria
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:11:31 GMT
Scientists are developing a new antimalarial drug with a novel mechanism of action which shows promise for clearing a Plasmodium (malaria parasite) infection after a single dose, according to an article published in the journal Science. Scientists say the antimalarial candidate, called spiroindolone NITD609 has a novel compound and will most likely be the next generation for drug resistant ...

Related Features
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:01:55 GMT
THE October issue of Vogue is out this week. With Cheryl Cole starring on her second cover. Alexandra Shulman discusses her enduring appeal.

Merlin opens sixth diarrhoea treatment centre in Pakistan
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:34:15 GMT
Merlin - UK Merlin is responding rapidly and effectively to ongoing outbreaks of waterborne disease in the severely flood-affected regions of Pakistan. Today Merlin expanded its operations into Punjab province and opened a sixth diarrhoea treatment unit in Muzaffar...

Recent Releases In Global Health
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:29:33 GMT
Lancet Editorial Makes Recommendations For Health-System Strengthening "There is strong consensus in the global health community, among donors, recipient countries, and policy makers, about the need for health system strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries," write the authors of a Lancet Comment. The article recommends areas in health-system strengthening that need "more ...

Cole has her sights on the U.S.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:28:07 GMT
Singer Cheryl Cole 'has her heart set on America' and is planning a fresh start there.

Rwanda: Kagame Backs Development Goals
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:09:10 GMT
President Paul Kagame, yesterday, called on African states to pursue and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) not because someone wants them to, but for the good of the African people.

New untreatable diseases found
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:16:39 GMT
The recent discovery of a gene carried by bacteria that makes some diseases practically untreatable has raised alarm bells on the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Cost-cutting drive in public sector sees revenues rise by 25pc at PwC
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:14:23 GMT
PROFESSIONAL services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers saw revenues from its public sector work increase by 25 per cent in the North over the last year. (05/09/2010 20:04:10)

Conference to focus on food resources
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:44:06 GMT
RENO — It is a problem commonly associated with developing nations and the notions of poverty. However, the World Food Programme wants to dispel any myths that hunger only happens to people in poorer conditions.

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