By Aimee Gabay Tucked into Brazil’s Amazon forest, along the Maici River where recently contacted Pirahã people live, journalists observed a dramatic uptick in forest loss. According to data from ...

A Royal Caribbean cruise passenger diagnosed with malaria was medically evacuated by the Mexican Navy on Friday hours before the ship docked back in Texas. The Harmony of the Seas cruise ship worked ...

New research shows most Hawaiian forest birds carry avian malaria, fueling widespread transmission and raising extinction risks for native wildlife.

The Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines at Scripps Research and Kainomyx, Inc., today announced a new research collaboration to accelerate the discovery and development of next-generation ...

The study found that 63 out of 64 sites across the islands had avian malaria, including areas with diverse bird communities.

Unlike many diseases, where only a few species play a major role in spreading infection, the new study found that most bird ...

New research on avian malaria, which has decimated Hawaii's beloved birds, explains how non-native birds play a key role in ...

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that ...

An international study investigating the genomic diversity of the Sudanese population reveals that the Copts originating in ...

Does taking folic acid (folate) supplements affect the risk or severity of malaria infection amongst people who are taking (antifolate) medications to prevent or treat malaria, in areas where malaria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malaria is transmitted to people by mosquitoes infected with a parasite from the _Plasmodium_ family. Jim Gathany via CDC/Dr.