Gates to give away virtually all of His wealth in the next twenty Years
On May 8, 2025, Bill Gates announced that he has decided to give away his money back to…
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NIH to end billions of dollars in foreign research grants
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest funder of biomedical research,…
WHO announces new weapon in the global fight against malaria
On Apr. 22, 2025, Syngenta announced that its next-generation insecticide Sovrenta® has received pre-qualification by World Health Organization…
End of U.S. Global Health Funding Could Result in 25 Million Deaths
On Apr. 17, 2025, a study was published that shows the United States spent roughly US$12 billion on…
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U.S. foreign aid freeze deals ‘tectonic’ blow to research around the globe
On Feb. 5, 2025, the proposed dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could disrupt clinical…
Georgia certified malaria-free by WHO
On Jan. 23, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that following a nearly century-long effort, Georgia has…
Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
On Dec. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported new data has revealed that an estimated 2.2…
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WHO study lists top endemic pathogens for which new vaccines are urgently needed
On Nov. 5, 2024, a World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine named 17 pathogens that regularly…
Egypt certified malaria-free by WHO
On Oct. 20, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a…
Oxitec Launched Sparks™, a Commercial Platform to Scale Dengue-Blocking Wolbachia Solution, Aiming to Protect One Billion People by 2040
On Sept. 19, 2024, Oxitec announced it had launched Sparks™, a new commercial platform to accelerate the global…
WHO certified Cabo Verde as malaria-free, marking a historic milestone in the fight against malaria
On Jan. 12, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free…
R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine granted prequalification by World Health Organization
On Dec. 21, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had prequalified the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine…
WHO recommended R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention
On Oct. 2, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, developed…
NIAID-funded study traced evolution of Malaria drug resistance in East Africa
On Aug. 24, 2023, NIAID reported that emerging resistance to common malaria treatments in Uganda could be connected…
Maryland Department of Health announced positive case of locally acquired malaria
On Aug. 18, 2023, the Maryland Department of Health has confirmed and reported a positive case of locally…
CDC reported locally acquired malaria cases identified in Florida and Texas.
On Jun. 26, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they were collaborating with U.S….
WHO certified Belize as malaria-free
On Jun. 21, 2023, the World Health Organization announced that it had certified Belize as malaria-free, following the…
WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
On Mar. 29, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for…
Monoclonal antibody prevented Malaria infection in African adults
On Oct. 31, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that a clinical trial had found that one…
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WHO launched new initiative to stop the spread of invasive malaria vector in Africa
On Sept. 29, 2022, the World Health Organization announced that it had identified the spread of Anopheles stephensi…
Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
On Sept. 20, 2022, the University of California, Davis announced that the amphibian decline in Latin America in…
Malaria booster vaccine showed durable high efficacy in African children, meeting WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
On Sept. 8, 2022, researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners reported findings from their Phase…
GSK awarded $170 million UNICEF contract for malaria vaccine
On Aug. 16, 2022, UNICEF announced that it had awarded a contract for the first ever supply of…
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
Gavi approved malaria vaccine programme funding
On Dec. 3, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, approved a new malaria vaccination programme to support the introduction,…
Leading Generic Drug Makers Unite to Pledge Capacity for Developing and Delivering Affordable COVID-19 Interventions as Pandemic Intensifies
On Sept. 21, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it had signed a licence agreement with…
WHO recommended groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
On Oct. 6, 2021, the World Health Organization recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among…
The Medicines Patent Pool secured its first licence for malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis C
On Sept. 21, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it had signed a licence agreement with…
Monoclonal antibody prevented malaria in small NIH trial
On Aug. 11, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that one dose of a new monoclonal…
From 30 million cases to zero: China certified malaria-free by WHO
On Jun. 30, 2021, following a 70-year effort, China was awarded a malaria-free certification from the World Health…