The most common and accurate malaria test looks for the parasite’s DNA in a person’s blood using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR tests require trained staff to take a sample and process it.

Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne parasitic infection of humans. In 2021, after a century of research, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the world's first malaria vaccine.

The world’s first malaria jab — GlaxoSmithKline’s RTS,S — was approved by the World Health Organization last year to be used in Africa, but only has an efficacy rate of 30% to 40%.

A Morris County resident may have contracted the illness locally, which would be the first known instance in decades of ...

People ill with malaria commonly experience flu-like symptoms, which makes it difficult to diagnose the disease unless you undergo a malaria test. While most people recover from the disease with ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental malaria vaccine proved highly effective in a small, early-stage clinical trial in people, raising hope in the global effort to combat the deadly disease, U.S ...

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - BioNTech (22UAy.DE), opens new tab on Friday initiated an early-stage study to evaluate its experimental malaria vaccine in humans, the German drugmaker said. The Phase ...