Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s Africa region.

Malaria, a potentially deadly disease caused by a mosquito-borne parasite, is making inroads into the US. Five new cases of malaria — one in Texas and four in Florida — are alarming officials ...

The approval of the first malaria treatment for newborns and young infants could lead to imminent widespread use in Africa, drugmaker Novartis said Tuesday. The drug, known as Coartem Baby or ...

The malaria parasite doesn't make mosquitoes sick, so mosquito immune systems don't fight it. To get around the problem, the team used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR.

The CDC issued an alert on Monday that there are cases of malaria in Texas and Florida. What is malaria and how does it spread? CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen explains.

Malaria infection rates are soaring in Ethiopia, where a combination of armed conflict, climate change and mosquitoes’ growing resistance to drugs and insecticides has accelerated the spread of ...