Tue, 21-Oct-2025

WHO declares China malaria-free

malaria

The World Health Organization – WHO has declared China malaria-free on Wednesday. China is the first country in the Western Pacific district to completely eradicate the dangerous infection in more than 30 years. Malaria is a scrounging disease spread through the bite of a female mosquito, worldwide the deadly infection has claimed 400,000 lives in … Read more

Novartis, U.S. regulators agree to malaria drug trial against COVID-19

Novartis

REUTERS: Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 disease in 440 hospitalized patients, the Swiss drug-maker said on Monday. The decades-old medicine has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization for Coronavirus disease, but so far there is no … Read more