The malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug most often used to try and save children with ...

The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin is highly effective. It's critical for kids, who are especially vulnerable. A new study ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence of partial resistance to artemisinin derivatives -- the primary treatment for malaria -- in young children with severe malaria.

Mutations in malarial parasites linked to artemisinin-resistance in Southeast Asia have now been found in African children ...

Over 600,000 people worldwide die from mosquito-borne malaria each year, with the majority of these deaths happening among ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Makerere University in Uganda, have uncovered evidence of partial resistance to artemisinin derivatives -; the ...

(Image Credits: Pixabay) A new study from Uganda provides the first evidence to date that resistance to a lifesaving malaria drug may be emerging in young African children suffering from serious ...

It was gathered that young African children suffering from severe infections were being treated for “complicated” malaria, that is, malaria with signs of severe disease caused by the malaria ...