Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental biologic process ...

India is close to eliminating Malaria in the next few years, Niti Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said on Thursday. After ...

Sickle Cell Disease Market Size Was Valued at USD 2.40 Billion in 2023, and is Projected to Reach USD 12.38 Billion by 2032, ...

According to Uganda's Ministry of Health, around 250,000 people in the country live with sickle cell disease, including an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 babies ...

Testing for malaria infection typically involves a blood draw, which isn't always safe or feasible in resource-poor nations hit hardest by the disease Now, a new technology called Cytophone uses a ...

People with sickle cell disease are immunocompromised, which means they have an increased risk of infection. For this reason, immunizations are an important part of complete sickle cell care. This ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...

EXPERTS have revealed the face of a 350-year-old 'vampire' after her skeleton was unearthed with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her foot. The skeleton of an 18-year-old woman who has ...

Stephanie Nolen covers the global threat of infectious diseases including malaria. Malaria infection rates are soaring in Ethiopia, where a combination of armed conflict, climate change and ...

Egypt has been certified as a malaria-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO) after 100 years of efforts to eradicate the disease. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general ...