New research on avian malaria, which has decimated Hawaii's beloved birds, explains how non-native birds play a key role in ...

New research shows most Hawaiian forest birds carry avian malaria, fueling widespread transmission and raising extinction ...

Avian malaria is spreading across Hawaiʻi in a way scientists didn’t fully grasp until now: nearly every forest bird species can help keep the disease alive. Researchers found the parasite at 63 of 64 ...

Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and ...

Malaria was eradicated in the U.S. by 1951, so Americans can be forgiven for not giving the disease much thought. But the mosquito-borne scourge is responsible for the deaths of nearly a million ...

Health experts say that over 2 thousand cases of Malaria are diagnosed in the United States. In the state of Texas Malaria is infecting people. KTXS Reporter– Chelsie Burroughs tells us how the ...

Unlike many diseases, where only a few species play a major role in spreading infection, the new study found that most bird ...

Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate.

Malaria, a disease as old as time, continues to be a health concern, especially in Nigeria. However, did you know that your blood type might influence your susceptibility to this mosquito-borne ...

Actor George Clooney announced on Jan. 20 that he had recently beaten his second bout of malaria, which he had contracted during a diplomatic trip to Sudan. His publicist told the Washington Post that ...

Artist reconstruction of the life of CHO001, a long-distance trader analyzed in this study who suffered from malaria and was buried at the site of Chokhopani, Nepal, ca 800 BCE. The foreground depicts ...

New research from The University of Toledo suggests that individuals with anemia may have a significantly higher risk of developing severe complications if they contract malaria. The findings were ...