Malaria has long been one of the world’s most persistent public health challenges, but now, it’s getting even more ...

A study shows continued increase in antibiotic resistance is not inevitable and offers new insights to help monitor drug ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...

Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published April 3, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Sonja Lehtinen from the University of Lausanne, ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Malaria has been described as Nigeria’s most enduring public health challenge. Caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, ...

A new drug called nitisinone, which makes human blood poisonous to mosquitoes, could be a vital new tool to fight malaria.

In a breakthrough that could change the course of malaria control, scientists have discovered a new drug, nitisinone, which ...

Nitisinone, a drug used to treat rare diseases, can kill malaria-causing mosquitoes, a new study found. In a bid to fight malaria, researchers are coming up with new solutions to reduce the spike ...

But over time, the microbes responsible for these infections have evolved to evade the very drugs designed to eliminate them. Each year, there are more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant ...