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Philip Low looks to validate previous trial results and test whether the number of days of an anti-malaria drug therapy can be reduced Philip Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science Philip Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science, has been awarded $1.38 million f...

A Purdue researcher is taking a giant leap forward in the fight against drug-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries.

With this new round of funding, he says they’re now closer than they’ve ever been to helping save lives in developing countries.

The weather phenomenon, which is accentuated by climate change, can promote malnutrition, cholera, typhoid fever, and even gender-based violence.

Despite the lifting of a health alert for malaria Tuesday, officials are warning that rain and flooding from Hurricane Idalia in northwest Florida are creating new breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

After finding larva in unused things on balconies and terraces of residences throughout the month of September, over 100 homeowners received notices.

Scientists have detected new strains of malaria-causing parasites in Ethiopia that are both resistant to current treatments and escape detection by common diagnostic tests -; a development that could increase cases and deaths from malaria and make eliminating the persistent disease an even greater challenge.

Dengue cases, an indicator of mosquito proliferation, have risen 1,312% from 1996, and now have a presence in every state and UT in the country. Recent studies point to a climate change link – warmer temperatures have helped mosquitoes spread, thrive and multiply

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Extreme and changing temperatures have boosted the resurgence of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, which has threatened Kenya’s fight against the disease.