Read more malaria stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1637/malaria.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67422/who-sounds-alarm-on-homeopathy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe World Health Organization has issued a warning against homeopathic treatments for TB and other life-threatening illnesses, reports the BBC. The organization issued the alert after pressure from a group of young researchers who complained that homeopathy was being promoted in poor countries as a treatment for TB, infant diarrhea,...http://www.newser.com/story/67422/who-sounds-alarm-on-homeopathy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 4:24:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66683/mosquito-invasion-threatens-galapagos-wildlife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists fear that winged invaders could wipe out native species on the islands where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution, the Times of London reports. Mosquitoes have been hitching rides to the Galapagos on incoming aircraft, and now Galapagos species—including iguanas, tortoises, and Darwin's finches—are in serious...http://www.newser.com/story/66683/mosquito-invasion-threatens-galapagos-wildlife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 2:10:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66450/single-pill-can-halt-diarrheas-deadly-reign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiarrhea kills 1.6 million children under 5 every year—more than AIDS or malaria—and gets a fraction of the funding. But a deceptively simple new treatment may mark a breakthrough, Time reports. Zinc supplements appear to dramatically decrease diarrhea-related deaths—one afflicted village in Mali hasn’t had a...http://www.newser.com/story/66450/single-pill-can-halt-diarrheas-deadly-reign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 14:09:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66019/malaria-jumped-from-chimps-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe parasite that causes malaria almost certainly jumped from chimpanzees to humans much like the AIDS virus did, National Geographic reports. Scientists initially believed that the malaria parasite that kills over a million people annually was older than humanity. But new research has found that it is a mutant version...http://www.newser.com/story/66019/malaria-jumped-from-chimps-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 2:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65042/gadget-turns-phone-into-microscope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new gadget could mean big improvements for health care in the developing world. Called the CellScope, the device attaches to any cell phone with a camera, turning it into a microscope, Science Blogs reports. Invented by researchers at UC Berkeley, the CellScope also features an LED that can detect...http://www.newser.com/story/65042/gadget-turns-phone-into-microscope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 16:29:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64473/gores-climate-crusade-misguided-wasteful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlobal warming is real, but Al Gore’s crusade to curb carbon emissions is misguided and will squander money that could be applied cheaply and efficiently to those problems now , Danish statistician Bjørn Lomborg writes in Esquire . “Here’s the truth: There are better, more cost-effective ways to fight global warming,” Lomborg...http://www.newser.com/story/64473/gores-climate-crusade-misguided-wasteful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 15:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63833/bruni-to-g8-dont-let-recession-kill-aids-funding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarla Bruni-Sarkozy gets in the op-ed game today, urging G8 leaders who are converging on L’Aquila, Italy, to continue the commitment their predecessors made 8 years ago to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. The earlier initiative helped the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria save some 4 million people,...http://www.newser.com/story/63833/bruni-to-g8-dont-let-recession-kill-aids-funding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 10:36:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60631/scientists-urge-who-to-slam-homeopathy-as-hiv-remedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConcerned about deaths tied to choice of treatment, British scientists are calling on the World Health Organization to speak out against homeopathy as a way to battle HIV, TB, malaria, influenza, and infant diarrhea. Clinics throughout Asia and sub-Saharan Africa offer to treat such diseases through homeopathy, though there is...http://www.newser.com/story/60631/scientists-urge-who-to-slam-homeopathy-as-hiv-remedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 8:51:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53304/star-wars-scientists-take-aim-at-mosquitoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRocket scientists who worked on ways to beat Soviet missiles a generation ago are now using their lasers to zap mosquitoes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Researchers looking for ways to combat malaria have rejigged "Star Wars" technology to create a contraption that can pick off individual mosquitoes from 100...http://www.newser.com/story/53304/star-wars-scientists-take-aim-at-mosquitoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 4:06:14 CDT