Health & Medicine / Malaria

#28: Hepatitis B
 Boosts Malaria Vaccine

Fragments of hepatitis B, which put the immune system on high alert, make a new malaria vaccine the most successful yet. 01.05.2012

#13: Can Gut Bacteria Stop the Spread of Malaria?


Feeding mosquitos probiotic-infused nectar could make them resistant to the disease. 01.05.2012

Dead People Science Won't Let R.I.P.

Medical researchers are determined to unearth the truth about these historical figures' lives and deaths: Eight tales of delayed diagnosis and extreme postmortems. 02.08.2011

Can Bill Gates Buy a Better World?

The billionaire's foundation has been criticized for being insider-ish and attention-grabbing, but the organization has recently had some big successes. 02.04.2011

The 100 Top Science Stories of 2010

Every year DISCOVER sorts through the scientific accomplishments of the past 12 months, and assembles a list of the coolest experiments, most brilliant discoveries, and most world-changing events. As you page through the countdown to the #1 science story, we think you'll come to the same conclusion we did: 2010 was quite a year. 12.16.2010

It's Time for a New Global War on Childhood Disease

Dr. Tachi Yamada on his hopes for medicine and science over the next 30 years 09.14.2010

Field Notes: Meddling With Mosquito Romance in the Name of Public Healt

The duets sung by male and female mosquitoes are a critical part of their mating ritual. If researchers can master mosquito music, they may be able to abort a whole generation of disease-carriers. 01.20.2010

Battling Malaria, Ninja-Style

In the evolutionary arms race to defeat the disease, subtle and indirect maneuvers like targeting old mosquitoes and locking malaria inside blood cells may ultimately prove most effective. 07.09.2009

#34: Anti-Malaria Gene Boosts HIV Vulnerability

An adaptation against tropical disease makes people of African descent more prone to AIDS. 12.16.2008

Can a Maligned Pesticide Save Lives?

DDT may be a useful public-health tool—until its effect wears off... 11.20.2007

The Year in Science: Biology

Giant squid sighting, mice that regenerate body parts, sweet-smelling parasites, and more. 01.09.2006

Infectious Diseases

The race is on to develop medicines faster and keep ahead of bacteria and viruses. 10.24.2005

Fighting the Parasite from Hell

Deaths from malaria are rising as older medicines fail 08.06.2005

Discover Data

06.06.2005

Mosquito Barricade

04.28.2005

Making a New Mosquito

Will tinkering make mosquitoes better or worse? 05.01.2001

A Sleeping Storm

Sleeping sickness - once thought to be vanquished - is raging back across Africa. At the center of the epidemic, an American doctor is trying to clear a small patch of good health. 08.01.1998

Malarial Dreams

Malaria kills 2.7 million people each year, most of them children. As a new generation of vaccines begin clinical trials, researchers wonder if they've finally got this killer beat. 03.01.1998

The Year in Science: Medicine 1997

Perchance to Die 01.01.1998

The Dream Vaccine

The world craves an effective, risk-free vaccine against recalcitrant foes like AIDS and malaria. Creating mock infections with tiny rings of bacterial DNA may be the answer. 09.01.1997

Bad Air Gets Worse

03.01.1996

Race Without Color

Basing race on body chemistry makes no more sense than basing race on appearance--but at least you get to move the membership around. 11.01.1994