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TopicMalaria vaccine

Topic: Malaria vaccine

Malaria has re-emerged in the US. Is climate change to blame?

An extra 4.7 billion people might be at risk of malaria or dengue by 2070 as the ‘epidemic belt’ of the diseases expands.

12 African nations to receive 18 mn doses of 1st-ever malaria vaccine over next 2 yrs, says WHO

Under immunisation programme funded by UNICEF & Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, vaccine doses are expected to arrive in these countries by end 2023 & will be rolled out by early 2024.

Breakthrough malaria vaccine has been 30 years in the making. Here’s what we need to know

Malaria is a huge global health challenge, around 409,000 people died of malaria in 2019 alone.

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World finally gets a malaria vaccine and it has an Indian connection: Bharat Biotech

WHO gave its nod to RTS,S after pilot projects in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya found significant reduction in incidence of severe disease. 

Four issues that will dominate news for rest of 2021

Covid will dominate the headlines, but here are four stories, none of which is currently prominent in the news, to watch for the rest of 2021.

For this 160-year-old Darjeeling plantation, Trump’s push for HCQ is a boon

The Cinchona plantation in Darjeeling has seen a surge of interest in its bark since Trump backed HCQ for treating Covid-19

As we fight Covid-19, here’s how Edward Jenner developed the world’s first vaccine

To develop a vaccine against novel coronavirus is a challenge but the history of vaccination, which revolutionised global health, gives us hope.

Hoarding chloroquine won’t cure coronavirus

US President Donald Trump's advocacy of older malaria drugs, chloroquine & hydroxychloroquine, with limited evidence of efficacy in Covid-19, is arguably dangerous.

Indians will be infected with malaria, cholera and flu as part of new vaccination trials

For all the strides India has made, it wields a heavy disease burden from afflictions such as cholera, malaria and dengue.  

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RBI delays stricter trading loan rules as volatility climbs amid Iran conflict

The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.