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Malaria Blood Tests Kept Coming Back Negative, but a Bacterial DNA Test Found the Parasite in Fluid Around His Heart

Repeated malaria blood tests were negative, but a test designed for bacteria found the parasite in fluid around a Nigerian man's heart.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

3 Zoonoses Indian Pet Owners Should Actually Know About

What a Zoonosis Actually IsRoughly sixty percent of known infectious diseases in humans originated in animals. A zoonosis is any pathogen that crosses from a vertebrate animal to a person under natural conditions, no laboratory, no unusual exposure. The three covered here are not exotic. They circulate in Indian homes,…

Times Life · Oct 11

‘Airport malaria’ is rare, but can be deadly when doctors don’t expect it

A few days after landing at Frankfurt Airport, several people who had never left Germany developed a fever. None had travelled anywhere near a malaria zone – but the mosquitoes that infected them had.

The Conversation · Oct 8

Six Indian American students named 2026 Davidson Fellows, win $25K-$100K scholarships

Six Indian American students have been named 2026 Davidson Fellows Scholarship recipients, winning awards of up to $100,000 for their projects. The students have worked on research spanning aviation safety, citrus greening disease, black holes, nuclear energy, malaria prevention and drug discovery. Here is what the scholarship recognises and what…

The Economic Times · Sep 20

In 1826, mosquitoes arrived in Hawaii and pushed native birds toward extinction. Now, scientists are releasing millions of mosquitoes to save them

Hawaii's native birds face extinction due to avian malaria transmitted by mosquitoes. Conservationists are releasing sterile male mosquitoes to reduce disease-carrying populations. This innovative strategy aims to protect honeycreeper species from the deadly infection. The incompatible insect technique prevents mosquito eggs from hatching after mating. This effort seeks to preserve…

The Economic Times · Sep 18

$1.3bn in US health funds left unspent by Trump ‘could lead to 150,000 preventable deaths’

Funding for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and maternal healthcare has to be released for spending by 30 September

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Scientists Find Human Antibodies That Could Block Tick-Borne Red-Meat Allergy Before It Triggers Dangerous Reactions

NIH researchers found human antibodies that blocked key steps behind alpha-gal allergy, raising hopes for a future treatment.

Medical Daily · Sep 17

Frankfurt issues malaria warning after two new cases

Since July 2026, eight people in Germany have contracted malaria, two fatally. Frankfurt now urges residents with such symptoms to consider malaria and consult a doctor.

Euronews · Sep 17

Scrub Typhus Goes Undiagnosed for Weeks: Symptoms, Fever Patterns, and What to Track

What Scrub Typhus Actually IsOrientia tsutsugamushi, the bacterium behind scrub typhus, travels on the larval stage of trombiculid mites, chiggers, that live in tall grass, scrubland, and forest edges across India's northeastern states, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha. The mite bites, feeds for a few hours, and leaves.…

Times Life · Sep 16

Why the Indian Pariah Dog Is Genetically Built for Every Climate and Terrain in India

The Oldest Surviving Landrace in AsiaThe Indian Pariah dog is not a stray that lost its home. It is a landrace, a population shaped entirely by its environment over millennia, with no selective breeding by humans. A 2017 study published in PLOS Genetics, which mapped the ancestry of dog populations…

Times Life · Sep 2