Learn about our Editorial Policies. The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday (June 15) that it is revoking emergency use authorization for both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine—two ...

With the introduction of Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAP) and artesunate-pyronaridine (ASPY) on the list of anti-malarial drugs available in Rwanda, the number of treatments that can be ...

So far, no preventative vaccination against malaria exists, and its control depends heavily upon antimalarial drugs that kill parasites inside the human body. Malaria has been noted for more than ...

Researchers have found that astemizole, which is used for treating allergy can also be used as a potential drug for treating ... is promising as an antimalarial, but still needs to be evaluated ...

Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and their collaborators have created a comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite ...

Some of the breakdown products of medicines also are useful as treatments, even without giving the “parent” drug initially. Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) is a breakdown product of chloroquine, and is ...

"Emerging drug resistance to the small number of antimalarial drugs is a growing problem. This map will be an invaluable resource to help researchers combat one of the leading causes of infectious ...