Individuals requiring blood transfusion are a vulnerable population, often with debilitating conditions like cancer, and transfusion-transmitted malaria is often fatal. Current serological tests used ...

The United States is currently seeing five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos within the past two months − the first time there has been a local spread in the past 20 years. Four of the cases were ...

Malaria transmission through a blood transfusion is not common, but an infection can trigger severe symptoms and even death, studies show. A CDC study found that from 1963 through 1999, there were ...

A handful of malaria cases spread by mosquitos have been reported across the country in the last two months, marking the first time the disease has had a local spread in 20 years. A public health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida health officials are now issuing warnings for a rise in cases of dengue fever in South Florida. Eleven locally-acquired ...

Five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos have been reported in the last two months, and four of those cases were in Florida. The Florida Department of Health announced a statewide mosquito-borne ...

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking ...