Mangaluru: The department of health and family welfare is taking additional measures to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases in the state.

Children in the embattled Nigerian town of Damboa are reportedly suffering from three serious conditions — malaria, measles and malnutrition — despite aid workers' best efforts to keep them healthy

Malaria parasites cause hundreds of millions of infections, and kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, mostly in Africa.

In a major boost to government-run urban healthcare facilities in the state, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide Rs 1,548 crore as part of the Japanese government's offic

Vasco: The Urban health centre in Vasco on Thursday had a meeting of supervisors construction sites in Mormugao taluka to create awareness about dengue and malaria fever.

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum hijacks an immune system process to invade red blood cells, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.

A new report by the World Health Organisation shows that Africa has registered an increase in life expectancy by almost 10 years over the past 15 years.

Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization said Thursday, crediting progress in Africa against HIV, AIDS and malaria.