Girl, 12, turned ‘into a baby again’ and lost her ability to walk and talk after being struck down with a brain-swelling virus she caught ‘while paddle boarding on a school trip’ Ffion Westwater, from Merthyr Tydfil, went on a school trip in July 2018 She started to feel unwell and two days later was […]
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Drugs that stop mosquitoes catching malaria could help eradicate the disease
Researchers have identified compounds that could prevent malaria parasites from being able to infect mosquitoes, halting the spread of disease. Preventing transmission of malaria is a key part of efforts to eliminate the disease. A person can be cured of the disease using drugs that wipe out the replicating form of the parasite, but still […]