We’re all desperate for a solution to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and few things sound as promising as repurposing existing drugs to treat this illness. President Trump has enthusiastically touted ...

Most people with lupus take an antimalarial drug to control their symptoms. These drugs may also prevent blood clots and damage to your organs from lupus. Antimalarials are mostly safe to use and ...

Malaria is a constant threat for nearly half of the world’s population, and people who travel to those areas are also at risk. Although the short-term side effects of prophylactic drugs are ...

Researchers provide a guideline regarding who should be actually taking antimalarial drugs as prophylaxis to prevent getting COVID-19. They say health professionals who are being exposed to COVID-19 ...

Jigang Wang et al. have made significant progress in unraveling the antimalarial mechanisms of artemisinin (ART) and its derivatives. Their latest research, published in the journal Engineering, sheds ...

Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ...

WASHINGTON – Although the immediate side effects of antimalarial drugs are widely recognized, few studies were designed specifically to examine health problems that might occur or persist months or ...

About 60% of people with lupus will experience lupus nephritis (LN, lupus-related kidney disease), a complication that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the kidneys. A new study ...