A blood test which can identify people who have been exposed to malaria could help boost blood stocks by tens of thousands of units each year.

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Your questions answered by our panel of travel experts, including a doctor and a lawyer

Your questions answered by our panel of travel experts, including a doctor and a lawyer

The father of a six-year-old girl who died after taking the anti-malarial drug mefloquine, also known as Lariam, has called for it to be withdrawn.

A six-year-old girl has died after using a controversial anti-malarial drug used by thousands of British people every year who travel to areas where the disease is rife. It is the first documented death linked to mefloquine, which is known to cause serious side-effects in some people.

The first ever experimental vaccine against malaria to provide a high degree of protection has been identified by scientists at SmithKline Beecham and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. In trials, six out of seven volunteers given the most advanced form of the vaccine remained free of infection. All of the non-vaccinated volunteers became infected.

Sir: Mr Jarrett (letter, 24 December) raises an important point concerning guidelines over who can and cannot donate blood. In the past these rules have tended to relate to medical history, but increasingly the National Blood Service (NBS) has had to take into account changes in lifestyle.

A cheese which reeks of smelly feet is being bought in bulk by some scientists travelling to Africa because mosquitoes appear to prefer its odour to that of the real thing.

ICI and other British chemical producers have attacked proposed safety and environmental legislation from the United Nations, warning that the drawbacks for consumers and users may outweigh any benefits.

Between the 16th and 19th centuries malaria, known as the ague, or marsh fever, killed or contributed to the deaths of thousands of people in the marshland villages of coastal southern and eastern England where stagnant pools were a breeding haven for the British estuarine mosquito, Anopheles atroparvus. But why malaria had such an impact perplexes scientists.

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A London health authority is on collision course with the Government over its plan to defy the ban on prescribing anti-malarial drugs on NHS prescription.