/oss/taxonomy/term/3671/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/malaria-vaccines-success-story-hides-legitimate-concerns <p>It has been a good year for vaccines.</p> Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8898 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-history/did-you-know-colonialism-responsible-spread-malaria <p>Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a single-celled parasite that multiplies in human red blood cells as well as in the intestines of the Anopheles mosquito, the insect that transmits the disease. Researchers believe that malaria <a href="https://www.workers.org/2008/world/malaria_0131/" target="_blank">coevolved with humans in Africa</a>. For its spread across the world, we can <a href="https://www.workers.org/2008/world/malaria_0131/" target="_blank">blame colonialism</a>.</p> Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7589 at /oss