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TIL Tonic water was created as an early prophylactic treatment against Malaria (due to the added Quinine) by the British army. They added Gin to improve taste and now we have the G&T.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 4:28 pm

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TIL that sloths have algae, fungi, moths and insects growing in their hair. Some of the fungal strains are showing uses in treatment for malaria, chagas disease and even breast cancer.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 2:17 am

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TIL A lab in Guangzhou, China breeds infertile mosquitoes in a lab and releases them to slow the spread of diseases like Zika and Malaria.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 2:57 am

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TIL in 2016 a group of Australian high school students made a key ingredient of the malaria medicine Daraprim (sold in the US for $US35,000 to $US110,000) for $US20

by whatilearned March 17, 2022, 12:21 pm

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TIL 110 years ago Dr Charles Campbell constructed 30 feet high bat roost to fight malaria. Bats that lived in the roost ate the mosquitoes and Mitchell’s lake municipality was malaria-free in 4 years.

by whatilearned September 22, 2021, 2:57 pm

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TIL that mosquito is the world’s deadliest animal. Spreading diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis, the mosquito infects nearly 700 million people each year resulting in over a million deaths, more than any other creature in the world!

by whatilearned September 16, 2021, 6:32 pm

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TIL Henry Morton Stanley, the man who found Dr. Livingston, penning the phrase, “Dr. Livingston I presume.” Never neglected to shave. Even when he and his crew nearly starved to death, were crippled by festering sores, incapacitated by malaria and dysentery, and attacked by natives–Total Willpower.

by whatilearned September 3, 2021, 6:00 am

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TIL of Ali Maow Maalin, the last human known to be naturally infected by the smallpox virus. He survived the infection, only to later die of Malaria while helping to quash the resurgence of polio in Somalia.

by whatilearned August 13, 2021, 9:30 pm

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TIL that the CDC is based in Atlanta because it was started to fight malaria in the South. It did this by spraying homes (inside and outside) with DDT and draining wetlands. Starting in 1946, malaria was eradicated in the US by 1951.

by whatilearned August 1, 2021, 5:50 pm

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Did Malaria, Bone Disease Kill King Tut? Malaria and bone disease may have contributed to the death of King Tut more than 3,300 years ago, a new DNA analysis and other scientific methods indicate.

by DailyHealthNews July 7, 2021, 12:16 am

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TIL that Cocaine, Nicotine and Caffeine all belong to a group of chemicals known as alkaloids that also includes quinine(a malaria drug), HHT(a leukemia drug) and Atropine(the toxic component in deadly nightshade). These chemicals tend to be basic but can also be neutral or even weakly acidic.

by whatilearned July 6, 2021, 12:56 am

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Unapproved Qualaquin Use Is Risky The FDA has issued a new warning about the use of the malaria drug Qualaquin (quinine sulfate) to prevent or treat nighttime leg cramps, stating that it can cause serious side effects.

by DailyHealthNews July 4, 2021, 12:59 am

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