How to Use malaria in a Sentence

malaria

noun
  • Does that mean there are forms of malaria that can’t be cured?
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • For decades, the fight against malaria has felt like running in place.
    — Kwesi Akonu Adom Mensah Forson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • As cholera, dengue, and malaria spread, that will only get worse.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The best way to stop malaria from coming back is to swat it quickly.
    — The Economist, 28 Oct. 2017
  • That tells us just how important malaria was in the past.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The world is at a defining moment in the fight against malaria.
    — Peter Sands, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Bridget came down with malaria.
    — John Winsor, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Babies may soon join soldiers in the fight to ward off malaria.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The parents had lived near Venice in a place that was plagued by malaria.
    — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Over the past 15 years, more than six million lives have been saved from malaria.
    — Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The blood test will say malaria positive.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The medication could be used to help stem the spread of malaria.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 29 Mar. 2018
  • That has contributed to the rebound of malaria in many places.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But getting to a malaria-free world will require more than promising tools.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli Kang-Chun Cheng, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In other cases, malaria will erupt into the blood much faster.
    — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2020
  • But when the chief’s son fell ill with malaria, Cobb used atabrine, a modern medicine, to heal him.
    — Michael Lapointe, The Atlantic, 11 May 2018
  • The man needed treatment for malaria.
    — Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Prior to covid, 20-30% of our guests would ask you about malaria risk.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Traveling to a country with high rates of malaria can put you and others at risk.
    — Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Since 2000, the number of malaria deaths per year has been cut by more than half.
    — Erin M. Stuckey, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
  • There are also vaccines on the horizon for diseases such as dengue and malaria.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • Some malaria funding has also been withheld, sources said.
    — Jennifer Hansler, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • In Sierra Leone, the leading cause of death across all age groups is malaria.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • Nigerians believe the soup treats things like malaria, typhoid and the measles.
    — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The goal is to use the work to contribute to existing ways of fighting malaria.
    — Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • For the declines in malaria to continue, the world cannot carry on as usual.
    — Erin M. Stuckey, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Diseases like malaria and dengue are spreading into new regions.
    — Vanessa Kerry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Already, a lack of vaccines has led to the resurgence of preventable diseases like malaria and measles.
    — Ciara Nugent, Time, 20 Mar. 2020
  • How lucky my father was to have survived a World War, combat, and malaria?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • But there was no report of the spiking fevers that characterize malaria.
    — Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025

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