Reporting for this story was made possible by an MBL Logan Science Journalism Program "Chicago Fellowship" to Kathiann Kowalski.

CHICAGO, Ill. — Science detectives are following new clues in their quest to stop a killer — malaria. The disease claimed the lives of roughly 429,000 people in 2015 alone, according to the World Health Organization. And kids face the biggest risk. More than seven in every 10 of malaria’s victims are children. Read more of the article here.

Source: Scientists probe new ways to control malaria | Science News for Students