https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A four-year-old girl who died of malaria in Italy in September caught the deadly disease in hospital, the health ministry said on Saturday, ruling out the possibility she was bitten by an infected mosquito. https://www.thelocal.it/20171104/child-killed-by-malaria-in-italy-caught-disease-in-hospital Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:05:20 +0100 child-killed-by-malaria-in-italy-caught-disease-in-hospital The city of Rome on Wednesday announced it would carry out a fast-track anti-mosquito campaign after a string of suspected cases of the insect-borne chikungunya virus were detected in the region. https://www.thelocal.it/20170914/rome-suspends-blood-donations-after-mosquito-borne-chikungunya-cases Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:34:11 +0200 rome-suspends-blood-donations-after-mosquito-borne-chikungunya-cases Despite the recent death of an Italian child from malaria, scientists believe the disease is unlikely to return to the country. Researchers Emanuele Giorgi and Donal Bisanzio explain why. https://www.thelocal.it/20170911/analysis-why-malaria-is-unlikely-to-return-to-italy Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:37:20 +0200 analysis-why-malaria-is-unlikely-to-return-to-italy Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter inquiry into the death of a four-year-old girl who was killed by malaria in northern Italy in a medical mystery that has gripped the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20170907/italy-opens-manslaughter-inquiry-over-four-year-old-girls-malaria-death Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:32:44 +0200 italy-opens-manslaughter-inquiry-over-four-year-old-girls-malaria-death A four-year-old girl has died of malaria in hospital in Brescia, near Milan, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170905/four-year-old-girl-dies-of-malaria-in-northern-italy Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:00:48 +0200 four-year-old-girl-dies-of-malaria-in-northern-italy A DNA analysis of 2,000-year-old teeth unearthed from an Italian graveyard has offered hard evidence that malaria existed during the Roman Empire, researchers said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161206/2000-year-old-teeth-show-malaria-existed-in-roman-empire Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:42:48 +0100 2000-year-old-teeth-show-malaria-existed-in-roman-empire