What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria?

Researchers at a Chinese pharmaceutical company are breeding sweet wormwood plants to create artemisinin, a key medicine used to treat malaria. In Uganda, doctors have noticed a decline in the effectiveness of artemisinin, with children showing signs of drug resistance. A recent study in Uganda found evidence of drug resistance in children with severe malaria, raising concerns about the high mortality rate associated with the disease in Africa.

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