India, May 14 -- Illegal gold mining in Brazil's Yanomami territory has triggered a severe malaria crisis.

Deregulation under Jair Bolsonaro opened Indigenous lands to thousands of miners.

Researchers from Brazilian and US institutions found that even a 0.03% rise in mining can drive malaria cases up by 20-46%.

Infections tripled between 2016 and 2023, devastating the isolated Indigenous population.

Gold prices are at an all-time high, and we are very worried. As disease ecologists, it's not the economic instability that concerns us, but the fact that a surge in gold mining could have a devastating impact on human health.

Our team of researchers from Stanford University, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, and Universidade Federal d...