Infectious diseases spreading fast

What next?

Ineffective magic bullets: Antibiotic resistance is now the leading cause of deaths across the globe

Young children were found to be particularly affected by AMR

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Green plans

Shaken and stirred

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Offence is the best defence

Against Ebola virus

TB part of urban culture

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Benin, Mali in Africa defeat trachoma as public health problem

Fifth and sixth countries to defeat eye-infection disease in WHO African region

Unknowing vectors

Humans may be transmitting new and dangerous viruses to Antarctica

What is ‘noma’, the latest addition to WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases

The severe gangrenous disease of mouth and face has 90% mortality rate and is associated with extreme poverty, malnutrition

Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO

Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses

Less species, more diseases

Researchers blame increased human population

Who are you?

Human factor in swine flu

Infection threat from clean hospitals too

Inextricably linked

A United Nations report highlights the connection between environment and health

Grim reminder

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

Caught off guard

SARS unravelled

The pathogen's path

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Superbug threat is for real

But Indian government does not think it is significant