The mouth trap

Latest studies on rhesus monkeys point to the risk of contracting the AIDS virus via the mouth

On a come-back trail

Death-watch

Cause of death: poverty

Africa sees 2 new disease outbreaks every week, link with climate change clear: CDC

Around 75% of outbreaks zoonotic, shortage of healthworkers, epidemiologists concerning, says Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &…

Malawi first country in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma: WHO

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project in the country helped in targeted action

Metal shield

Wising up after the quake

A clean kill

It seems that cleanliness has been overrated

Tourism biggest casualty

Database of potential bioweapons

Peeling touch

Government policy stops prevention of lifestyle diseases

Sterilized but infectious

Drug-resistant bacteria spreads between hospitals  

Dealing with hunger

Hormone therapy may be the difference between the life and death/or the starving

JAPAN

Staking a claim

Look out

Two viruses from the infamous retrovirus family found

Bad for wildlife, bad for people

Killer stalks sanctuary

HEALTH HAZARD

A diseased world

Putting an end to guinea worms

The philippines

Containing the contagion

Size does matter

Children's toilets are a breed apart from the everyday adult toilet