PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES PROBE INTO DENGUE VACCINE SCARE

Sanofi's Dengvaxia is the first-ever approved dengue vaccine... READ MORE›

ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION

A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›

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GUARDIAN.CO.UK EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES 183 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS TO DEATH 1 HR AGO

In all these places, the people fishing with mosquito nets tend to be those without boats or even tackle, often women and children, the most dispossessed... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRST AS MALARIA VACCINE PASSES HUMAN TRIAL

In a world first a new malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists has passed its first test in early human trials... READ MORE›

GUARDIAN.CO.UK EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES 183 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS TO DEATH 1 HR AGO

In all these places, the people fishing with mosquito nets tend to be those without boats or even tackle, often women and children, the most dispossessed... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

It was deeply concerning that the virus had now been detected in 23 countries in the Americas, she added... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS

The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›

WORLD'S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE APPROVED AFTER 30 YEARS OF TRIALS

Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GSK, said Today's scientific opinion represents a further important step towards making available for young children the world's first malaria vaccine... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN DIES OF RARE MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE AFTER VISITING THAILAND

Updated June 21, 2017 17 59 09 An Australian man returned from Thailand has died from the rare but potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, Japanese encephalitis... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS MAY BE LINKED TO SURGE IN RARE SYNDROME IN BRAZIL

The virus, called Zika, made its way to Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›

WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF COUNTRIES POISED TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA BY 2020

Hopes of eliminating malaria from more than 30 countries with a total population of 2 billion have risen following the successful removal of the disease from Sri Lanka... READ MORE›

HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS

New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›

DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS

Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›

PAULINE CAFFERKEY THE BRITISH NURSE WHO CONTRACTED EBOLA WHILE VOLUNTEERING IN SIERRA LEONE HAS LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY

Miss Cafferkey said she was happy to be alive and thanked staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London who she said had saved her life... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT

Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›

WHY MOSQUITOES SEEM TO BITE SOME PEOPLE MORE

But most of this research uses only one mosquito species... READ MORE›

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY

The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›

U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX

Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›

EBOLA EPIDEMIC FUELLED BY 'SUPER-SPREADERS': STUDY

Most of the people who were infected with Ebola in the 2014 West Africa epidemic contracted the viral disease through super-spreaders, researchers say... READ MORE›

BRAZIL ON HIGH ALERT AS YELLOW FEVER THREATENS MAJOR CITIES

What we have is an epidemic of disinformation about yellow fever ..... READ MORE›

AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES

They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›

US SCIENTISTS SAY VACCINE '10 YEARS AWAY'

Prof Scott Weaver described the disease as frightening people in countries across Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›

U.S. TO ISSUE NEW EBOLA CARE GUIDELINES, WATCH LISTS TO SHRINK

There are still 75 health workers in Dallas who have isolated themselves and are being monitored... READ MORE›

EBOLA NURSE PAULINE CAFFERKEY NEARLY DIED FROM MENINGITIS, DOCTORS SAY

The latent Ebola virus has not previously been known to trigger a life-threatening illness so long after the original infection... READ MORE›

WORST-EVER DENGUE OUTBREAK KILLS UP TO 300 IN SRI LANKA

The worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever has killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka, with aid agencies warning against further spread of the mosquito-borne viral disease... READ MORE›

NEW CLUES INTO EBOLA AS ILL NURSE IMPROVES

We've never quite been sure if it was related to the Ebola virus or other illnesses, said John M... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS

As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE›

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›

ITALY HAS THREE CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER CASES IN ANZIO

Three people have been diagnosed with mosquito-borne chikungunya fever in Anzio, 50km 30 miles south of Rome, Italian media report... READ MORE›

IS THIS FORMULA THE SECRET TO ENDING MALARIA?

Prof. Adrian Hill is designing a new kind of vaccine against malaria that could one day help eliminate the disease.... READ MORE›

BRAZIL REPORTS EXPLOSION OF DENGUE, A BAD OMEN FOR SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS

Dengue, Zika and another disease called chikungunya are spread by the same mosquito -- the Aedes aegypti... READ MORE›