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29 CRITICAL PATIENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED IN DEAL BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND REBEL FACTION
The Jaish al-Islam rebel group in Eastern Ghouta said it was releasing 29 detainees... READ MORE›
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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FLOODS PARALYSE MUMBAI AS INDIA AND REGION ARE HIT BY HEAVIEST RAINS IN YEARS
Although Mumbai is trying to build itself into a global financial hub, parts of the city struggle to cope during annual monsoon rains... 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›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES SRI LANKA MALARIA-FREE
The World Health Organisation has certified that Sri Lanka is a malaria-free nation, in what it called a truly remarkable achievement... READ MORE›
HOW YOU CAN HELP HAITI AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW
After Hurricane Matthew roared through Haiti causing widespread destruction, the island nation has been left in disrepair... 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›
DEADLY SOUTH ASIA FLOODS AFFECT 16M PEOPLE
Millions of people across Nepal, Bangladesh and India face severe food shortages and disease caused by polluted flood waters... 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›
ICRC: STRIKE ON NIGERIA REFUGEE CAMP KILLED AT LEAST 76
The air force has said an unknown number of civilians were killed and wounded in the mistaken attack, which was aimed at the Boko Haram group... 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›
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›
AS MANY AS 100 PEOPLE FEARED DEAD IN CHINESE EARTHQUAKE
Seven people died and 88 were injured in the quake late on Tuesday, 21 of them seriously, the official Xinhua news agency said... READ MORE›
WHY MOSQUITOES SEEM TO BITE SOME PEOPLE MORE
But most of this research uses only one mosquito species... READ MORE›
ANGER OVER $25,000 BILL IN INDIA HOSPITAL
She was diagnosed with dengue fever in August and admitted to Fortis Memorial Research Institute after her condition worsened towards the end of the month... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE USE WATER CANNON ON PROTESTERS DECRYING RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
Brice de le Vigne, director of operations for the Ebola response of Doctors Without Borders, said his organization's workers had also been stoned recently in Guinea... 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›
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›
LANDSLIDES IN SRI LANKA LEAVE DOZENS DEAD
The Sri Lanka Red Cross was managing one of at least four camps near the Aranayake landslide to provide relief to survivors, Mr. Johnney said... 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›
ICRC: SAFETY OF AID WORKERS A DAILY DILEMMA
In the Turkish city of Antalya, delegates from 190 countries gathered to discuss safety concerns and challenges faced by humanitarian workers and volunteers in the field... 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›
PROGRESS ON MALARIA DEATHS AT RISK WITHOUT BIG BOOST IN FUNDING, UN WARNS
It calls for a 40 percent reduction in malaria cases between 2015 and 2020... READ MORE›
ZIKA FOREST: BIRTHPLACE OF VIRUS THAT HAS SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD
We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE›
CHINA'S 'MOSQUITO FACTORY' AIMS TO WIPE OUT ZIKA, OTHER DISEASES
The bacteria, which occurs naturally in about 28 percent of wild mosquitoes, causes infected males to sterilize the females they mate with... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 150 KILLED IN ANGOLA YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK
A yellow fever epidemic has killed 158 people in Angola, with more than 50 deaths occurring last month alone, the World Health Organization officials have said... READ MORE›
THE GRIM TASK OF IDENTIFYING THE MIGRANTS WHO DONT REACH EUROPE
ZUWARAH, Libya -- Ibrahim al-Attoushi was looking for another body... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE USE WATER CANNON ON PROTESTERS DECRYING RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
Brice de le Vigne, director of operations for the Ebola response of Doctors Without Borders, said his organization's workers had also been stoned recently in Guinea... READ MORE›