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A SALTY CURE FOR A DEADLY FROG DISEASE
Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease caused by the chytrid fungus and blamed for wiping out more than a third of the world's frog species... READ MORE›
MAPPED: THE MOST DANGEROUS DISEASES AROUND THE WORLD
Meanwhile, Western nations have developed diets and lifestyles which allow chronic non-communicable diseases to flourish... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK CAN BE USED STOP DISEASE OUTBREAKS
Such people would be central in their social networks, and thus likelier to spread disease-causing germs from one group to another... READ MORE›
THAT'S SICK! HUMANS CAN IDENTIFY INFECTED PEERS FROM A PHOTO
Further study is needed to determine whether levels of infection detection are similar across diseases and ethnic groups... READ MORE›
NEW DRUGS KNOCK BACK CANCER BUT TRIGGER BIZARRE SIDE EFFECTS
He was worried that Legg had eye inflammation, called uveitis, that was caused by an immunotherapy drug she had been on for advanced lung cancer... READ MORE›
IN WORLD'S WORST CHOLERA OUTBREAK, VACCINE TALKS HANG IN THE BALANCE
Some three million doses of oral cholera vaccine are currently available in a global stockpile designed for such emergencies, according to the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
FUNGAL DISEASE COULD KILL OFF SNAKES AROUND THE WORLD
Although molting can resolve most cases, snakes can die from the infection... READ MORE›
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'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'
Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... 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›
RECOGNISING THAT MIND AND BODY ARE NOT SEPARATE OPENS DOOR FOR NEW TREATMENTS
It's all challenging the idea that the brain is this separate privileged organ, said Howes... 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›
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 INFECTION 'THROUGH SEX' REPORTED IN US
A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US... 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›
AIR POLLUTION LEADS TO MORE DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA, STUDY FINDS
Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... 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›
CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT
Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... READ MORE›
LIBERIA IS FREE OF EBOLA, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Liberia is free of Ebola after going 42 days without any new cases, the World Health Organization WHO announced Saturday... READ MORE›
DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS
Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS
But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | HOW WAR BROUGHT CHOLERA AND POLIO BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST
A child receives treatment at a hospital amid a serious cholera outbreak in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on June 14... READ MORE›
PNEUMONIA: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LUNG CONDITION
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the tissue in one or both lungs, usually caused by a bacterial infection... 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›
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 YEARS TO CLOSE THE WORKPLACE EQUALITY GAP. HERE'S WHY IT'S GETTING WORSE.
It may take women around the world more than two centuries to achieve workplace equality, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum... 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›
SCIENTISTS LOOK IN THE TOILET IN SEARCH FOR NEW CANCER TREATMENT
Her firm has invested in Enterome and four other companies working on cancer microbiome projects... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... 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›
A CANCER BREAKTHROUGH NEAR FDA APPROVAL HAS A COSTLY SIDE EFFECT
Novartis's therapy commandeers the body's immune system to destroy the cells where the blood cancer begins... 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›