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Pfizer and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) on Wednesday announced plans to team up in an effort to identify new drug candidates for the treatment of three tropical diseases, the Associated Press/Business Week...
Malaria is one of the conditions that have been completely eradicated in civilized countries, mostly through governmental efforts and investments in vaccination campaigns. But the condition may be on the rise again, as...
From delivering food and clean water to impoverished areas in Africa to helping find cures for diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, it's hard to argue with the fact that the Bill & Melinda Foundation has done a...
A new report reveals the boomerang effect of direct assaults on nature, as infectious diseases wing back to plague the people responsible, says Geoffrey Lean. A killing zone for mosquitos: the insects live longer and breed...
HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill...
YOLANDI GROENEWELD | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Nov 20 2009 11:14 The malaria squad will be out and about spraying DDT in Limpopo this summer, despite new research linking intersex cases in Limpopo to the controversial...
A grandmother who fostered 18 children has died on a holiday in Africa after being bitten by a mosquito. Today, her devastated granddaughter, Chelsea, who was with her when she died, said: "I still can't believe she has gone...
A protein found in the saliva of ticks may prove to be an attractive target for a new type of Lyme disease vaccine. In studies in mice, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers at Yale University produced an antiserum...
WASHINGTON — Malaria that is resistant to the best available drug is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported, new research shows. The worrisome finding poses a risk that travelers could carry this strain of...
By OTTO ROSS Arizona Daily Star Genetically engineered mosquitoes could provide a valuable weapon against malaria, dengue, West Nile and other mosquito-transmitted diseases. "We're interested in understanding the life span of...
