Disease in the Developing World

Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a "public health emergency of international concern" due to the virus causing birth defects for…

UOC researchers have analysed 13 apps developed for the treatment and control of neglected tropical diseases, identifying the main weaknesses and evaluating possible improvementsCredit: UOC A study performed by the Universitat Oberta…

Credit: Colourbox. Every year, more than 400,000 people die from malaria, the majority are children under the age of five years old, who die from a disease which affects more than 200 million people a year. The most serious form…

Study suggests nitisinone is toxic to tsetse flies, but harmless to pollinator insectsCredit: Daniel Hargrove, CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is a…

The key factor in preventing non-communicable diseases is lifestyle management at the individual level with a focus on such innovations, which can help increase the awareness of risk factors management in societyCredit: KTU The key…

Public health researchers, led by UNSW Sydney, have estimated the number of cancer cases requiring surgery globally each year, predicting the number will rise from 9.1 million to 13.8 million from 2018 to 2040 - an increase of 52 per cent…

A group of scientists is calling on governments to consider the continued use of strict control measures as the only way to reduce the evolution and spread of new COVID-19 variants. The experts in evolution, virology, infectious…

New estimates reveal extent of the health burden of armed conflict--affecting at least 630 million women and children worldwide in 2017, and contributing to more than 10 million deaths among children under 5 years of age over 20 years…

A modelling study suggests that demand for cancer surgery will rise by 52% - equal to 4.7 million procedures - between 2018 and 2040, with the greatest relative increase in low-income countries, which already have substantially lower…

Study examines infection fatality rates for COVID-19 COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly over the past several months, and the U.S. death toll has now reached 400,000. As evident from the age distribution of those fatalities, COVID-19 is…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 20, 2020--SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, blocks the processes of innate immune activation that normally direct the production and/or signaling of…

Credit: Mission Rabies More people could be protected from life-threatening rabies thanks to an agile approach to dog vaccination using smart phone technology to spot areas of low vaccination coverage in real time. Vets used…

Wits University scientists, with local and global partners have artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical compound to treat malaria.Credit: Wits University A vector refers to an organism that…

The levels of small molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) circulating in blood could help identify early on children with life-threatening forms of malaria, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, an…

Credit: Yang et al, AJKD © 2021 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) projects that prevalence of patients receiving dialysis in China will increase from 384.4…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 12, 2021--The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) does not recommend cessation of breastfeeding for individuals who are vaccinated against COVID-19. In a new…

Credit: Authors In a paper published in Molecular Frontiers Journal, researchers from Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bangalore, India study the effectiveness of FEND product to significantly improve airway hygiene by reducing and…

Rapid, reliable protocol offers distinct advantages with less labor, expertise and equipment neededCredit: Florida Atlantic University To properly monitor and help curb the spread of COVID-19, several millions of diagnostic tests…

Scientists reach new milestone in vaccine development for neglected tropical disease Researchers have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines. The University of…

ANN ARBOR--A team of researchers has discovered an antibody that blocks the ability of the dengue virus to cause disease in mice. The findings open the potential for developing effective treatments and designing a vaccine for dengue and…