Health

A military truck carries out fumigation in a neighborhood to stop the breeding of the dengue mosquito in Havana April 5, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Enrique de la Osa

The First Dengue Vaccine and the Fight Against ‘Breakbone Fever’

A client has her finger pricked for a blood sugar test. Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder

Diabetes Cases Reach 422 Million, Poorer Countries See Steep Rises

Obesity has primarily been driven by high caloric food intake and people being more inactive. Credit: nathanmac87/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Diet and Lack of Exercise Main Reasons for Dramatic Rise in Diabetes

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Two Women Contract Zika Virus in Vietnam

Ebola and Zika Epidemics are Driven by Pathologies of Society, Not Just a Virus

As tobacco companies shut shop, the Government stands firm for now on its new warning policy. Credit: Ava Randa

Government, Tobacco Companies Engage in Staring Contest Over New Pictorial Warning Rule

Laws Against Cigarettes And Tobacco Need to be Strictly Implemented, Say Experts

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