Health

A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Latest Battle to Wipe Out Polio Begins With Vast Vaccine Switch

Kate Kelland 16/04/2016

Stopping transmission of the contagious viral disease that has...

ncylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Sometimes, (Parasitic) Worms Come With Perks

Nandita Jayaraj 15/04/2016

Intestinal worms continue to be bad news in most...

A barking dog, frothing at the mouth. Credit: chiefjancris/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

New Weapon in War on Rabies: Mobile Phones

Katie Hampson 14/04/2016

Tens of thousands of people die from rabies each...

Deden, a teenager whose father says suffers from mental illness, lives chained to a tree under a shelter next to a rice paddy near his family home in Longkewang village in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, March 23, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Beawiharta

Better Mental Health Treatment Would Boost Nations’ Economies: WHO

Alex Whiting 13/04/2016

Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and...

Blood sugar monitoring. Diabetes alone may cost India USD 2.25 trillion, for the period 2012 - 2030. Credit: Wikipedia

Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Will Cost India $6.2 Trillion

Yoshita Singh 08/04/2016

A UN-WHO report stresses the economic costs of non-communicable...

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’

Alisa Tang 08/04/2016

The Philippines this week launched the world's first public...

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

Kate Kelland 07/04/2016

A new WHO study shows that the number of...