http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Malaria is responsible for about 700,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and a team of Texas A&M University researchers is doing their best to help stem this perpetual tide of human suffering. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-published-malaria-mosquito-woes.html Genetics Tue, 07 May 2013 07:27:00 EST news287130411 The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published today in the journal Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-global-burden-dengue-triple-current.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:00:11 EST news284557369 Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas disease and found that the total economic burden of Chagas disease matches or exceeds that of many more well-known diseases such as rotavirus, Lyme disease and cervical cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-highlights-chagas-disease-health-socio-economic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:30:03 EST news279472375 (Medical Xpress)—To stop the transmission of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that threatens some 4 billion people worldwide, it's crucial to focus on people movement, not just on the traditional mosquito control-and-prevention methods, say medical entomologists from the University of California, Davis in ground-breaking research published Dec. 31 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-movement-dengue-virus-transmission.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:07:18 EST news276361604 The ten studies in this special issue document the substantial and growing burden of dengue in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and the burden of a chikungunya outbreak in India. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-world-health-latest-dengue-bulletin.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:16:45 EST news227531390