Three top Dutch medical schools are asking thousands of travellers to tropical countries to donate stool samples on return for a study into the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
Nov 2, 2012
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Photography is a powerful tool in storytelling and scientific communication. But it can also cause harm when used unethically.
Jan 11, 2023
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Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant women.
Jul 18, 2012
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Racial and educational inequities could be influencing factors in 89% of mother-to-child syphilis transmission across Brazil, according to new research published in The Lancet Global Health.
Oct 19, 2023
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Consumers need clearer information about the nutritional content and processing of meat and dairy alternatives when they are buying food, according to a new study.
Apr 25, 2024
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Holidaymakers are being urged to use insect repellent to protect themselves against bites and the diseases they can spread, as trends show travel to tropical countries is rising among Britons.
Jun 2, 2014
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The World Health Organization recently declared monkeypox—a disease that's been a concern in African countries for years—a global public health emergency.
Jul 29, 2022
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This week scientists, policy makers, and other global health actors will meet in Geneva for a Summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)—a group of diseases that overwhelmingly affect the poorest of the poor in low- and ...
Apr 21, 2017
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A new invited perspective from a paper from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health illustrates the increases in adverse public health outcomes following tropical cyclones, especially in communities with existing ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some ...
May 24, 2024
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