Simple test could prevent fluoride-related disease
Method uses synthetic biology to detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking waterCredit: Julius B. Lucks/Northwestern University With one drop ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
Is ivermectin safe during pregnancy?
A systematic review and meta-analysis led by ISGlobal concludes that there is not sufficient evidence to support the safety of ...
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Credit: Mick Urbaniak Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its ...
Study pinpoints new drug targets to treat Nipah virus
Credit: Mallur Madhusudhan, CC BY 4.0 Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high ...
For controlling tsetse flies, fabric color matters
Credit: Prof. Steve Tor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Tsetse flies infest an estimated 10 million square kilometers of sub-Saharan ...
Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Modeling mercury release from soil erosion could help mine-heavy, deforested regions create helpful policiesCredit: Axel Berky, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
Efforts to end the HIV epidemic must not ignore people already living with HIV
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Efforts to prevent new HIV transmissions in the United States must be accompanied by advances in addressing ...
Blood pressure drug could help problem drinkers: QUT research
Credit: QUT A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and ...
Regenstrief and Indiana University public health leaders expand relationships in Africa
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University are building and expanding global relationships and collaborations ...
How sand fly mating habits are helping tackle tropical disease in £2.5 million project
Credit: World Health Organisation The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite ...
How much will we eat in the future?
Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demandCredit: Lutz Depenbusch The amount of ...
Study calls for improved sanitation and the environmental management of pharmaceuticals
Credit: Dr. Simone Bagnis/University of Plymouth Poor sanitation leads to untreated wastewater entering river systems in many countries where industrialisation ...
1940s blood samples reveal historical spread of malaria
Credit: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) DNA from 75-year old eradicated European malaria parasites uncovers the historical spread of one ...
Supermarkets and child nutrition in Africa
New study by University of Göttingen shows reduction of child undernutrition through supermarkets in KenyaCredit: E M Meemken Hunger and ...
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