Tag: Disease in the Developing World

Credit: Emily Lund, Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. For decades, one of the strongest weapons against malaria ...

New study reveals wide variations in how well or poorly people age; United States ranks 54th between Iran (53rd) and ...

NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2019)--TB Alliance's new drug application (NDA) for the novel tuberculosis (TB) drug candidate pretomanid has ...

Credit: Christensen, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2019) In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis (DCL), a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow ...

The nanoparticle platform for this respiratory syncytial virus study will be applied to vaccine research on flu, HIV, and more; ...

By combining artificial intelligence and hyperspectral imaging, we can make sure facilities are clean during norovirus and flu season -- ...

Unitaid has awarded a US$25.3 million grant to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health for a project that seeks to ...

Downing a casein shake just before sleep increases muscle mass and strength gains from resistance training, without 'making you fat' ...

Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug deliveryCredit: University of South Australia Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases ...

Now, with an unprecedented level of accuracy, an international team of researchers, led by Dr Moritz Kramer at the University ...

A rapidly evolving new subspecies of the cryptosporidium parasite - a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in children worldwide - ...

P. falciparum parasites can develop drug resistance by epigenetic changes in clag3 gene expressionCredit: Mira et al, 2019 Resistance to ...

Three-fold risk increase of respiratory diseases from crop residue burning; Economic loss estimated to be nearly USD 30 billion annually ...

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: Lee, et al (2019) Dengue fever is a major public health concern in ...