In the Huehuetenango department of Guatemala, Onchocerca volvulus, commonly called river blindness, is no more. According to a recent study in the Journal of Parasitology
Thanks to a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, it is now possible to conduct a highly sensitive malaria diagnosis from a single
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed this week that the flu season has hit the United States early this year. In fact,
Recent lab testing by the WHO confirmed two more deaths from coronavirus infections that occurred in Jordan in April 2012. These cases bring the coronavirus
On Nov. 28, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported seven cases of Ebola (six confirmed, one probable), and four deaths. The current Ebola outbreak is occurring
Nietzsche was right, though “that which does not kill bacteria makes them stronger” may have been more accurate. Seventy years ago, the advent of antibiotics
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released a draft recommendation that all individuals aged 15-65 get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It
When news broke that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in Uganda, investigators in Canada were making headlines of their own with research indicating the deadly
Despite the government’s reassurance that the Cuban cholera epidemic was contained in August, new cases of the infectious disease arose over the weekend. Over 200
On Oct. 4, the WHO declared Uganda’s most recent Ebola outbreak over. Today, Uganda’s WHO country representative, Joaquim Saweka, reports two confirmed Ebola deaths from