Measles infected 10 million, claimed over 142,000 lives last year
Large pockets of unvaccinate children have caused a backsliding in immunization against measles -- a vaccine-preventable disease.
Tag: Public Health
New vaccine is incredibly efficient at preventing typhoid
Antibiotic-resistant typhoid is spreading in some parts of the world so this news comes in the nick of time.
Measles cases spike globally with a 26% increase from last year
The potentially deadly illness, which can be easily prevented with vaccinations, continues to spike globally.
Most anti-vaccine ads you see on Facebook are paid by just two organizations
Facebook's recent policy changes makes it harder for legitimate pro-vaccine sources to publish ads while anti-vaccine groups bend the rules.
Sri Lanka has eliminated measles
Sri Lanka is the fourth country in the WHO South-East Asia Region, after Bhutan, Maldives, and Timor-Leste, to eliminate measles ...
Algeria and Argentina are now malaria-free
The two countries join many others who have recently eliminated malaria from within their borders.
WHO says tackling climate change will reduce infectious diseases and save millions of lives
Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.
Why the WHO put a mysterious ‘Disease X’ on its most-feared list
We don't know anything about disease X -- that's the point.