Malaria risk 'higher this year'
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Southern Africa could be facing a heightened risk of malaria this year, the World Heath Organization warns.
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) official said yesterday.
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The World Health Organization is poised to promote broader use of the pesticide DDT in the battle against malaria.
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DESPITE an exciting new development this week in the race to find cheaper and more effective malaria drugs, a group of scientists is urging health authorities to consider screening travellers from malaria-infested areas to prevent the spread of drug
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Targeting a key protein may help overcome the malaria parasite's increasing resistance to existing drugs, UK researchers say.
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AIDS sufferers and transplant patients are at a much higher risk than the general population of developing a range of cancers, Australian research released Friday has found.
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Travelers to parts of Africa and Asia   are returning with a new mosquito-borne virus and the U.S.   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday   it could become entrenched in new areas.
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Disease could double the death toll from  the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a  top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested.
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Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs have succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization will report tomorrow.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami in Burma may be higher than official figures suggest, the UN says.
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Travellers to the Indian Ocean are being warned about an increased risk of the crippling Chikungunya virus.
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Millions more South Asians will suffer from diseases like malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, but governments are not fully aware of the dangers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned governments, especially those in Asia, that they may face more diseases originating in animals in the future, posing a threat to the health of human beings.
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NEW YORK  - In contrast to some earlier  reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than  decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a  Swedish study.
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The World Health Organization says a massive shortfall of a key malaria drug will last well into next year, leaving poor countries with about half of what they need to fight the disease.