Teen Smoking Plummets Where Tobacco Ads Are Banned
Advertising has a significant impact on smoking, and banning these ads can make a huge difference.
Tag: global health
Mysterious “Disease X” identified as aggressive strain of malaria
The mystery of this Disease X seems to have been solved. Now to develop an approach to handling it.
Around 1 in 5 under 50s may be living with genital herpes — many don’t even know it
Well, I didn't have herpes on my Christmas bingo card.
What is “Disease X” and how worried should we be about it?
A mysterious disease has popped up in the DRC and seems to be particularly deadly to children, but we are ...
New vaccine shows protection against aerosol tuberculosis infection in monkeys
Researchers from Europe and the United States show that a new tuberculosis vaccine, MTBVAC, protects better than the current BCG ...
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.
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.
Polio Type 3 eradicated globally
A major milestone in the global effort to eradicate all poliovirus strains.
How to prevent dementia, according to new WHO guidelines
If you want to save your brain, here are the do’s and don’ts from the new WHO guidelines.
Dengue vaccine candidate looks promising in Phase 3 Trial
Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that causes flu-like symptoms but can be lethal and kill up to 20% of those ...
