26/04/2024 Srimathy Sriskantharajah

April 25th 2024 marks World Malaria Day, a time when the disease is highlighted in the media and brought to the general public’s attention for a time. However, malaria is important and talked about year-round by those who have a vested interest in the disease (researchers, students, healthcare workers, community workers etc). In this blog article, I explore some of the trends behind the discussions relating to malaria over the last 12 months.

12/04/2024 Hilary Hurd

It is now recognised that health studies and interventions have historically been male-biased, and female-related health issues less explored. The potential consequence of infection with Schistosoma blood flukes is an example that two recent reviews have exposed.

05/04/2024 Timothy Little

Many of the most frightening human viruses have only recently made the jump from another species. These ‘zoonoses’ include the pandemic virus SARS-Cov-19 (which famously derived from a bat virus), and can be sourced from species both closely related to humanity (such as HIV originating from apes) and from species more distally related (such as… Read more »