You may have seen this name appear alongside recent health news - there are concerns over its increasing distribution in the Americas and the recent… Read more »
Malawi is endemic for urogenital schistosomiasis, however reports of intestinal schistosomiasis have pointed to the emergence of Schistosoma mansoni… Read more »
It is the world’s most contagious viral disease, and has killed thousands of people in 2020 already. However, I am not talking… Read more »
Our future could very well play out like an apocalyptic Hollywood film, if two of our nemeses get together: climate change and… Read more »
In early 2014, the European Centre of Diseases Prevention and Control reported cases of urogenital schistosomiasis in a group of… Read more »
Candida auris, first isolated in 2009, is emerging as a multidrug resistant pathogen, causing outbreaks and deaths in several… Read more »
Zika disease has exploded in the Latin Americas following an outbreak in Brazil last year. Although not lethal, there is evidence… Read more »
This is an aerial photo of a river just like any other river – except that this rather innocuous looking waterway lends its name… Read more »
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