Tropical Diseases

• Malaria deaths still at ‘unacceptably high levels’ worldwide: WHO

  The fight against malaria has stalled, according to the World Health Organization.

  Health

  Dec 4, 2019
  
• Malaria vaccine used to immunize children in Malawi, in world first

  Malawi is the first country to start immunizing kids against malaria, according to the WHO.

  Health

  Apr 23, 2019
  
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• U.K. woman contracts STI that can cause genitals to ‘rot’ away

  The disease, called Donovanosis, causes "beefy red" ulcers to appear on the genitals.

  Health

  Aug 23, 2018
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• Gates Foundation boosts aid to stamp out malaria; targets Ebola

  Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2014