A high-density rain gauge observational network in Taiwan reveals that multiple precipitation peaks exist over the mountainous island during summer afternoon convection. This contrasts with previous ...

"Our findings show that Zika virus isn't just passively transmitted." Scientist reveals disturbing way Zika virus affects ...

New analysis published in the BMJ reveals the UK gambling industry is mimicking the tactics first used by Big Tobacco decades ...

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

Leishmaniasis is a life-threatening parasitic infection and one of the most concerning neglected vector-borne tropical diseases worldwide. Current leishmaniasis chemotherapeuticals are poorly ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

The country’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis brings the total to 55 countries that have eliminated at least one ...

NTDs, a group of 21 debilitating infectious diseases, affect over 1 billion people globally, causing significant morbidity, ...

By Sharon Atieno Guinea has eeliminated the human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem.It has managed to control the gambiense form of the disease to below the ...

Malaria is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions and causes up to one million deaths each year. Transcriptomics of gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum liver-stage parasites reveals ...

India experiences the world’s absolute burden of at least 11 NTDs, including hookworm, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, kala-azar, and rabies, representing the highest number of cases worldwide ...

WASHINGTON (CMC) – Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD ... expanded vaccination coverage, vector control, and increased awareness and education. Historically, these diseases have ...