Tropical Disease News  

The recent cases of dengue in north India have sent panic waves among people, most of whom are not aware of exactly what this disease is and how to prevent it. Dengue is a viral disease caus... Read more

Burkina Faso health authorities plan to distribute 6.6 million mosquito nets next year in an attempt to tackle malaria, the main cause of death in the poor west African country, officials sa... Read more

Health experts and researchers met in the Kenyan capital Tuesday to explore ways of eradicating malaria, the world's deadliest infectious disease that kills around 900,000 people every year.... Read more

Public health officials try to predict how evolving strains of influenza affect the population in order to best combat it on an annual basis.

A new study by an international ... Read more

Researchers say that a cocktail of three drugs, already on the market, offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu.

Mark Prichard, a ... Read more

Massive floods brought by powerful storms have caused an outbreak of the deadly disease leptospirosis that has claimed 89 lives in the Philippine capital alone, the health secretary said. Read more

The toll in a cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria rose to 149 Friday with 52 more deaths, a provincial health official said.

"We have recorded 52 deaths from cholera outbreak in... Read more

A new study led by Indian origin scientist has found that patients with severe H1N1 infection are at an increased risk of developing life-threatening condition called pulmonary emboli, where... Read more

A cholera outbreak in northern Cameroon last month killed 51 people, a public health ministry source and national radio said.

"The latest report in our possession shows 23 deaths... Read more

Swine flu is killing fewer people than seasonal flu but is causing greater alarm due to its impact on children and higher healthcare costs, according to a top disease surveillance expert. Read more