Disease

Tropical cyclones generally strike Bangladesh in two seasons, March through July and September through December, with the greatest number of storms arriving in May and October. The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children...

The number of new cases has fallen to around 80 from 164 a week ago. Of the more than 3,200 cases reported in total, more than 3,000 have been in Lusaka. Zambia on Sunday relaxed rules...

Both T1D and T2D are known to confer significant additional risks during pregnancy, leading to increased chances of high birth weight, preterm delivery, stillbirth, and other undesirable outcomes. A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the...

Human antibodies manufactured from transchromosomic cattle could represent a novel technique for rapidly producing antibodies for passive immunotherapy for emerging infectious diseases. Human antibodies manufactured from the plasma of cattle and targeting the Middle East respiratory...

Listeria food poisoning is a bacterial infection that can be treated with antibiotics if diagnosed in time. The bacteria can be found in animal products including cold cut meats, poultry, and unpasteurized milk, as well as...

Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi, affects some 17 million people in low and middle-income countries each year. Most cases occur in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. A lack of robust surveillance and data on...

QDiabetes is a computer-based calculator used across the U.K. National Health Service for estimating 10-year risk for type 2 diabetes. In this study, researchers used routinely collected data from more than 1400 general practices in England...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults and there is evidence that suicide rates are increasing in this age group, they write. Both LGBQ sexual identity and traumatic experiences in...

Living further away from a fast food outlet was also weakly associated with a smaller waist and lower BMI, but the authors note that limitations to the data used may have meant this effect is underestimated....

Through a framework of mutual cooperation, ADB and the Global Fund can complement each other’s contributions to health programs in the Asia and Pacific region. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Fund have signed...