Confirmed cases of chikungunya – passed from an infected mosquito to humans – have more than doubled from 7000 to 16,000 in the last two months in Guangdong Province. The disease has been reported in ...

Health officials in New York confirmed on Tuesday (local time) that a resident in Nassau County, Long Island, had tested positive. An investigation by the Nassau County Department of Health found the ...

The anti-parasite drug ivermectin has shown promise in controlling malaria transmission, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine 1. The study found that giving repeated ...

Health experts have urged Aussies travelling to and from China to be on alert for a deadly insect-borne virus running rampant across more than 20 cities. Cases of chikungunya – which is passed from an ...

The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the potentially fatal disease, campaigners said ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, which has infected thousands of people. Authorities ...

In a special Press Pack, cubs Ollie and Asha from St Albans in the UK join up with scouts Nihad, Abdul and Suadique in Tamale, Ghana. The Cubs describe how they raised money to send to Ghana where the ...

To protect and provide solutions to people forced to flee, UNHCR must anticipate, plan, source and purchase goods and services in a timely, efficient and sustainable manner. This might range from ...