More Tropical Disease News

• Resistance to Malaria Drug Reported in Cambodia

  July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Malaria parasites in western Cambodia have become resistant to artemisinin-based ...

• 'Airport Malaria' Risk Rising With Global Warming

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Global warming is raising the risk for infection with so-called ...

• New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

  November 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new species of the deadly Ebola virus has been ...

• Scientists Isolate Organism That Causes Disfiguring Tropical Disease

  March 26 (HealthDay News) -- An international team of researchers has finally isolated from the ...

• West Nile Test Screens Donated Blood and Organs

  Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A new test to detect the West Nile virus in ...

• Online 'Epidemic' Gives Clues to Bird Flu Spread

  August 22 (HealthDay News) -- Online role-playing games could provide insight into how infectious diseases ...

• Drugs Old and New May Fight Diabetes

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- An old drug used in a novel way and a ...

• Nurses' Working Conditions Tied to Patient Infections

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly intensive care unit patients have less risk of infection ...

• TB Case Prompts Warning to Jet Passengers

  May 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials are looking for airline passengers who may ...

• New Drugs, Better Care Can Beat Malaria

  May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are reporting medical advances against malaria, a global scourge ...

• Electronic Anti-Mosquito Devices Don't Work

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic mosquito repellants -- handheld devices that emit a high-frequency ...

• Plants Produce Protein to Fight Smallpox

  April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Using genetically engineered plants as a factory, scientists say they ...

• Nations Focus on Health Risks Posed by Globalization

  April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Globalization may be good for many of the world's economies, ...

• Antibiotic Combinations Could Fight Resistant Germs

  April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Using two competing antibiotics against a bacterium -- even when ...

• Cellular 'Fingerprint' IDs Infectious Disease

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- American researchers have found a way to use disease "fingerprints" ...

• Don't Wait Till School Starts to Vaccinate Against Meningitis

  Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) --The bad news, according to health experts, is that bacterial meningococcal ...

• Smoking, Indoor Air Pollution May Boost TB Risk

  Jan. 26 (iVillage Total Health) -- Smokers have yet another reason to kick the habit: ...

• Antibiotic-Coated Medical Devices Could Cut Infections

  Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- In the future, hospital patients may have a new weapon ...

• New Test Spots Drug Resistance in HIV Patients

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that they've developed a test that could give ...