The World Health Organization made two announcements on Monday. A study showing too much bacon can cause cancer got a…
Pakistan is one of the last places where polio remains active. The number of cases in the first half of…
A new study reveals that while Zambia has made great progress against malaria over the past decade or so it…
The breakout of measles in Disneyland in late 2014 ignited a long-simmering debate over vaccines in the United States. This…
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent sure are getting a lot of attention these days. From international pledges for vaccine…
The end of Guinea worm disease is near. Only 126 cases of the debilitating disease were reported in 2014, says…
By Robert Fortner, special to Humanosphere During high season for polio this year, Nigeria has seen only one case of…
A team of polio health workers providing vaccines to children in Baluchistan, Pakistan, were attacked by gunmen riding on motorcycles…
Ongoing conflict in Syria dominates the headlines as the Islamic State (ISIL) advances. The hysteria over this newest terror threat…
Health worker and vaccine vials with the heat-sensitive VVM.WHO Sometimes, a simple technical fix – or techno-fix, as the critics…