News Archives: 2012

Neglected tropical diseases are among the most common conditions afflicting the estimated 99 million people who live on less than US $2 per day in the Latin American and Caribbean region. One of these tropical diseases, Chagas, infects more than 8 million people worldwide. While most of those infected are in Latin and Central America, as many as 300,000 live.... Read Full Article >

Influenza is an illness caused by RNA viruses that infect the respiratory tract of many animals, birds, and humans.  Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza infection can cause a more severe illness or even death.  Influenza viruses are divided into three types, designated A, B, and C. Influenza types A and B, which are.... Read Full Article >

Diseases that follow natural disasters cause more deaths than the catastrophe itself with water supplies quickly becoming contaminated by human and animal excrement.  Thailand has recently experienced historical flooding after months of monsoon rain, which has left two out of the three landfills submerged, thereby causing contamination of water supplies and rice fields as garbage floats through the streets.  This.... Read Full Article >