Infectious diseases
Testing samples from a farm

Monkeypox Isn’t What We Should Be Worried About

In the past three weeks there have been nearly 100 cases and 18 human deaths from a rare tick-borne disease in Iraq; a fourth case of the Ebola virus and more than 100 cases of bubonic plague have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and just two years after Africa was declared free of wild polio, new cases have turned up in Malawi and Mozambique. A dangerous strain of typhus is circulating in Nepal, India and China.

26 May 2022
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A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine

The World Of Vaccines, Before And After COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the world's relationship to vaccines, spurring unprecedented production and innovation even while poorer nations were left behind.At the start of World Immunization Week, AFP looks at the current state of play.Millions Of Lives Saved Vaccines for more than 20 life-threatening diseases prevent between two to three million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Until COVID-19, vaccines tended to be targeted at spec

27 April 2022
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Why Are Women More Prone To Long COVID?

In June 2020, as the first reports of long COVID began to filter through the medical community, doctors attempting to grapple with this mysterious malaise began to notice an unusual trend.

14 June 2021
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How to stop losing the fight against malaria

When it comes to fighting infectious diseases, progress cannot be gauged by the availability of resources; the most important metric is the number of lives saved. By this measure, the world is on the verge of losing its battle with malaria.After years of impressive gains, global efforts to combat the mosquito-borne illness have stalled.

7 January 2019
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