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Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia More

A young man lights a marijuana cigarette during a demonstration demanding a new law on cannabis in Montevideo, May 8, 2013.

Study Finds Marijuana Helps Control Blood Sugar, Waistlines

Study reported that participants using marijuana in the previous month had the lowest levels of fasting insulin, higher 'good' cholesterol More

Hassana Ousmane rests her head against the bed where her 21-month-old daughter, Zeinab, suffering from malaria, rests at the Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital in Accra, Ghana, April 25, 2012.

Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes More Attracted to Humans

Each year, malaria infects more than 200 million people worldwide, and claims an estimated 660,000 livesMore

Soldiers clean a backyard to prevent the spread of yellow fever in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Feb 19, 2008.

WHO: Yellow Fever 'Booster' Unnecessary

WHO's group of experts on immunization believes one dose of vaccination is enough to provide life-long immunity against yellow fever More

Each red dot on this screen shot from the Ventus website represents a power plant. (Ventus Project)

Citizen Scientists Map Global Emissions

Power plants account for more than 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions More

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Plastinated human body exhibit during a media viewing for the exhibition "The Human Body" in Ostend, Belgium, June 15, 2012 file photo.

Struggling With Math? Plug in to Improve

Using 'transcranial random noise stimulation,' Oxford University cognitive neuroscience researchers boost math performance
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Angelina Jolie

Doctors Say Not All Women with Jolie Condition Need Preventive Mastectomies

They say careful monitoring of women with Jolie's genetic mutation may be adequate in some cases
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Bonko Diawara holds her 17-month-old daughter, Diarra Yattibere, as she recovers from malnutrition, at a nutrition center at Selibaby

UNICEF: Africa's Child Malnutrition Costs $25 Billion Annually

UNICEF estimates that even modest investments in combating chronic malnutrition among children can yield stunning returns
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Indian mother fans her child with her sari as the child awaits treatment for diarrhea at a government-run children

India Develops Lowest-Cost Vaccine to Prevent Diarrhea

Officials say clinical tests show new vaccine is effective against rotavirus, which causes severe diarrhea in children
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An apartment is engulfed by toxic smoke from burning trash at Dandora waste site, one of Africa

Toxic Waste Exposure Widespread in Developing World

Report finds hazards posed by exposure to chemical waste sites are comparable to those from malaria and air pollution
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This undated image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus.

Saudi Arabia Confirms 6 New Cases of SARS-like Virus

New virus can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia
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Isaiah Deng Mayom, right, Carter Center field officer, uses a flip chart to show children how to avoid contracting guinea worm, Lakes State, Sudan, Nov. 4, 2010.

Niger Offers Reward to Help Eradicate Guinea Worm

Cash incentives for anyone who reports case of parasitic disease are part of health ministry efforts to permanently eradicate illness
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US actress and humanitarian campaigner Angelina Jolie leaves a G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting in London April 11, 2013.

Video Angelina Jolie Has Double Mastectomy to Prevent Breast Cancer

Star, who went public in New York Times article, made decision to have surgery after learning she had 87% chance of developing breast cancer
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