Regimen promises to help control a disease that is becoming increasingly resistant to existing treatments
Administering hydroxychloroquine, together with known cancer drugs, seems to stop growth of cancerous tumors in two-thirds of patients
Public health officials are calling on policy makers and global donors to empower rural women by supporting health and wellness programs
Large-scale human, animal migrations spurs re-emergence of myriad tropical diseases afflicting estimated 65 million people
Recent breakthroughs give scientists new hope for treatment and, possibly, even a cure for the devastating disease
Obama Administration is making $50 million available immediately to support stepped-up research
London initiative draws almost $800 million in pledges to combat illnesses affecting more than a billion people
Initiative is largest coordinated effort ever undertaken to combat these diseases that afflict more than a billion people globally
Children exposed to common industrial chemicals have reduced immune response to vaccines intended to protect them from disease
Doctors in Mumbai, India, reported seeing group of patients last month infected with 'totally drug-resistant' tuberculosis
Scientists have determined workings of protein vital to parasite that causes malaria,
Health experts warn that despite success in India, the danger of sudden outbreaks of the disease still threatens many countries
They say there is a dire need to rebuild Haiti's infrastructure after the earthquake two years ago
US asks scientific journals not to publish key details of experiment that created more infectious strains of a deadly bird flu virus
Critics say report fails to emphasize cancer-causing impact of many industrial chemicals, environmental pollutants
Once-minor strain of parasite has now emerges as a major public health threat
HIV infection rates in some parts of world are surging
Experts note that success is uneven in part because of different rules and regulations for drug development, testing
Researchers say many countries in South Asia bear disproportionate burden, need new drugs, vaccines
World Health Organization statistics show number of afflicted dropped to 8.8 million in 2010
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