Meliodosis, the tropical disease kills thousands every year but remains neglected

A small team of doctors is has made it their mission to make the world take notice of meliodosis

Carrie Arnold, Mosaic

· Feb 25, 2018 · 02:30 pm

To contain pandemics, scientists are hunting down viruses that might spread from wildlife to humans

The PREDICT project has been working since 2009 to identify viruses in wildlife such as bats, rodents and nonhuman primates around the world.

Karl Gruber, Ensia

· Dec 17, 2017 · 02:30 pm

‘Feeling lousy’ and ‘off colour’: Disease outbreaks have influenced the way we talk

How infectious diseases have shaped our culture, habits and language.

Maxine Whittaker, The Conversation

· Jul 30, 2017 · 02:30 pm

How humans have forced disease-causing microbes to adapt and evolve

Humans increase the chance new viruses will emerge in us by simply being in the right place at the right time.

Ian M Mackay and Katherine Arden, The Conversation

· Jul 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Through time, humans have evolved to survive and beat devastating infectious diseases

But we never really genetically overcame bacterial infections through evolution.

Simon Reid, The Conversation

· Jul 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm

From smallpox to AIDS, how the world has battled infectious diseases

If we are to save the world from the threat of infectious diseases, we need to learn the lessons of past outbreaks.

David Griffin and Justin Denholm, The Conversation

· Jul 16, 2017 · 02:30 pm

A small group of researchers are making big strides in combating kala azar

While the government talks of eliminating kala azar, these scientists are studying the parasite’s DNA and developing new drugs.

Menaka Rao

· Apr 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India has been talking about defeating kala azar since 1947 – and now has a good chance of doing so

In Bihar, the work done by researchers and non-profits over the decades has put the government's 2017 elimination goal within reach.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 27, 2016 · 02:30 pm

'I felt like my body was on fire': A TB survivor describes the excruciating pain of the cure

Dharavi resident Owais was one of the first people to be given Bedaquiline, one of the few drugs remaining to treat multi-drug resistant TB, in India.

Chapal Mehra

· Aug 24, 2016 · 02:30 pm

A nomadic tribe in Rajasthan has researchers asking: can camel milk control diabetes?

The Raika DNA has high levels of the gene for diabetes but few people develop the disease.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Feb 22, 2015 · 08:30 am

How I survived swine flu and Delhi’s poor public health system

The lack of information on how to access the government-prescribed drug for H1N1 is making the infection deadlier.

Anjali Mody

· Jan 23, 2015 · 06:45 am

Why the rest of the world doesn’t suffer from leprosy like India does

The country needs to improve the rate and speed of detection.

Shruti Ravindran, qz.com

· Jan 20, 2015 · 12:30 pm