An outbreak of a mysterious flu-like illness recently affected hundreds of students in Manila, forcing three private schools to close down. On October 1, 2001, dozens of students were sent home from

Officials in Hong Kong have completed their slaughtering operation to contain the spread to a flu caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus. At least 1.4 million birds were slaughtered

An estimated $10 28 billion is frittered away due to lost productivity, illness and death

A handful of infectious diseases are responsible for 90 per cent of the deaths throughout the world, a study of the World Health Organi

Despite physicians being aware of the seriousness of hospital-acquired infections, some of them do not wash their hands between seeing patients, thus helping spread infections. For example, a study

Hormone therapy may be the difference between the life and death/or the starving

Since April, more than 500 people in Nepal have died, reportedly due to infectious diseases. This has been happening in the remote villages, particularly in northern Nepal. More than 20,000 people in