The Ministry of Health has already announced an ongoing flu outbreak associated with the long rainy season. But waterborne and vector-borne diseases pose an even greater threat. Aggrey Aluso, Director ...

A Grim Reality in 1859 In the year 1859, a staggering sixty-nine out of every thousand British soldiers stationed in India succumbed to illness—not due to combat, but from cholera, dysentery, and ...

She never visited India. She still cut its military death rate from 69 to 5 per thousand. Florence Nightingale changed a nation from her bed., People, Times Now ...

TV icon Anthea Turner has revealed she was hit by ill health while taking on a ‘brutal’ challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. The 65-year-old presenter undertook the ...

There’s nothing more annoying than the persistent buzz of a fly indoors, not to mention the fact that some flies can transmit ...

This musical, created by StarKid Productions, parodies the classic video game, following a dysfunctional family's journey ...

A new method for cleaning household water supplies in rural communities in Nepal is being developed by an international team ...

Communicable diseases remain among the serious public health threats in developing urban centres and Harare is no exception. Outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and dysentery continue to claim lives despite ...

Had the U. S. been informed two months ago that Chicago was suffering an outbreak of amebic dysentery, a good many people might have stayed away from the city, with consequent loss to its Fair, hotels ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. One night, an ad on Reddit caught Jake Eberts’ eye. Using graphics from the classic video game “The Oregon Trail,” it said something like, “You have ...

Connections is here again to challenge your mind with sixteen words that just don't seem to fit together at first glance. If you want to win, you will need to put all those words into four categories, ...