Devex
08/06/2015
In Myanmar, a global health threat breeds room for new cooperation
In a way, the fearful specter of resistance to artemisinin, a must-have drug in the battle against one of the world’s deadliest diseases, rising in remote and rugged northern Myanmar, has made clear that global health cooperation has to move faster than political consensus.
Miami Herald
07/01/2015
Study: Cases of 'fish poisoning' in Florida far more prevalent than reported
A new study conducted by University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health found that ciguatera strikes nearly 30 times more people than previously believed — with Hispanics among the most common victims to a toxin that can cause vomiting, nausea and, in the worst cases, paralysis.
Yahoo! Health
06/30/2015
The Freaky Fish-Borne Illness You've Never Heard Of
A new study published in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene found that poisoning from ciguatera, a toxin that can make you sick when you eat certain types of fish, is 28 times more common than previous data suggests. The most recent estimate from the state of Florida found that one out of every 500,000 residents becomes sick from ciguatera poisoning each year, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that only 2 to 10 percent of ciguatera cases are actually reported in the U.S.
United Press International
05/04/2015
Dengue fever may be costlier than malaria
The spread of dengue fever could cause more sickness and prove more costly globally than malaria, U.S. public health experts said.
The Washington Post
04/20/2015
Why researchers say fake and low-quality drugs are a ‘global pandemic’
Fake and substandard drugs are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths around the globe each year, and the persistent lack of reliable medicines in poor countries threatens to roll back decades of efforts to combat malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other conditions, researchers said Monday.
New Republic
04/20/2015
The World's Medical Supply Chain Is Riddled With Counterfeit Drugs
In 2012, the FDA warned physicians and medical practices that their supplies of bevacizumab, an expensive drug used in combination with chemotherapy to inhibit tumor growth, might be tainted. It turns out some hospitals were literally giving cancer patients cornstarch instead of anticancer meds: The FDA found that some batches of the counterfeit beyacizumab contained no active pharmaceutical ingredients at all.
The East African (Kenya)
03/21/2015
Malaria burden stays high in Uganda
To prevent the further burden of the disease, the scientists say that there is a need to scale up campaigns to distribute insecticide-treated bednets and spray homes with insecticides, while considering new interventions such as using malaria drugs.
Daily Monitor (Uganda)
03/19/2015
Malaria cases on the increase - new study
According to the World Health Organisation, at least 584,000 people, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa, were estimated to have died of malaria in 2013.