Once, a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant TB meant quick death. A three-drug regimen cures most patients in just months.
Tag: Epidemics
A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo
The therapies saved roughly 90 percent of the patients who were newly infected, a turning point in the decades-long fight against the virus.
Philippines Declares a National Dengue Epidemic
At least 622 people have died of the mosquito-borne illness this year, officials said.
Why Are These Medical Instruments So Tough to Sterilize?
Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market.
Congo Official Says 2nd Ebola Victim in Goma Has Died
A man became the second confirmed Ebola case in the Congolese city of two million, and an official said there appeared to be no link between the case and a previous one announced earlier this month.
Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is Declared a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization issued the order; the virus has infected more than 2,500 people and killed nearly 1,700.
Earlier Ebola Outbreaks, and How the World Overcame Them
Hemorrhagic fever inspires almost mythic terror, but whether it can be beaten depends more on people than on medical advances.
Ebola Outbreak Reaches Major City in Congo, Renewing Calls for Emergency Order
The year-old outbreak has now reached Goma, a heavily populated city near the border with Rwanda. The W.H.O. will ask experts again to decide whether to issue a declaration that could increase funding to fight the disease spread.
Polio Cases Surge in Pakistan and Afghanistan
False rumors that children are fainting or dying have led parents to turn away vaccinators, threatening the campaign to eradicate the disease.
What You Need to Know About the Zika Virus and Travel
The virus has been out of the headlines, but that doesn’t mean it is gone. The World Health Organization just updated its guidelines for travelers to the Zika zone.