Impact of Climate Change on Parasitic Infections
New research demonstrates how climate change and the immune reaction of the infected individual can affect the long-term and seasonal...
Climate Change and Poultry-Spread Disease in China
It was a gray, damp January afternoon a few years back when I visited the Jiangfeng wholesale poultry market on the outskirts of...
Will Climate Change Have More Complex Effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health?
The Zika viral epidemic represents a perfect storm of climate change, disease, sexuality and reproductive health. In 2009, I was deeply...
Climate Change Increases Risks in Slums
The impacts of climate change pose a serious challenge to human well-being, economies and livelihoods, particularly in informal...
Zika Virus and Climate Change
The rapid rise of the Zika virus is turning into a full-on public health crisis. The virus, transferred via specific types of mosquitoes,...
Could Spread of Zika Virus Be Linked to Climate Change?
The proliferation of the Zika virus could be linked to climate change, a top researcher told NBC News on Monday. Zika, which is suspected...
Kenya: US $4 Million Project Underway to Control Lethal Maize Disease
A new project has been launched to control the spread of a lethal viral disease which affects maize yields and threatens food security in...
Kenya's Hydropower Dams Fuel Malaria Risk for Villagers
Kamburu Dam, Kenya — Alfred Nyaga irrigates his acre of khat, a mild stimulant, in Kaloki village by pumping water with a diesel-powered...
As Increased Flooding Spreads Disease, Gates Foundation Holds Competition to "Reinvent the Toil
Two-and-a-half billion people worldwide have no access to safe, durable sanitation systems. Brian Arbogast, director of the water,...
South Sudan: In Some Areas, Malaria Cases Quadruple from Last Year
In a remote northwest corner of South Sudan, Theresa Ahok is in a hurry. The 35-year-old is from the village of Adiang and walked for an...