Category: Health Crisis
How in Mali, Local Communities Are at the Heart of the Fight Against Malaria
Malaria in Mali is the main cause for doctor’s visits and mortality. According to a demographic and health-related survey, more than 2.6 million confirmed cases were registered in 2018, …
Opiate Crisis: Three US Drug Companies Trying to Settle for $18 Billion
AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health are accused of deliberately pushing the potentially fatal addiction to opioids. The Wall Street Journal in their October 15th edition reported that three US …
California to Allow Pharmacies to Give out HIV Preventive Drugs Without Prescriptions
Gavin Newsom the governor of California signed a law that allows pharmacists to provide HIV prevention drugs such as Truvada to patients without a prescription. It allows pharmacists to …
The Fight Against HIV and Tuberculosis Is at a Critical Turning Point
For the first time in ten years, international and national funds to fight HIV and tuberculosis decreased in 2018, putting countries affected by these epidemics under pressure. Global Fund …
Study Finds That Washing Machines Can Spread Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
For the first time in history, researchers have identified a washing machine as a reservoir of multi-antibiotics resistant pathogens. The pathogens, identified as a Klebsiella oxytoca clone, were transferred …
Study Shows Increasing Cases of Drug-Resistant Malaria Caused by New Strain in Southeast Asia
Researchers report that a strain of drug-resistant malaria is rapidly spreading across Southeast Asia, with fears that it could reach Africa. Findings from a comprehensive genome study published in …
Lethal, Drug-Resistant Fungus Infection Might Be Result of Climate Change
Researchers say that a scary fungus has made health officials in the United States to issue stern warnings to health facilities across the nation may have a connection to …
Elderly Man Dies After Contracting a Flesh-Eating Bacteria Found in Coastal Waters
A man by the name Sebek, from San Marcos Texas, passed on June 25 while on a boat fishing escapade in Turtle Bay, near Palacios. The 78-year-old man is …
Report: Fight to End HIV/AIDS Epidemic Losing Momentum
The rate of progress of the campaign aimed at ending the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is dropping, according to a report released few days before the 10th IAS Conference on …