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In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause célèbre for voguish philanthropists. Bill Gates, Bono, and Laura Bush are only a few of the personalities who have lent their names - and opened their pocketbooks - in hopes of curing the disease. Still, in a time when every emergent disease inspires waves of panic, why aren’t we doing more to eradicate one of our oldest foes? And how does a parasitic disease that we’ve known how to prevent for more than a century still infect 500 million people every year, killing nearly 1 million of them?

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

Dengue Fever: Understanding the Growing Global Health Threat Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection, has emerged as a significant global public health concern in recent years. This potentially life-threatening disease, primarily transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The past few decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the incidence of dengue fever, with outbreaks occurring more frequently and in new areas, affecting millions of people annually. This comprehensive article delves into the causes, symptoms, prevention, ...

Yellow fever is one of the world's most deadly diseases. If you think it's a disease that can only be found in tropical climates, think again. Even with a single shot vaccine, the risk of outbreaks of yellow fever is significant and growing globally. EYE on Yellow Fever is a ten-part series that takes you inside a concerted global effort to ensure that yellow fever does not become the next big global health threat. EYE on Yellow Fever is a series by the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy, which operates in 40 countries with over 50 partners, including the World Health Organization...

This is an exposition about Yellow fever and it's causative virus. The transmission agent, epidemiology, preventive measures, treatment and diagnosis were all highlighted.

In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country - and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.

100 Hours 100 Stars is a tribute to India's Covid Warriors by Fever, Radio One, and Nasha. On this podcast, our RJs will be in conversations with 100 stars for 100 hours. To find out they are up to and what would they like to say to India's Covid warriors to keep their spirits going? But before we begin, please donate towards #PMCARES fund by clicking on the link: https://m.p-y.tm/FFM-PMCARES How? For that, you'll have to listen in. So, shall we begin?