Tag: malaria
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October 04, 2008 04:25 AM EDT --
Many moons ago, there I was strolling through western Uganda (yes, strolling ... and hitching-hiking too) when I was struck down with cerebral malaria. One minute I was going about my daily business . . .
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July 14, 2007 08:53 AM EDT --
The short answer is no, not yet. There is no Malaria in the United States nor Mexico. The mosquitos that carry malaria are not around anywhere in this part of the world. However, still nearly half a billion . . .
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February 04, 2009 02:24 PM EST --
The grim state of the global economy is threatening to cut aid to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, health experts are warning.
"We cannot abandon the constituency of 4 . . .
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February 05, 2009 07:34 PM EST --
I read this article this morning and didn't have time to post it earlier but thought I would now. I don't want to spoil anything for you so I'm going to put a link to the article. . . .
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May 04, 2009 08:32 PM EDT --
I just went to the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health to check out the infectious disease epidemiology for the swine flu
Confirmed Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection In US as . . .
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March 11, 2007 09:02 AM EDT --
You decide.
Here's a few quotes I found in Eco-Freaks that are eye opening and need to be brought to the public's attention.
I've always said that hatred of man, especially Americans, is . . .
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March 13, 2007 10:44 AM EDT --
From National Journal.
Highlights:
The IPCC says that the world would continue to warm for decades even if all human greenhouse-gas emissions were to magically stop tomorrow, which of course they . . .
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March 13, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
From National Review. Global Warming Already Wreaking Havoc? [Marlo Lewis]
The Huffington Post's David Roberts has a post up about how the public isn't scared enough about global warming. . . .
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May 03, 2008 06:37 AM EDT --
World Malaria Day brings renewed call to combat disease
April 25, 2008
Associated Press
AP - NYC; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked the first World Malaria Day on Friday with . . .
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February 05, 2009 12:59 PM EST --
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/ts_alt_afp/usitinternethealthfinancegates
To prove a point to a group of high-profile politicians and Hollywood stars, Bill Gates released mosquitos . . .
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February 18, 2008 05:25 PM EST --
In past posts, I've been critical of the United States about a number of issues. I hope that I've been fair on those occasions, but I also believe that Americans deserve praise when they . . .
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April 26, 2007 01:24 AM EDT --
Tonight's episode of American Idol was a charity fundraiser to provide aid to people in the US and Africa. During the show tonight, I was brought to tears many times. Often we do not realize . . .
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March 11, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
I'm waiting for the punchline - we'll need $100 million more to study the next ten years.
My favorite line of the whole thing: "it still must be edited by government officials."
Warming . . .
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May 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
THE FINAL PUSH: YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED.
Please call your Senator to Support the fight against global HIV/AIDS
Dear Colleague,
Can you spare ten minuets today to help ensure that the biggest . . .
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April 25, 2009 12:51 AM EDT --
myFave Five Saturday 042509 ~ Reasons to love Seattle Sounders FC
Welcome members of myFaves Group and anyone who happens upon my random list! . . .
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May 05, 2007 11:56 PM EDT --
Most people think that slavery is a thing of the past, something that you read about in history books. Slavery we're led to believe has been abolished globally, it's a shameful period of man's . . .
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July 03, 2007 08:18 AM EDT --
The musky, muggy auditorium within Mozambique’s Maputo Seminary reeked with positive energy: energy which hemorrhaged from the core of hundreds of mortals whom deployed to Africa from numerous nations . . .
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July 29, 2007 03:53 PM EDT --
Calls for increased help from Washington are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's burgeoning water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far. . . .
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August 10, 2008 01:24 AM EDT --
“A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his own stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were . . .
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April 14, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
Friday, April 14, 2006
Listen to this story
Malaria is one of the developing world's deadliest diseases, but Helen Palmer reports on a new partnership between the private and non-profit sectors to . . .
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