Infectious enthusiasm: The 2015 Nobel prizes: Physiology or medicine
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Infectious enthusiasm Main image: 20151010_STP502.jpg DESPITE what the romantic poets would have you believe,...
View ArticleThe Economist explains: What makes a disease eradicable
HUMANITY has succeeded in eradicating only one human disease: smallpox. Although polio has stolen the limelight as the one thought to be next on its way out, a lesser-known scourge may beat...
View ArticleThe 2015 Nobel science prizes: Wisdom, ancient and modern
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View ArticleMalaria eradication: Breaking the fever
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View ArticleViruses and parasites: Eradicating disease
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Eradicating disease Fly Title: Viruses and parasites Main image: 20151010_LDP001_0.jpg TO EXTERMINATE a...
View ArticleDaily chart: The shrinking malaria map
Main image: Audio and Video content on Economist.com requires a browser that can handle iFrames. A CENTURY ago, malaria existed nearly everywhere in the world. It was endemic in America and...
View ArticleRoad deaths in Africa: Worse than malaria
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View ArticleMalaria: One more punch
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View ArticleGuinea-worm disease: Going, going...
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View ArticleMalaria vaccines: Buzzing
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The war within Fly Title: Malaria vaccines Main image: Bring out the big guns Bring out the big guns THE...
View ArticleAntibiotic resistance: The grim prospect
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View ArticleAntibiotics: When the drugs don’t work
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: When the drugs don’t work Fly Title: Antibiotics Main image: 20160521_LDP001_0.jpg SOME people describe...
View ArticleExtinctions to order: Gene-ocide
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Britain’s one-party state Fly Title: Extinctions to order IN A competition to find the world’s least-loved animal,...
View ArticleDo you yield?: Growing anti-malaria drugs in tobacco plants
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View ArticleMalaria: The biter bit
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View ArticlePodcast: Babbage: Thinking deeply
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View ArticleMedical diagnostics: A cardboard centrifuge separates blood cells from plasma
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View ArticleTropical diseases: The cause of nodding syndrome
Print section Print Rubric: A strange and poorly understood illness may actually be a symptom of another Print Headline: Blame the worm Print Fly Title: Tropical diseases...
View ArticleTrump's first budget: Why the Trump administration may find it hard to...
Main image: THE Trump administration is mulling significant reductions in the budgets of the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development—perhaps by as much as...
View ArticleWinning the endgame: A global attack on long-neglected tropical diseases is...
Print section Print Rubric: The remarkable tale of the global offensive against a variety of ancient plagues Print Headline: Winning the endgame Print Fly Title: Neglected...
View ArticleGeneration games: Great strides have been made against disease and poverty
Print section Print Rubric: The past 15 years have seen spectacular falls in poverty and ill health. The next 15 are unlikely to be as good Print Headline: Generation games Print...
View ArticleThe Economist explains: Why gene drives may never eradicate diseases or pests
Main image: THE chance that a sexually reproducing organism’s offspring will inherit a particular version of a gene from a particular parent is usually 50%. Gene drives are stretches of DNA...
View ArticleThe Economist explains: Why malaria is spreading in Venezuela
Main image: MOST Latin American countries have impressive records when it comes to tackling malaria. Cases detected in the region fell by a third between 2010 and 2015, according to the World...
View ArticleA recurring ague: Switzerland is seeing more cases of malaria
Print section Print Rubric: Europe should watch out for an old disease Print Headline: A recurring ague Print Fly Title: Malaria in Switzerland UK Only Article: ...
View ArticleThe war on malaria: After years of success, progress against malaria is slowing
Print section Print Rubric: After years of success, progress against malaria is slowing Print Headline: Biting back Print Fly Title: The war on malaria UK Only...
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