Health experts on Thursday called for more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed 1.8 million people around the world last year. Full Article at The Post Chronicle

More than 2 billion people, or a third of the world's total population, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is now the world's seventh-leading cause of death. Full Article at The Post Chronicle

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said Zambia has made progress towards attainment of the millennium development goals (MDGs) particularly in the health sector. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

The United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign, which will work in collaboration with the 2010 Soccer World Cup, was launched Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, SAPA/IOL reports (12/2). Full Article at News-Medical.net

CANCUN, Mexico - Health experts on Thursday called for more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed 1.8 million people around the world last year. Full Article at MSNBC

The decline of species and their habitats may not just make nature less interesting. New research, published in Bioscience, suggests it may also put you at greater risk for catching some exotic new disease. Full Article at Science A GoGo

For centuries, the use of the plant Cannabis sativa L, commonly known as marijuana, has been deeply entrained in the roots of cultures around the world. Full Article at Associated Content

John Lipscomb, a former bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Southwest Florida, was ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church this week. He converted two years ago after retiring. Full Article at TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

Nairobi — To many, he was just an ordinary mzungu who was touring Kenya to sample the country's beauty and serenity. But before recognition could hit any discerning passerby, he was gone. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

Health officials have conceded that they are losing the war on malaria, as it remains a major killer disease, citing for over 70 per cent of infant mortality cases here. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

Siliguri, Dec. 3: Three staff members of the Naxalbari Block Hospital were showcaused for administering today a malaria patient a drug that had passed the expiry date. Full Article at Calcutta Telegraph

Post Number: 00047697 Organizational Context UNDP is a key partner to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) and is the UN agency assuming the role of Principal Recipient of GFATM grants in Zimbabwe. Full Article at Relief Web

“While we will initially be targeting the lucrative single test markets for malaria and both human and bovine tuberculosis, we believe a much more extensive market exists for a fast, easy to use, handheld diagnostic device that blood banks can use to... Full Article at Freshnews.com

To conduct clinical trials after three months Months after World Health Organisation (WHO) warned people suffering from conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria against relying on homeopathic treatments, a Mumbai-based homeopathic institution... Full Article at Business Standard

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers. Full Article at PhysOrg.com

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers. Full Article at EurekAlert

Bradford’s Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh has returned to Africa to see the results of her charity climb up the continent’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro. Full Article at Telegraph & Argus

The former Hollyoaks hunk made his faux par as he spoke to Metro about his passion for the Malaria No More UK charity that he and the other celebs raised funds for through the text voting on the ITV show. Full Article at Metro.co.uk

"One of the bigger challenges - a perpetual challenge - is that we do research and development, and it is easier to tell people of [things] which are here and now than things that are in the future," said MMV's CEO Chris Hentschel, who recently visited... Full Article at Medical News Today