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March 4, 2020

Liberia – Growing Cohort of Epilepsy Patients Shows How Life-changing Treatment is Possible

Many of the patients that we see have serious problems from neglect and stigma, because people mistakenly believe that epilepsy is a contagious disease. This...

March 2, 2020

The Mystery of Dr Li Wenliang – What Does it Tell us About This New Coronovirus?

Dr Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who first sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronovirus, died from the disease at the age of 32, the...

February 13, 2020

How Malaria Parasite Grows and Multiplies

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria is able to multiply at such an alarming rate, which could...

January 27, 2020

Queen’s Research Develop Tool to Tackle Diet Epidemic in India

New research led by Queen's University Belfast aims to better understand the link between diet and disease in India. A disproportionately high number of premature...

January 14, 2020

Rising Temperatures May Cause Over 2000 Fatal Injuries Per Year In The US

A 2 degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries every year in the United States. This is the...

December 3, 2019

3 Other Reasons Why Treating TB Is Important

We are privileged to be doing the work we do: screening disadvantaged people for Tuberculosis (TB) and treating them. We work in slums, villages, mountains,...

November 25, 2019

Antibiotic Resistance – The Battle Gets Harder

The World Bank estimates that between 1.1% and 3.8% of global GDP could be lost due to antibiotic resistance, (known as antimicrobial resistance /AMR), if...