Melioidosis is a rare tropical disease caused by bacteria commonly found in soil and water in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. After heavy rainfall it becomes airborne. Queensland's tropical ...

While many of those who carry the mutation develop severe lung hemorrhaging as children others never get the disease at all. Now, Shum and a team of collaborators have found a variation in a ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has decommissioned eight tropical cyclone names from its regular list following ...

For just the third time in over 27 years, three tropical cyclones are active simultaneously in the South Pacific. This vast region, which stretches from the Coral Sea in the west to the Pitcairn ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the ...

"We are thankful to both the FDA for creating the TDPRV Program to drive development of drugs to benefit patients suffering from serious but often neglected tropical diseases, and to Streeterville ...

Increased levels of the disease are typically recorded after tropical storms and extreme weather. Health officials were investigating whether the spike was linked to last summer's flooding across ...

Neglected tropical diseases are a diverse group of diseases that have proliferated in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in marginalised populations, where they cause illness, suffering, and ...

His book is an enthralling historical exploration of the role of airborne microorganisms in disease, and examines why these pathogens have been overlooked for centuries. Vaccine specialist Peter ...