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An HIV vaccine component may have accidentally triggered an immune response that made people more vulnerable to infection, say scientists.

Fleas may transmit leishmaniasis to dogs, maintaining a reservoir of disease that could then infect humans.

A round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.

The speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.

Despite campaigning in Bangladesh, under-fives are still failing to receive zinc treatment for diarrhoeal disease, a survey says.

Kenya believes it can eliminate malaria by 2017 but admits that there is a long road of funding and capacity building ahead.

A round up of articles about vaccine distribution in the developing world, flu virus survival strategies, thermal screening, and more.

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

Using sheeting impregnated with insecticide may be easier, and less toxic, than wall-spraying.

Deaths from diarrhoea in over-five-year-olds far exceed established estimates, according to a new study.

Scientists have used a 'gun' that delivers a vaccine and an electrical impulse to improve the effectiveness of a DNA vaccine for HIV.

Millions of children are missing out on the fruits of an explosion in vaccine development because they are too difficult to reach.

The Thailand HIV vaccine trial reveals the human body's fighting response to the virus, a conference has heard, but many questions remain.

The latest on swine flu including protection by seasonal flu, the use of X-rays in severe cases, the effect of flu on the unborn and more.

South-East Asia's mosquitoes bite at dusk so bednets are of limited use — but treated hammocks could be a useful addition.

Cases of infection with the Colombian variant of a US bacterium, USA300, have increased by eight per cent in six years.

Bednets and biopesticides show promise as a winning combination against malaria, according to a new research model.

Excitement about the potential of a plant root extract to combat swine flu is brought down to earth by a pandemics expert.

Bangladeshi researchers say that the antibiotic tigecycline has potential use in combination with antimalarials such as artemisinin.

A Nobel Prize winner has called for global rollout of vaccines that protect against cervical cancer — a big killer in the developing world.