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Thai rescuers search for passengers of a bus that fell about 30 meters (98 feet) into the ravine on a curvy rural road in Lampang province, Thailand in October last year. Pic: AP. A recent study by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its fact sheet on lead poisoning and health. Background information: Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal found in the Earth’s crust. Its widespread use has resulted in extensive environmental contamination...

Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk, accounting for a staggering one-in-eight deaths, according to a new World Health Organization report. Approximately 7 million premature deaths were tied to air...

full-text ► Ongoing Dengue Epidemic — Angola, June 2013 Early Release Volume 62, Early Release June 17, 2013 Ongoing Dengue Epidemic — Angola, June 2013 Early Release June 17, 2013 / 62(Early Release);1-4 On April 1, 2013, the Public Health Directorate...

Since 2000, global malaria deaths have dropped 66 percent among all age groups, and by 71 percent among children under five. More than six million lives have been saved, and a vast majority of the lives saved have been children, according to the World...