Ebola ruled out in Saudi man’s death

The Ebola virus was not the cause of death of Saudi citizen Ibrahim Al-Zahrani, who died in Jeddah on Wednesday, the Health Ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) have announced.

Too Few Teens Receive HPV Shot, CDC Says

Agency urges doctors to recommend it along with other routine immunizations

Scale of Ebola crisis unprecedented, CDC Director says

The current Ebola crisis in West Africa is on pace to sicken more people than all other previous outbreaks of the disease combined, a U.S. health official said Thursday.

First Saudi Ebola suspect buried

JEDDAH — The first Saudi who was suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus was buried at Briman graveyard in north Jeddah that is dedicated for the burial of victims of infectious diseases.

Call for 'radical action' on drug-resistant malaria

Drug-resistant malaria is spreading in South East Asia, and has now reached the Cambodia-Thailand border, according to a study.

"Radical action" is needed to prevent further spread of malaria parasites resistant to key drugs, say scientists.

New drug combination shortens...

New drug combination shortens and improves TB treatment

A new drug cocktail may represent a huge step forward in treating tuberculosis. In a first study, which involved 200 patients in Tanzania and Bangladesh, the drug combination achieved very good results, reported Mel Spigelman, president of the "TB Alliance", at the International Aids Conference in Melbourne (Australia).

One Tick Bite Can Equal Two Infections

In New York state study, 1 in 10 of the bugs carried both Lyme disease and babesiosis

Alarming Rise in AIDS Cases

There is a marked increase in the number of HIV (AIDS) patients by 19 percent annually, according to Mosa Hiaza’a, director of the Saudi Charity Association for AIDS Patients.

“The association has registered 630 HIV patients this year which is a hundred percent increase over last year,” Hiaza’a said quoting the latest statistics issued by the association in June 2014. He added that most of the patients were men.

WHO aims at eliminating tuberculosis...

WHO aims at eliminating tuberculosis in more than 30 countries

Malaria parasite 'gets down to the bone'

Parasites infected with malaria can hide inside the bone marrow and evade the body's defences, research confirms.

The discovery could lead to new drugs or vaccines to block transmission.