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Northeastern professor convenes New England symposium on eradicating neglected tropical diseases

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Two students working with people in Kenya.
University News

Northeastern co-op students work to prevent neglected tropical diseases and birth injuries among women in rural Kenya

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Patients lying in hospitals beds with mosquito nets around them.
Health

Neglected tropical diseases sicken and disable millions of people. A Northeastern professor is part of a road map for change 

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A mosquito on a person's skin.
Health

How dangerous is EEE? Northeastern experts urge caution as mortality rate could exceed 50%

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Mosquitos in a petri dish.
Health

Dengue fever spreads fast. How can you protect yourself as cases explode in Puerto Rico and other popular travel destinations?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Britain's King Charles III leaves the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth?
World & National News

Why the UK needs the realms and the Commonwealth much more than they need the UK

by Alena Kuzub

Co-ops shift from studying a tropical disease to fighting a new outbreak

by Molly Callahan
A person in Kenya receives the COVID-19 vaccine.
World & National News

Why has Africa suffered fewer COVID-19 deaths than predicted?

by Ian Thomsen
Health

Cases of COVID-19 remain relatively low in Africa. But the disease is still having an outsized effect on the continent.

by Benjamin Bertsch
A nurse and pharmacist admit 10-year old Lopeto Losile to the new ward of the Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital. Losile’s father observes the process. Photo by Natalia Jidovanu for Northeastern University
Health

Global health researcher helps build treatment center in Kenya to combat neglected tropical disease visceral leishmaniasis

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Health

This tropical disease is second only to malaria as a parasitic killer. So why haven’t you heard of it?

by Bill Ibelle
Society & Culture

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by News@Northeastern - Contributor