Mar 19, 2024
March 24 will be World Tuberculosis Day, a disease often forgotten by Western governments and media due to being more dominant in poor countries.
Feb 13, 2025
Since it was first identified in 1981, people affected by HIV/AIDS have had not only to battle the virus and its vast symptoms, but the stigma and intolerance that would come from their peers. Although it is currently one of "the most severe epidemics in modern history" (as described per the Why We Fight exhibition about HIV activism at the New York Public Library), activists have been fighting for years to destigmatise HIV and challenge people's perception about it.
Nov 21, 2024
Have matchmaking sites and mobile apps caused an increase on the contagion of sexually transmitted diseases? The answer to this question is quite clear: Yes. This is what studies like Surveillance Report. Sexually transmitted diseases in Europe are reporting. Even doctors and users of these platforms agree that it is true, because they facilitate the access to sexual encounters.
Sep 10, 2024
Ebola outbreak started in Guinea in March 2014 and six months after remains without control. According to WHO last update -8th September- 2.288 people have died because of the virus. The increase in cases continues to accelerate in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Doctors Without Borders International President, Dr Joanne Liu, has reported that "six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it". Liu criticized "the global coalition of inaction" that states have joined.
