BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, is approaching China's southern regions, the country's meteorological authority forecast Tuesday. Kai-Tak, moving northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour, will graze or l...
Billion People Suffer from Neglected Tropical Diseases A billion people around the world suffer from neglected tropical diseases, and the global health community is working to develop new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics. But experts note that success...
Cheaper, Safer Pill Targets Tropical Parasite Scientists have developed a new version of a drug used to treat leishmaniasis. The new formulation may help better battle this tropical parasitic disease. Leishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of certa...
Study: Neglected Tropical Diseases Surfacing in Central Asia Many of the bacterial and parasitic worm infections commonly associated with the tropics are becoming rampant in some Central Asian countries in the former Soviet Union. That's the finding...
Tropical Storm Lee to Soak US Gulf Coast The U.S. Gulf Coast is getting a major soaking this weekend from Tropical Storm Lee. The storm is expected to dump as much as 50 centimeters of rain in parts of the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi an...
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By Brian Wagner Miami 30 October 2007 Officials in Dominican Republic say at least 16 people have died in flash floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Noel. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the storm is continuing to drop heavy rains as it...
By Jim Teeple After crossing the Florida peninsula and coastal portions of the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Frances struck the Florida panhandle. Frances, an extremely slow-moving storm caused heavy...