Polio Cases Jump in Pakistan as Clerics Declare Vaccination an American Plot

Pakistani clerics reject polio cure as worse than disease
Declan Walsh
February 22, 2007

Theologians Battle Female Circumcision

The Koran forbids the mutilation of any creature of God
Amira El Ahl
December 19, 2006

WHO Calls for Spraying Controversial DDT to Fight Malaria

Public-health officials in countries ravaged by malaria must choose between disease eradication and environmental protection
Betsy McKay
September 15, 2006

Push for New Tactics as War on Malaria Falters

Malaria is preventable and curable, yet kills 800,000 African children every year
Celia W. Dugger
June 30, 2006

Climate Change Drives Disease to New Territory

The spread of insects could prompt politicians to take action on global warming
Doug Struck
May 5, 2006
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