A newly released report calls for a world free of malaria by 2050 and sets out in detail the case for and path to eradication
London Banishing an infectious disease from the face of the Earth is the holy grail of public health -- a scientific and humanitarian feat for the ages.
Scarlet fever is just one disease that many have forgotten but that is by no means gone, despite our best efforts to eliminate it. Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: 10 diseases you thought were goneThough it's often thought of as a medieval disease, the World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 global cases of plague every year. The US averages seven new human cases a year, mostly in the Southwest. Pictured, a patient with gangrene and necrosis, caused by plague.
Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: 10 diseases you thought were goneAlthough there is a pertussis vaccine, there were an estimated 16 million global cases of whooping cough in 2008, killing about 195,000 children.Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: 10 diseases you thought were goneIn April 2015, the Americas became the first region to eliminate rubella; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are fewer than 10 cases each year.
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