Tropical Medicine

ITM in Antwerp receives Gates Foundation grant for malaria research

25 May 2012

The Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine has received a $3m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for malaria research. They will use it to attack malaria mosquitoes from a new angle.

City's population is counted from space

24 May 2012

LONDON, May 24 (UPI) -- The population of an entire city has been estimated from space to speed up medical and disaster relief efforts, British researchers say.

Tulane University receives funds to study impact of BP oil spill

23 May 2012

Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will receive $15 million from the BP settlement of medical claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as part of the Gulf Coast Health Outreach Program, the university said Wednesday....