Sitting at the train station in Kuala Lumpur, I swat away the deadly malaria-ridden mosquitoes. They want my blood, in exchange for a well-known tropical disease made famous by Cheryl Cole. In the train station is a billboard showing an …
ebola
Plague on our houses
The year is 430 BC, the setting is Athens. The Athenians find themselves immersed in the Peloponnesian War, facing a double threat: besieged in its own territory by the Spartans and ravaged from the inside by a silent killer, which …
Ebola: what you need to know
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past six months, you will have heard of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. This outbreak began in Guinea, West Africa, in December 2013, but was not detected until March …