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The sequencing of the maize genome should boost efforts to find higher-yielding and climate change-proof varieties.

Millions of children in Mexico are exposed to indoor air pollution and an assessment of health effects is urgently needed, says a study.

A new data kit for mobile phones allows users to quickly collect, analyse and transmit a wide variety of data in infrastructure-poor areas.

New programme to bolster Africa agriculture, malaria control method overlooked, traditional healers have key role in epilepsy, and more.

An HIV vaccine component may have accidentally triggered an immune response that made people more vulnerable to infection, say scientists.

Fleas may transmit leishmaniasis to dogs, maintaining a reservoir of disease that could then infect humans.

A round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.

The speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.

Despite campaigning in Bangladesh, under-fives are still failing to receive zinc treatment for diarrhoeal disease, a survey says.

The Maldives ahead of carbon neutral target, South Asia marred by slow broadband, Nepal to discuss climate at Everest's base, and more.

Scientists must lobby policymakers and politicians to ensure that vital research on maternal and child health saves lives, say the authors of a report.

Kenya believes it can eliminate malaria by 2017 but admits that there is a long road of funding and capacity building ahead.

Densely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.

The Pan American Health Organization has proposed to reduce poverty in a bid to tackle chronic diseases.

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.

Scientists should investigate herbal malaria remedies as they are more affordable for the very poor, the MIM meeting was told.

A round up of articles about vaccine distribution in the developing world, flu virus survival strategies, thermal screening, and more.

Tanzanian farmers to receive training, new tool improves antimalarial dosage, South Africa's top satellite unable to send data, and more.

MRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchers

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.