Author: Vikram Niranjan, Associate Professor in Public Health at University of Limerick, University of Limerick

How the health of your teeth is influenced by where you live. canva/Shutterstock/Videnskab.dk Teeth are an unlikely place to start when judging a health system, but they can be one of the most revealing. Oral health tells a surprisingly big story. Tooth decay, gum disease and tooth loss are some of the most common chronic […]

Almost 900 people in Bangladesh are suspected to have died in a measles outbreak that began in March. Most of those affected are children. Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known. It can spread rapidly when vaccination rates fall, and the Bangladesh outbreak shows how quickly years of gaps in protection can turn […]