Kevin Flores, 11, remains under a mosquito net while being treated for dengue fever at La Mascota hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, last fall. Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The World Cup will come to the Arena de Sao Paola, shown here when it was under construction last fall. Brazil is also making a big push to control the local mosquitoes that can spread dengue fever. Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images hide caption
Ready, Set, Spray! Brazil Battles Dengue Ahead Of The World Cup
Wednesday
A woman in Guinea takes her first dose of the two-stage vaccine Shanchol during the country's 2012 epidemic. David Di Lorenzo/Courtesy of MSF hide caption
Fishermen drag a net in Lake Malawi in 2012. About the size of New Jersey, the lake is home to hundreds of fish species and is considered one of the most biologically diverse lakes in the world. Ding Haitao/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
Thriving Towns In East Africa Are Good News For A Parasitic Worm
Monday
The WarkaWater gathers water from fog and condensation. Named after an Ethiopian fig tree, it consists of a 30-foot bamboo frame and a nylon net. It was invented by an Italian firm and three of them are shown here in an Ethiopian village. Courtesy of Architecture and Vision hide caption
Thursday
Red blood cells infected with the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. Plasmodium is the parasite that triggers malaria in people. Gary D. Gaugler/Science Source hide caption
Tuesday
A doctor gives a polio vaccine to a child at a health clinic in Baghdad last week. The CIA says it banned the use of vaccine programs as cover for spying last year — a practice health officials said had wide repercussions. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Contaminated water can spread diseases like cholera and typhoid. A new project aims to provide water filters in the form of an educational book. Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Filtering A New Idea: A Book That's Educational And 'Drinkable'
Friday
The mask of this Kiev protester (at a 2012 demonstration demanding more funding for HIV treatment) reads "quarantine." There are enough drugs to treat only half the HIV patients in Ukraine. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Corruption In Ukraine Robs HIV Patients Of Crucial Medicine
Wednesday
Muslim pilgrims wear masks to prevent infection from the Middle East respiratory syndrome in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
How U.S. Hospitals Are Planning To Stop The Deadly MERS Virus
Fear of MERS is prompting Saudis to wear mouth and nose masks, like this man on the street of the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on April 27. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In the U.S., doctors increasingly ask about domestic violence as a routine part of checkups. iStockphoto hide caption
Tuesday
A health official takes a blood sample from a child's finger for a malaria test at a clinic in Bong Ti Lang village on the Thai-Myanmar border. Narong Sangnak/EPA /LANDOV hide caption
Monday
A farmworker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wears a mask to protect against Middle East respiratory syndrome earlier this month. The MERS virus is common in camels. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption