Hello readers! Today’s reading list includes two articles focused on the ongoing flood in North West Pakistan, and the serious health risks posed by mass water contamination; promising breakthroughs in work on the hookworm vaccine made in New Zealand; and Congressman Hank Johnson’s (D-GA) proposed bill “Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act 2010” which strives to tackle the growing problem of parasitic diseases in the United States. Check out the links below:
Aid Begins to Trickle in to Flood-Ravaged Northwestern Pakistan, Griff Witte, The Washington Post
Pakistan’s Floods Leaves Millions Displaced, Johnathan Miller, PBS News Hour
NZ Research Targets Lungs for Hookworm Immunity, Otago Daily Times
Rep. Johnson Proposes Bill to Deal with Neglected Infections of Poverty, politicalnews.me
