But experts say non-communicable diseases -- those that do not spread from person to person -- are the leading killer today.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported two hundred twenty-five confirmed human cases as of July second.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

"People are more focused on communicable diseases and not paying enough attention to the amount of disability there is from mental health conditions.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

When we think of threats to public health, we often think of communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The Italian doctor was an expert on communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

But for people who continue to stutter into adulthood, researcher Dennis Drayna of the US National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicable Disorders says stuttering can be profoundly disabling.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11