There are gadgets that make life more fun, and then there are gadgets that make life possible. The LifeStraw from Denmark's Vestergaard Frandsen Group has the potential to fall into the latter ...

Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen–makers of mosquito nets and the LifeStraw–has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world. The company is launching a campaign today that could ...

In recent years, investments in global public health have created opportunities for private innovators, technology developers, and business investors to join the fight against infectious diseases ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStraw, the market leader in water filtration for the outdoors and award-winning humanitarian company, today named its long-time managing director, Alison ...

A cheap, easy to use, and highly effective tool, the LifeStraw is able to kill nearly 100 percent of the bacteria and viruses found in water Here at Medgadget we cover the latest in high-tech medicine ...

DUBAI According to a UNICEF report released in August 2010, more than three million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases in Pakistan, making them the most vulnerable victims of the ...

May 11, 2006 — -- Each morning Eunice Jakala wakes at dawn to travel several miles to the local well in Nairobi, Kenya, to fill her pail with potable water for her family. At 65, that walk isn't ...

You can go for weeks without food, but without water, you might not survive beyond three days. If you enjoy hiking and camping, this makes a tool like a LifeStraw essential. A LifeStraw is a portable ...