Climate change and more contact between wild animals and humans increases the risk of diseases such as Lassa fever, Rift Valley Fever and Nipah.

As countries begin to vaccinate children against malaria, hopes are growing that vaccines against other human parasites could soon be within reach.

In tribal villages of Chhattisgarh, village-level health workers are deploying the offline mobile app to separate standard coughs and sniffles from more dangerous respiratory signs.

Many diseases can alter the quality and appearance of your hair.

When a new vaccine is introduced, it can take concerted efforts to build up coverage levels. In Bouaké North-East district in Cote d’Ivoire, tireless engagement with communities and mobilisation of community health workers helped to boost…

Good diagnostics build health care relationships. Good relationships help expand vaccination coverage, Chhatra Karki finds.

A new study highlights a link between aflatoxin exposure – already a proven risk factor for liver cancer – and persistent infection with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus.

With investment in new technologies to diagnose missing cases, TB can be eliminated, say disease experts.

Was actress Poonam Pandey wrong to fake her own death in order to raise awareness of the vaccine-preventable cancer? India is divided.

Using mathematical models, we found that vaccination saved 37 million lives between 2000 and 2019! We project that it could save 32 million more by 2030.

After the pandemic crisis, ANMs in Madhya Pradesh say they have a new appreciation of their own importance to the health system. 

Solar power, a boat ambulance and extraordinary efforts by the district health office mean that getting vaccinated is finally in relatively easy reach for residents of Dek Island.