Your immune system is often able to fend off pathogens it’s never seen before. But defending your body against all of them all at once is a tough challenge.

An unexpected case of rabies found in an animal can raise concerns for a potential outbreak. Proactive vaccination of both wildlife and people can help protect everyone.

Burkina Faso suffers a “deplorable” annual death toll from malaria, with clinics and hospitals filled to overwhelm during the worst season. Health workers, parents and leaders hope that burden is about to ease.

Post-Cyclone Freddy, a meal planning initiative in Malawi is ensuring nutrition, fostering recovery and well-being.

Diagnostic markers of Long COVID are rare, but a study of cognitive response might have uncovered one.

Building resilient and sustainable disease intelligence systems is critical post-pandemic. Here we outline the strides Rwanda has made in this regard.

Our bodies produce antibodies to the virus after an initial infection, so why can reinfection be so much more serious? 

About 3% of Ugandan children remain unvaccinated. Public health consultants Milly Namaalwa and Dominic Kakeeto have designed a strategy to change that.

The growth of bacteria that show drug resistance means outbreaks of previously treatable infections are becoming a major global health security problem.

In Uganda, VaccinesWork catches up with Dr Betty Mwesigwa, who is leading a phase 2 trial of a Marburg vaccine candidate.

Researchers in Zambia and Japan have produced a kit to detect Ebola virus disease in minutes.

Real-world data suggests the HPV vaccine dramatically cuts cancer risk among women who received it during adolescence.