New malaria vaccines are set to revolutionise our battle against this ancient disease. Here’s everything you need to know about these lifesavers.

From climate change to the unchartered terrain of artificial intelligence, leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting looked through the lens of health to navigate the greatest challenges of our time. 

Amid Bangladesh’s deadliest dengue year on record, patients and health leaders alike hope that recent, promising research means a vaccine is imminent. 

There is an investor base eager to find opportunities that can tackle the biggest public challenges of our time. Now is the time to tap it.  

The new malaria vaccines could help bring us in sight of the end of the tunnel, says the renowned malaria scientist. But vaccine hesitancy could present a stumbling block. 

A new report reveals the top 3 climate-related events with the biggest human health impact by 2050 – and what we can do to become more resilient.

Avian influenza has killed a polar bear and may have infected other bears.

WHO prequalification of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) should make it easier for countries to tackle outbreaks. 

A new biometric vaccination management system, designed in Japan, promises “great impact” in Kenya and beyond, researchers say.

From Alzheimer’s to heart disease, the vaccines of the future could target our own rogue proteins.

Better and more timely diagnoses of fungal diseases could save millions of lives a year.

Most of Oyo state still practises open defecation, but one progressive community is investing in toilets – and seeing public health dividends.