The Nairovirus family is not particularly large but it has more than 40 members. The ones that infect people spread via ticks and contact with infected animals.

AI tools that predict weather, track icebergs, recycle more waste and find plastic in the ocean are helping to combat climate change. Here are 8 examples.

Meet the app designed to help fix the rural health care access gap. 

Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed as Gavi’s next CEO and is due to succeed interim CEO David Marlow in March 2024.

Today, the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance approved the appointment of Dr Sania Nishtar as its next Chief Executive Officer.

Despite the staggering amount of health data generated by the sector, 97% of it goes unused. Used effectively this data could improve health outcomes.

Chika Offor resolved that nobody should suffer as her mother did, nearly three decades ago. Now the head of an Abuja health NGO, she tells VaccinesWork what she and her team are doing to make good on that commitment.

ADHD usually manifests in childhood. But what if Covid-19 has shown that such neurodiversity can develop at any age?

Uzbekistan’s vaccination rates are high – but a recent pertussis outbreak in Tashkent shows that unimmunised individuals remain at serious risk.

Research suggests that cockroaches – and perhaps other species – could be spreading antimicrobial resistance via the bacteria living on and within them.

People who are suspicious of science often assume they understand it well – and that others agree with them.

In Uganda in 2011, 90 children out of every 1000 live births died before their fifth birthday. Today, that figure has dropped to 52 – and health leaders say vaccination has been key to the change.