Keeping a diary has been a common pandemic pastime throughout history.

Troubled by Nigeria’s massive burden of preventable illness, a growing cohort of medics is taking to social media to offer advice and dispel health myths.

Victorian anti-vaccine literature shows that the fears and concerns remain largely the same today.

Bilharzia, a parasitic worm that uses snails as a vector, is endemic to Zimbabwe, and could get more difficult to manage as weather patterns and temperatures shift, experts say.

The NHS will trial a new blood test for dementia, which could be widely available in five years.

Since PCV joined the roster of routine jabs in Nigeria, researchers find a measurable reduction in the burden of pneumonia, while health workers on the frontlines say fewer mothers’ hearts are being broken.

Discover why health leaders from across the WHO European Region are at the Health Systems Conference focusing on trust and transformation in healthcare.

From  progress on the world’s first malaria vaccine to the impact of climate change on our health, here’s a rundown of some of our favourite stories of 2023.

WHO has designated the JN.1 form of Omicron a “variant of interest”, due to its rapidly increasing spread.

A cocktail of disasters, from COVID-19 to Cyclone Freddy, has led to a precipitous increase in unimmunised children in Mozambique. This month they launched a new plan to turn things around. 

COVAX will close 31 December 2023 having delivered nearly 2 billion doses of vaccines to 146 economies, and averted an estimated 2.7 million deaths in AMC lower-income participating economies.

Pollution, climate change and certain familiar pathogens are chasing each other into a downward spiral of risk for respiratory health.