Chad has reported its first dengue outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Should we be worried?

There’s a persistent gender health gap, with women being underdiagnosed for certain conditions, compared to men. Here are three conditions that highlight it.

“Get vaccinated!” advises the government, as spikes in both flu and COVID-19 anticipated.

Almost 5,000 women in Bangladesh die each year of cervical cancer – but following the introduction this month of the HPV jab into the routine vaccination schedule, the next generation will be forearmed.

 Andrea Lanfri lost both of his legs and seven fingers after contracting meningitis in 2015, but he has since built a new life as a Paralympic athlete and mountaineer. He tells Linda Geddes how he did it.

Nearly half the global population doesn't have access to the most basic diagnostics. To hit the UN's 2030 goal of health care for all, that must change.

The list of infectious diseases that can affect our eyesight is long, and several can lead to outright blindness. Luckily, many are preventable with vaccines.

Influenza is about to hit the northern hemisphere, but will this year’s season be as bad as the “tripledemic” of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV that we experienced last winter? 

Nepal lags the global average on maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Bad weather, bad roads and excessively long distances to healthcare present a major, but preventable, risk to mothers and babies.

It’s normal to have bacteria in your mouth. But harmful bacteria have been linked to a host of health problems. Medical scientist Glenda Davison and microbiologist Yvonne Prince, who have researched…

Efforts to fight the world’s biggest infectious killer are about to get a boost, with new vaccines on the horizon. 

Advances in AI are making it possible to quickly and effectively model potential viral vaccine targets