Four years since the first children received the world’s first malaria vaccine as part of routine immunisation programmes, important questions about the real-world impact of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine are being answered.

A pharmacist polled patients on their dozens of medications and supplements. Could these efforts help fight long Covid?

The three flu pandemics of the 20th century originated from birds, making it critical to fight bird flu. Breakthroughs in gene-editing chickens show promise for eliminating the disease in the future.

A volunteer mothers’ group was founded to tackle lagging vaccination uptake. Their prescription? Rebuild storm-wrecked infrastructure.

Data from southeast Asia and the Pacific highlight the growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Three men from Siaya county are making it their mission to protect the next generation of girls in their village from cervical cancer.

A scientist whose work was key to identifying, studying and finding treatments for this life-threatening virus discusses the scientific journey and challenges that persist.

Dengue outbreaks are set to become increasingly common as climate change shifts epidemiological trends. We need an integrated approach to tackle them.

Saving nurses the time they spend paging through registers of patient details is good for public health.

Kenyan community health worker Margaret Odera, one of millions of often informal “grassroots doctors” staffing the base of the global health pyramid, diagnoses what ails primary health care.

Women in the US consistently get less value from their healthcare coverage than men do. Here's more on how this gender-divided financial burden persists.

There have been several important breakthroughs in medical science recently. Crispr, mRNA, next-generation cancer treatments and game-changing vaccines are some of them. Oyewale Tomori, a virologist with decades-long involvement in managing…