Floodwater doesn’t only kill through drowning. Its long-term effects can also take a huge toll on people’s physical and psychological health.

The pandemic has disrupted national immunisation programmes. As a result, the African continent is seeing more outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases.

Maybe more surprising than a 4,000-year-old prescription for ‘extract of crocodile’ or a 2,600-year-old warning that sex after rich food can cause leprosy, is how much the ancient medics got right.

For children in fragile and conflict-prone settings who have been out of reach of the government’s immunisation programmes, there is hope.

A look at the risk factors behind the increasing cases of early-onset cancer.

With 1.7 billion doses delivered to more than 140 countries and territories, COVAX is the largest, most complex vaccine rollout in history. The innovations made along the way could play an important role in fighting the next pandemic.

Worrying about how many people believe false ideas misses the real danger – that people are influenced by them whether they believe them or not.

UK data indicates that even though vaccinated people may have breakthrough infections, they are at less risk of developing Long COVID than those who are not vaccinated.

This guidance replaces previous conditional recommendations for the use of these drugs and is based on emerging evidence that they’re not likely to work against omicron.

A free digital toolkit that equips health workers to drive greater vaccine understanding and uptake around the world.

In spite of the risk of infection, medical workers in Ondo State are putting their lives on the line to save those suffering from deadly Lassa fever.

A malaria vaccine called R21 has shown up to 80% efficacy following a booster dose in young children.