Long wait times to see specialists. Poor coordination between family doctors and hospitals. Duplicated tests. And some of the highest...

"We're seeing a change in the nature of the yellow fever outbreaks we're dealing with." That's how Bruce Aylward, M.D., World Health...

Tuberculosis is now the world’s commonest cause of death from infectious disease. The ominous spread of multi drug-resistant (MDR) and...

Indonesia's gold mines are causing birth defects. More than a million small-scale miners in this island nation are poisoned, which is...

Recent moves to introduce plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products can save lives by reducing demand for tobacco products,...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda integrate all three dimensions of sustainable development (economic,...

Life expectancy increased by 5 years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s. Those gains reverse declines during the...

An Emergency Committee (EC) regarding yellow fever was convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005)...

Results of a clinical trial of Sanaria[R] PfSPZ (Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite) Vaccine to prevent malaria infections, published today...

The U.S. is generally prepared to manage public health emergencies like the Houston floods, a Zika virus outbreak or a potential...