Somalia added two vaccines to its routine immunisation programme to protect against pneumonia and diarrhoea. Manjulika Das ...

A 56-year-old man attended a sexual health clinic for asymptomatic rectal Chlamydia trachomatis treatment. Patient history ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, estimated in 2020 to be 545 maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths, more than 136 times higher than that of the lowest region.1 ...

Worldwide, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, with 586 202 new cases diagnosed in 2020.1 In high-income countries ...

Do you think children today will have a better, worse, or roughly the same life to you?” was a question posed by the Gallup Organisation in 2022 in 64 countries. Globally, only 44% of the adult ...

Obesity is a global health crisis with profound clinical and societal consequences, contributing to increased risks of ...

HIV response. Experts are suggesting a projected 24% decrease in HIV funding over the next year in the context of reductions ...

Sudan's health-care system and vital infrastructure, allowing infectious diseases to become rampant. Talha Burki reports.

Climate change and global warming driven by air pollution and carbon emissions are contributing to worsening respiratory health and increasing numbers of asthma-related emergencies and deaths.

Eminent microbiologist, and expert on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, died on Feb 2, 2025, aged 93 years.

The latest Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System report highlights disparities in access to and use of ...

Esperança Sevene's career has seen a number of chance events that have helped lead to her role today as Associate Professor ...