If Congress approves canceling $1 billion in federal funding for the U.N. system, experts say it will exacerbate a financial ...

Nigeria has called for increased action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa, citing the growing burden of these diseases on the continent’s socio-economic development.The Minister of State ...

Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, ...

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Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Novartis and a Swiss nonprofit have made history, scoring the world’s first approval for a medicine to treat babies who are ...

Authorities in northwest China say over 200 kindergarten students were found to have abnormally high lead levels in their blood after their school added paint to food.

High-protein snacks are all the rage these days, but is high protein actually healthy? Dietitians reveal whether ...

Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...

Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official says the US decision to halt aid programmes, coupled with European governments' announcements to cut aid, has disrupted the aid ecosystem and national ...