The death toll is falling but there is still no hope for an end to the worldwide pandemic.
Teens who are regular users of cannabis are at risk of permanent damage to their intelligence, according to research covering nearly four decades.
A new report from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers suggests that technological innovation is now an integral part of sport at the highest level.
Embarrassingly, Washington’s infection rate tops that of some African countries, writes Sarah Boseley.
Misuse of artemisinin combination therapy on the Thai-Burma border has allowed parasitic resistance to develop that could spread worldwide.
In the 1980s drug-resistant strains of malaria spread from Southeast Asia to Africa. Millions of children died. Now, it’s happening all over again.
A research group says the mental and physical costs of misdiagnosis are simply too high.
Counterfeit and substandard drugs threaten the fight against malaria in Africa.
Scientists have called for measures to prevent the circulation of counterfeit and substandard malaria medicines that threaten millions of lives.
Nuns should be given the contraceptive pill to reduce the high death rates from breast, ovarian and uterine cancer a result of their childlessness.
Around 40% of all cancers are caused by things we have the power to change.
The HIV crisis shifted attention from the issues of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions.
New portable technology shows promise in identifying patients who may not be in the vegetative state they were thought to be.
Millions of children’s lives could be saved by a new vaccine that has been shown to halve the risk of malaria in the first large-scale trials.
Chocolate may be good for the heart, scientists say, which is good news indeed.
A report by the college said the pioneering procedure could help people who had cancer of the larynx to speak and breathe normally again.
But some patient groups denounced the trial in its entirety.
Tuberculosis killed 4 700 people every day last year. The annual death toll of 1,7-million includes 380 000 people.
Scientists find link between mild analgesic use in pregnancy and a raised risk of having a son with cryptorchidism
In the near future we’re going to have to learn to live without these essential drugs once again
