Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) impact over one billion people worldwide and affect poor and marginalized communities the ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Around $2.5 billion was spent globally in 2007 on research and developing drugs for tropical diseases endemic in developing countries, with HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria accounting ...

New York, N.Y. (WPVI) -- The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico today reported a jump in the number of mosquito-borne Zika virus cases. Health Secretary Ana Rius says there are 18 confirmed cases, though ...

The world’s changing climate is quietly orchestrating one of the most significant public health transformations in modern history, bringing dangerous tropical diseases to communities that have never ...

NEW YORK -- Pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin America and Caribbean countries that have outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects, health officials said Friday. The illness ...

A small U.S. foreign aid program worked for nearly two decades to help countries eliminate tropical diseases that aren't known to many people. The Trump administration ended the program in January.

HONOLULU -- Health officials say a baby born in a Hawaii hospital is the first in the U.S. with a birth defect linked to the Zika virus, a tropical illness currently found in Latin American and ...

At least 25 million people suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases (NTD), despite the country's efforts to eradicate the illnesses. A majority of these people are poor and cost millions of ...

As travelers finalize plans for tropical getaways, health officials are tracking a concerning rise in dengue fever cases across destinations favored by American tourists. The Centers for Disease ...

The ITV Good Morning Britain presenter was taken to hospital hours after returning from a two-week family trip to India and ...

One ITV Good Morning Britain presenter was taken to hospital on Tuesday (December 30) with a suspected tropical infection and ...