Overcrowding at Kumasi Central Prison has turned it into a laboratory for treating neglected tropical diseases. The lack of ...

International travel exposes millions to skin diseases acquired abroad, with dermatologic disorders ranking as the third most ...

Millions of very young children currently excluded from treatment with the drug ivermectin could be safely included in ...

Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic infections in the world.

New research shows that it's possible to end the practice of using people as human bait to catch and test the black flies ...

Between 2021 and 2023, COVID-19 dropped from the world’s leading cause of death to the 20th, while life expectancy surpassed ...

Kapok fruit is loaded with antioxidants that protect the body from oxidative stress caused by free radicals. These ...

The antioxidants in African star gooseberry are great for skin health. They protect the skin from oxidative stress caused by ...

Mpox cases continue to rise in parts of Africa, three years after a major outbreak infected nearly 100,000 people ...

Snakebites cost India’s poorest thousands in treatment. The average “out-of-pocket expenditure” for the most impoverished: at ...

Cyril (not real name), an 11-year-old class six pupil of a basic school in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East ...

Former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Botwev Orhii, has raised alarm over the rapid spread of a deadly skin disease known as ...