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New research challenges the idea that plague outbreaks only emerged after the rise of agriculture and dense settlements.

Whether via emergency evacuation or outreach vaccination, Uganda’s boat ambulances are life-preservers for remote island communities.

Other great apes are susceptible to many of the same pathogens that we are. Could the Ebola virus prove catastrophic for already-endangered non-human species?

In Congo-Brazzaville, children without birth certificates – and sometimes without vaccination cards – are still slipping through the cracks. In KM4, a neighbourhood of Pointe-Noire, nurses, community health workers and health committees are going…

A single shot of an experimental mRNA vaccine completely protected animals against the deadly Andes hantavirus, even at a fraction of the usual dose. 

Ebola outbreaks trigger control measures that can feel intrusive, frightening or overly cautious. Here’s why.

As a rare strain of Ebola spreads in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, health workers and responders in affected communities are activating an established peer-learning network to bolster their response.

In Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), misinformation is raising the risk that Ebola patients and their contacts remain hidden from health teams.

Slow-healing lesions – common in diabetics and burn victims – can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic treatment. A new approach using light-activated therapies may offer a solution.