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A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.
Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether ...
African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less ...
I recall a young mother in rural Africa diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. Without access to ... Pointing to the map which shows their work extends to various regions, including South America ...
approximately 98.7 million children aged 6 to 59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and 95.1 million children in South Asia were affected by anemia. Based on a 20-kilometer grid, the maps produced in ...
Meningitis is a significant public health challenge in Africa’s most populous country, which is also battling malaria ...
Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.
As clouds gather and humidity rises across west Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country, the government said ...
Recommendation of first chikungunya vaccine for persons as young as 12 years old expands access for US travelers to regions with outbreak or elevated risk of chikungunya. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, ...