It’s been five years since the world came to a sudden halt. Outbreaks of a deadly coronavirus — first in China, then in Italy and Iran, and then seemingly everywhere ...

Rarely if ever does a newspaper headline include the words “crisis averted,” yet, that is what investments in development ...

Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: ...

Chiefs, elders, and citizens of ArcelorMittal Liberia’s (AML) host communities in Nimba County have voiced their strong support for the extension of AML’s operations and the ratification of its ...

As well as protecting the monkeys from death, the treatment also evoked an immune response. Senior author Dr Thomas Geisbert ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. At such a ...

In about three short months, the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to foreign aid, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods around the world. After initially pausing all US foreign aid ...

This combined with their high biomass makes them the most prolific plant for pharmaceutical production.     It may be indigenous to the Americas and Australia, but it is a resilient plant and can be ...

A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.

The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are ...

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of - tobacco has been ...