More than a billion with skin disease lack access to dermatologists. The WHO mandate signals a new, unified approach.

China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth, a ...

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The Trump administration is eroding national pandemic flu defenses as it guts health agencies, cuts research and health ...

As measles cases in the United States continue to mount, neighboring countries Canada and Mexico are also experiencing ...

The battle against HIV/AIDS has been going more than 40 years.

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.

American breakfast cereals, a centerpiece of children's morning consumption, have steadily become unhealthier. As a result, ...

The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a network of laboratories responsible for global ...

Firings, forced retirements and voluntary departures have left the U.S. at risk of more deaths from the nation’s top ...