Yet today, at what should be a celebration of this revolutionary technology’s potential, we find ourselves wondering about the future of mRNA research. The scientific community is watching if funding ...

We call upon the government to set up efforts to educate people about the importance of sleeping under mosquito nets using both traditional and new media. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show ...

Testing has confirmed that an initially unidentified illness that killed more than 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo was malaria, the country's National Public Health Institute (INSP ...

Despite these gains, the reports warned that decades of progress in child survival are now under threat, as major donors have announced or signalled significant cuts to funding for child health ...

President Donald Trump will nominate Dr. Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The difference may be luck, or it may have something to do with the world’s first malaria vaccine. The vaccine has been available at Ms Otieno’s local clinic in Migori county, in south-western Kenya, ...

That era might now be over. In recent years, the U.S. had already begun to neglect its public-health infrastructure, ...

Withdrawal of USAID support will severely threaten tuberculosis control efforts in Ethiopia and in many other countries around the world.

The United Nations AIDS agency has warned that the number of new HIV infections worldwide could surge to 2,000 per day.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, the disease is one of the most severe public health problems ...

This is the story of two immensely talented sons of Africa who each migrated to America and thrived. One you’ve heard of: ...