Researchers and public health experts at a World Health Organization meeting in Geneva this week outlined eight emerging diseases that are likely to spur major epidemics in the coming year. These ...

The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) approved a new list of occupational diseases March 25, replacing a list that had been in place since 2002. The list is intended to ...

It’s a disease of children living in extreme poverty. Its cause is uncertain. So is the number of children it affects. But soon, the devastating condition known as noma may be a bit less neglected.

A new National List of Reportable Animal Diseases (NLRAD) to further strengthen the country’s ability to detect, respond to and control animal diseases, is being proposed by USDA’s Animal and Plant ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other ...

This year, six countries have managed to eliminate the threat of at least one of the diseases on the WHO's list of "neglected tropical diseases." A global effort to stamp out certain undertreated ...

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

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It started out as malaria – or at least that's what her grandparents thought. But there was another devious infection lurking beneath the surface of her skin and inside her mouth. Mulikat Okanlawon ...