Indonesia's gold mines are causing birth defects. More than a million small-scale miners in this island nation are poisoned, which is...

Recent moves to introduce plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products can save lives by reducing demand for tobacco products,...

Based on current assessment, cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter the international...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda integrate all three dimensions of sustainable development (economic,...

Life expectancy increased by 5 years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s. Those gains reverse declines during the...

An Emergency Committee (EC) regarding yellow fever was convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005)...

Results of a clinical trial of Sanaria[R] PfSPZ (Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite) Vaccine to prevent malaria infections, published today...

Yellow fever has killed 277 people in Angola and infected more than 2,000 others — and it's spread to other countries, too, the World...

Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola The...

The U.S. is generally prepared to manage public health emergencies like the Houston floods, a Zika virus outbreak or a potential...