Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, gave visibility to devastating health problems that are often ...

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As billions of dollars are committed to tackling malaria and HIV in Africa yearly, one disease is killing more people than ...

Discover CDC findings on COVID-19 variants and vaccine protection, revealing key insights into emerging strains and public ...

Boston College has established the Global ... for Research Thomas Chiles, and Dean of the School of Social Work Gautam Yadama among its members, reported in 2017 that air, water, soil, and chemical ...

The idea that the pandemic’s origins lie with a research facility in China was once labeled a conspiracy theory.

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The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.