A machine learning model applied to US death certificate data estimated that over 155,000 COVID-19 deaths were unrecognized between March 2020 and December 2021, suggesting total mortality was about ...

A man has been convicted of murder in the 2019 death of an Alabama college student whose disappearance drew national attention.

Findings from two early clinical studies suggest a new dual-action antimalarial drug candidate is well tolerated in humans. The first-in-class clinical candidate, MK7602, is being developed by WEHI ...

Introduction Climate-sensitive mortality in rapidly urbanising tropical Africa is poorly characterised, and how pandemics disrupt established seasonal patterns remains underexplored. We analysed ...

Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered ...

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new ...

Background Approximately 70% of deaths in Tanzania occur outside health facilities and are often unreported or lack cause of death (COD) information. Consequently, health planning relies on data ...

The government's ambitious drive to eliminate malaria by 2030 has suffered a setback as it reports an increase in malaria prevalence. Details in the new Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (UMIS) report ...

Mozambican health minister Ussene Isse announced on Wednesday that about 1.4 million children are born annually in the country.

Heinous allegations have prompted state officials to restart an inquiry, which went cold in 2019, into the convicted sex offender’s lesser-known property. Heinous allegations have prompted state ...