Fake news can be tricky to spot, but spotting fake drugs just got a little easier. Researchers have devised a low-cost way to help distinguish ...

Fake news can be tricky to spot, but spotting fake drugs just got a little easier. UC Riverside researchers have devised a low-cost way to help distinguish legitimate medications from counterfeit ones ...

By Dr. Michael Baah BineyA young boy once had a severe throat infection. At first it looked like a simple illness. After a few days the fever settled and everyone assumed he was fine. But a few weeks ...

Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered by a rocket-like reaction that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, releasing ...

For over 350 years, quinine and other extracts from the cinchona tree (Cinchona spp.) were the only effective medicines ...

This picture invariably brings tears to my eyes. It could be the logo, literally and metaphorically, for current health care policy.

With latrines submerged, clinics inaccessible and families sleeping on damp floors, newborns fall ill with flu, breastfeeding mothers lack food to sustain milk production ...

Engineer Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.

A new study from the Cary Institute found 10% of ticks sampled carried multiple pathogens, including those that cause Lyme and babesiosis.

Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

A Zambian scientist is on a quest to prevent brain drain from Africa so he's established a state-of-the-art drug discovery lab in South Africa.

More than a year after the second Trump administration began dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the global health consequences of this unprecedented loss in international ...