Gene sequencing tools allows scientists to untangle the genetic roots of many diseases and they’re looking at genetic variation in Africa.
Europe is experiencing its first sustained transmission of dengue fever since the 1920s, with more than 1 300 people infected in Madeira, Portugal.
A Qatari man struck down with a previously unknown virus related to the deadly Sars infection is critically ill in hospital in Britain.
Science shows music has a profound effect on an athlete before and during a major sports event.
Most of Africa’s languages don’t have a word for cancer. How can a continent hope to treat, let alone fight, a disease that has no name?
Studies into a chemical involved in the brain’s sensory and reward systems could help in the development of drugs to treat gambling addicts.
British scientists say teaching autistic children to "talk things through" in their heads might help them solve tricky day-to-day tasks.
UN health agencies say extraordinary progress has been made in the fight against Aids but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk.
Sending daily SMS reminders to health workers can mean nearly 25% more children are properly treated for malaria.
Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa, researchers said.
A professor of complementary medicine accused Prince Charles and other backers of alternative therapies on Monday of being "snake-oil salesmen".
Messages from years of Aids campaigns are finally filtering down to the dingy streets of Johannesburg where sex workers turn tricks.
It may have become acceptable to question Muammar Gaddafi’s state of mind but it’s a futile exercise to try to predict his behaviour.
Fear of infection and social change have driven a huge decline in HIV rates in Zimbabwe, offering important lessons on how to fight the Aids pandemic.
A generation of babies could be born free of Aids if the international community stepped up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention.
It’s no great medical breakthrough, just a simple colour-coded box packed with HIV drugs and pictures.
Women who have one or two alcoholic drinks a week during pregnancy do not harm their children’s behavioural or intellectual development.
An outbreak of polio in Angola is now a matter of international concern and health authorities there must step up the fight to stamp it out
Scientists say they have cooked up a way of using nanotechnology to make fat-free foods just as appetising and satisfying as their full-fat fellows.
Mind-altering drugs like LSD and ketamine could be combined with psychotherapy to treat people suffering from depression, Swiss scientists say.
