Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...

More than 2,462 patients were in hospital with flu each day at the start of February, with 122 in critical care.

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A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

In a major breakthrough for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT) treatment, in August 2024 WHO recommended fexinidazole to replace ...

Civil unrest in key endemic regions, such as the Central African Republic and southwestern Cameroon, has hindered disease ...

But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

As Guinea becomes the latest country to eliminate sleeping sickness, how close are we to defeating the disease completely? Also on the program, what does a massive shakeup at the US Agency for ...

Guinea has officially joined Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad in eliminating human ...

The National Program for the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases has launched a blood testing campaign to detect Human ...

Guinea celebrates today the elimination of sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis or HAT) as a public health problem.

Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health ...