This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nina is in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where MSF / Doctors Without Borders are providing medical care to Rohingya refugees. More than 620,000 have fled violence in neighboring Myanmar since August…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When four-year-olds Robbie Edwards and Molly Duffy met in person last year, they were the only two people in the United States with a diagnosis of Spastic Parapalegia-47 (SPG47), and just the 10th…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Parkinson’s disease affects more than 4.6 million people worldwide and this number is set to double by 2030 as the population ages. While the symptoms of this movement disorder can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One type of bacterial community is the biofilm where bacteria cluster together in large groups and produce a sticky, protective slime to coat them and help them stay together and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2017 was an eventful year for global health. This year saw historic progress in the fight to end infectious diseases, bolstered by fresh leadership of global health organizations. It also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an ambitious effort to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, as set out by the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations has adopted a strategy that focuses on fast-tracking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six years ago Elke Haenisch, now 70, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rapidly progressive incurable disease which attacks the body’s motor neurons which control movement until the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nathalia is in Pakistan, where she and the rest of the pharmacy teamwork to ensure that all our medics have the right drugs available to give patients the best possible…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Major global health players are gearing up to change where and how they work, with the launch of a new Health Campus, due to open in Geneva in March 2018.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect roughly 1.58 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 875 million children. More than 600 million of…
Since the widespread use of antibiotics began in the 1940s, we’ve tried to develop new drugs faster than bacteria can evolve — but this strategy isn’t working. Drug-resistant bacteria known…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding for research and development into neglected diseases has increased for the first time in recent years, driven by investments from the United States, a new report has found. For…