Health experts warn that climate shifts and travel are pushing deadly diseases into new regions. With invasive mosquitoes spreading and ongoing Ebola outbreaks, authorities are boosting holiday travel ...

Overview of Novartis global health R&D activities, focusing on neglected tropical diseases and related conditions such as ...

The number of countries that have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease (NTD) has increased to 63, up from 42 at ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday celebrated "major progress" against neglected tropical diseases, with some like ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported major progress against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with 63 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported major global progress against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with 63 ...

Mosquitoes that were associated with tropical regions are now established in several European countries and are moving north.

A major health challenge of our time is when drugs no longer work to treat infections. This happens when the agents that cause infections—they may be bacteria, viruses or fungi—become resistant to the ...

It’s a disease of children living in extreme poverty. Its cause is uncertain. So is the number of children it affects. But soon, the devastating condition known as noma may be a bit less neglected.

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope for new ...

Gaborone – With chronic underfunding threatening Africa’s fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, health officials and donors meeting for the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The two year old girl being examined for the possibility of leprosy in Marana, Madagascar, Laetitia Bezain/dpa via Getty Images It’s sobering to reflect that “neglected tropical diseases” are referred ...