ON the occasion of World AIDS Day, I would like to reflect on the United States’ and Papua New Guinea’s shared history with ...

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Papua New Guinea has long had notoriously high levels of HIV infection, but in the past year numbers reached a record 6700 ...

Fiji’s health system faces serious challenges, burdened by catastrophic rates of NCDs, ailing healthcare infrastructure, and ...

UNAIDS says the critical issue for ending the AIDS pandemic in the Asia-Pacific region is the need to uphold human rights.

Australian and Canadian scientists have found a close link between irregular sleep patterns and an increased risk of ...

Biden administration proposes Medicare and Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, setting up potential clash with Trump ...

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.

During the 16th and 18th centuries, scurvy, a disease caused by insufficient vitamin C intake, affected millions of sailors due to scarcity of fruits and vegetables during long voyages. Three ...

“A central focus has been the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, which will replace the USD$100 billion annual commitment post-2025. Negotiations have grappled with balancing ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fueling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease, experts say.