Stephanie Nolen

Nutrition experts say the progression from hunger to severe malnutrition can be rapid, especially in children.

A U.N.-affiliated panel said the territory could tip into famine very soon. International laws to protect people from human-made famines offer little help.

Researchers in developing countries are trying to find treatments for conditions that affect the poorest people. But the system is stacked against their therapies.

The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.

About 60 million “zero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination...

Dengue, the excruciating mosquito-borne disease, is surging throughout the world and coming to places that had never had it. California just confirmed a rare U.S....

Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly...

The decision has little practical effect but is a significant moment in the struggle against a virus that has killed millions and upended lives throughout...

Leaders on the continent have vowed that if there is another pandemic, they won’t be shut out of the vaccine market.

Incidence of illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension are climbing quickly in most sub-Saharan countries, but the conditions are rarely diagnosed or treated.