David Posner hopes that his teaching and outreach programmes could apply to other low- and middle-income countries.

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Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

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Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom.

African researchers piloted a slew of innovative, low-cost programmes for addressing the troubling shortage of mental-health ...

Coming less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders ...

The US president-elect says he will pull the country out of international treaties and partnerships. That need not lead to ...

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The University of Rochester has confirmed that it no longer employs Ranga Dias, who was found by investigators to have ...