A new study conducted in India provides the first clear evidence that nanoplastics derived from single-use pet bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human ...

A new study has suggested that the use of contraceptive pills may have a hidden cost: impaired mental health.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline on the use of a new class of weight-loss medicines, marking a significant shift in global health policy as obesity ra ...

Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Infertility is estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

A new study from the University of Birmingham indicates that regularly consuming flavanol-rich foods—such as tea, berries, apples and cocoa—may help protect men’s blood ...

The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention ...

New research has revealed that Parkinson’s disease causes significant and progressive changes to blood vessels in the brain, changing the understanding of the disease which may lead ...

Vaccine alliance Gavi and children’s agency UNICEF have struck a new pricing deal that will sharply cut the cost of a key malaria vaccine and make it possible to protect nearly seve ...