Neglected tropical diseases threaten to become the next pandemic. We must prepare for them now As neglected diseases like these continue to wreak havoc globally, our nation is without a plan to ...

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

Anyone who grew up in any rural village in Rwanda is familiar with intestinal worms. During my training as a medical doctor, I learned intestinal worms, also called soil-transmitted helminths, are one ...

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

Neglected tropical diseases like Chagas and dengue fever impact more than 200 million people across the globe. Find out how experts are working to control, prevent and eradicate them.

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative’s Delali Attipoe, Director of the non-profit’s North America branch, discusses the rising risks of climate-sensitive diseases such as dengue.

For close to two decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with countries around the world to combat neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. The term refers to a group of ...

Tropical diseases move north As Earth warms, the creatures that spread neglected tropical diseases are gaining a foothold in Europe. Wealthy countries must prepare themselves for more cases.

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.