Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. The mystery disease affecting people in the Democratic Republic of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. LUKUTU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Bamongo Godefroid lay in a ...

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LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The nation's health ministry said Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form of ...

In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was condemned by the god Zeus to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down, having to start anew every day. His story captured our ...

New Jersey health officials reported what could be the first locally acquired case of a deadly mosquito-borne illness in the state in 34 years. Authorities are working to confirm if a malaria case in ...

Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan stood up from where he was sitting and abruptly fainted. Duncan is an outdoorsman in his mid-80s — ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In December, the DRC Ministry of Health announced the emergence of an unknown disease causing influenza-like ...

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan stood up from where he was sitting and abruptly fainted. Duncan is an outdoorsman in his mid-80s — ...