Brazil’s Ministry of Health announces USS10 million boost for neglected disease research.

A report on United States health R&D has urged Washington to increase its focus on translational research and product development.

Participants at Forum 2012 have heard impassioned calls for African researchers to solve African health problems.

Two studies shine light on chikungunya disease progression in humans, potentially leading to more timely treatment — and maybe even a vaccine.

Argentina has announced it will join Brazil in manufacturing a key Chagas therapy, in a move that should allow more patients to be treated.

The Wellcome Trust has provided US$2.7 million to fund clinical trials in Bolivia of a new drug to treat Chagas disease.

The WHO has welcomed research that shows oral antibiotics are just as effective as penicillin injections in curing yaws disease.

Malawi's new five-year agenda sets out national priorities for health research to guide policymaking and healthcare service delivery.

The global TB community has laid out key research and development priorities needed to produce safe and effective vaccines.

Researchers say recipients of blood transfusions in Puerto Rico face a small but significant risk of dengue infection.

A genetic screening study may help design better sleeping sickness drugs and avoid growing drug resistance.

Novel materials that fit inside a vaccine-carrying box could help prevent vaccines spoiling before use.

A review of experimental GM insect releases points to 'scientific deficiencies' and lack of openness in regulatory approvals.

A drug undergoing clinical trials for sleeping sickness could also treat leishmaniasis, say researchers who have tested it on mice.

Bhutan has successfully brought down malaria cases, but fears reversals from global warming.

Unprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.

The Argentinean government and a public-private consortium have allocated US$1.2  million for the improvement of early diagnosis of Chagas disease in newborns.

A Nicaraguan study is helping scientists understand why a second dengue fever infection can be more severe than the first one.

African researchers have launched a multidisciplinary programme to find out how Buruli ulcer bacteria are transmitted.

A retrospective study of tweets on the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti found them broadly as good as official data at predicting its progress.