A multitasking microchip that can test blood samples for diseases including malaria and sleeping sickness has been launched in Singapore.

A cheap vaccine developed in India against rotavirus could add substantially to protection against diarrhoea.

China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.

Genome sequencing has revealed surprising new malaria parasites in Cambodia that are resistant to artemisinin, the frontline drug treatment.

A diagnostic device no bigger than a smartphone harnesses nanotechnology to detect the specific type of malaria a patient is infected with.

The protection against malaria provided by a leading vaccine candidate wanes over time, a follow-up trial has found.

A diagnostic test targeting syphilis and an oral antibiotic could be used together to help eradicate yaws disease, a WHO meeting was told.

A candidate vaccine against Chagas disease elicited high immunity in mice, and proved to be safe and simple to produce.

A how-to video published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments explains how to turn a mobile phone into a diagnostic device.

A new plan to eliminate polioviruses could eradicate the disease within five years, say 400 experts in a declaration today.

An artificial vaccine could be modified to use against problematic forms of foot-and-mouth disease that hit subsistence farmers.

Mobile phone health projects could drastically cut deaths from HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and pregnancy-related conditions, says report.

A method developed in Guatemala to pinpoint the origin of Chagas vector blood meal sources has been effective in assessing control efforts.

The global number of dengue cases is more than three times higher than estimates by the World Health Organization, a study warns.

The cost and time of analysing drug resistance in HIV positive people could be radically reduced by a tool being tested in South Africa.

Novel comparison of the genomes of four tapeworms will allow the development of therapies for cysticercosis and hydatidosis, two neglected diseases, say researchers.

Fresh estimates of dengue fever's social and economic impact on South-East Asia are likely to be too low, says an expert on the disease.

An analysis conducted in Latin America says that vaccinating high-risk groups against pneumococcal diseases would be more cost-effective than treating them.

Chagas disease costs countries US$7 billion a year, with Latin America paying the greatest price, a study has found.