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

A new cholera prediction model can warn of outbreaks 11 months in advance and also describe the possible severity.

Critics have questioned the methods of a study claiming that the WHO has greatly underestimated the number of malaria fatalities.

Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.

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

Science institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.

A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.

An integrated control programme means Suriname is close to becoming the first Amazonian country to eliminate malaria.

A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

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.

Pacific islanders are at much higher risk of ciguatera fish toxins than previously thought, and the number of sufferers is increasing.

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 modelling study of a promising malaria vaccine finds low transmission areas would benefit the most from mass vaccination.

Thailand is investing in nanotechnology to help alleviate the impact of floods and other natural disasters.

China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.

The origin of two genetic sub-types of the malaria parasite P. falciparum in South America has been traced back slaves arriving from Africa, a study says.

The key malaria drug, artemisinin, can now be produced in greater quantities ― from a waste material of the current production process.

Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.

With the help of scientists, indigenous communities of Suriname have discovered that mercury pollution affects 58% of their population.