The dengue outbreak in Puerto Rico is not a "one-off" problem. Far from it. This disease is endemic in 100 countries, causing up to 400 million infections a year and about 40,000 deaths. Dengue ...

A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively among Americans returning from travel abroad now has a unique U.S. strain. Health officials warn that a related, deadlier parasite seen in other ...

In 2022 it became the first country in the world to have eliminated four neglected tropical diseases. The country stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, sleeping ...

Since 1913, research in tropical diseases has been given a great push by the cooperative efforts of the Rockefeller Foundation, which has spent over $70,000,000 in 30 years.

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.

Climate change is bringing diseases once considered tropical afflictions to the United States, and new research warns that a parasite spread by sand flies may be the latest to join this growing list.