Our organization, the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, is raising private funds to ultimately target the more than 30 African countries at greatest risk, ...

Tropical Cyclone Belal tore through the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion on Monday, leaving at least one person dead, according to the former's government.

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 ...

Neglected tropical diseases can strike close to home, but many of them could be cured or prevented at astonishingly low cost. Skip to content Skip to site index Today’s Paper ...

Tropical diseases such as trachoma and river blindness have death rates similar to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, but they have been neglected in preventative funding, researchers say.

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 ...

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.