global health

Scientists have uncovered why Zika virus may specifically target neural stem cells in the developing brain, potentially leading to microcephaly – a...

Homerton Fellow Dr Michelle Oyen explains why she has dedicated her working life to investigating why pregnancies go wrong.

A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother’s blood pressure to rise – often fatally – is more common in women of African descent than any...

We ask how a 'matchmaking' programme that teams up Cambridge and African researchers is making expertise and resources available to support Africans...

Half the children in Africa miss out on school and basic learning as a result of poverty, gender or disability. While major efforts are being made to...

Working in a lab as a basic scientist can often seem far removed from the real world. A year since the World Health Organization declared the Ebola...

New research provides the first clear evidence that the amount of nutrients transported to the foetus by the placenta adjusts according to both the...

Potential outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola and Lassa fever may be more accurately predicted thanks to a new mathematical model developed by...