Professor Peter Piot has called for AIDS to stay high on the political agenda during challenging and dangerous times for funding.

LSHTM researchers call for urgent response to get basic food and medical help to those in need.

A first look at European data showing suicides have increased and motor vehicle deaths have decreased.

A large-scale analysis of the effect of dietary salt reduction on deaths and illness from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults has been inconclusive, according to a new report.

How people react to a flu pandemic could cost the British economy significantly more than the costs associated with pandemic-related illness and death, according to new research.

Successful project links former and future students to share experience and advice.

Mobile phones could hold the key to people giving up smoking after a programme involving sending motivational and supportive text messages to smokers doubled quit rates at six months.

From earthquakes and tsunamis to war and genocide which wreak devastation on millions of people around the world, human suffering is never far from the headlines.

UK cancer survival statistics are not misleading, according to research in the BMJ.

"Syphilis is one of the major reasons hundreds of thousands of babies die in their first four weeks of life - but we can so easily stop this.

What could be offered to dementia patients as an alternative to anti-psychotic drugs?

Professor Sandy Cairncross honoured for saving countless lives in developing countries.