Claire Bertschinger, Director of Tropical Nursing Studies, has been made a Dame in the New Year Honours List, for services to Nursing and to International Humanitarian Aid.

20 mph traffic speed zones reduce casualties by 41.9% with the greatest reduction in child casualties, according to research published today in the British Medical Journal.

Professor Anne Mills, Head of the Department of Public Health and Policy and Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the School has been named a recipient of the 2009 Prince Mahidol Award for o

The conference, titled The Health Benefits of Tackling Climate Change, was attended by key personnel from government, health bodies, the science community, non-governmental organisations a

A new collaborative study conducted by a team of researchers led by Professor Richard Smith at the School (LSHTM), Professor Tony Barnett of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LS

Researchers from the School and coordinated by LIDC have won approximately £3.5m to address the global food security crisis by investigating the neglected links between agriculture and health.

Survival among patients in intensive care units in England has improved significantly since the implementation of the NHS Plan in 2000, says a new study published in the BMJ.

People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, according to a study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

A new study by Scottish Refugee Council and the London School of Tropical Medicine reveals high levels of violence, depression and stress experienced by asylum-seeking women - and calls for the Hom

The risk that children will become infected with malaria can be substantially reduced through a novel combination of measures to kill the larvae of the malaria mosquito and the use of insecticide-t

The School (LSHTM) has received a grant of $4.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a three-year project to research and develop new concepts for on-site sanitation in developing countries.

There is no evidence that organically produced foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally produced foodstuffs, according to a study published today in the