Maeve Cullinan

A month after the outbreak was declared, the key facts about the virus spreading in the Congo are becoming clearer

Twenty British people repatriated from the so-called “rat-virus cruise” were released from self-isolation on Monday.

Two to three new viruses capable of infecting humans have been discovered every year, a major new study from three universities has found.

The small Ugandan city of Masaka is known mostly for its coffee, grown on rich volcanic soils that produce beans which have a caramel-chocolate flavour.

The Ebola outbreak could halt a pioneering UK-backed kidney transplant programme that made the operation available in Uganda for the first time.

A microscopic parasite has caused a surge of explosive diarrhoea in the US this summer, with more than 7,000 suspected cases reported across dozens of states.

A roadmap for returning the UK to spending 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on international aid is to form part of a major shake-up

Andy Burnham is planning to reverse the cuts to Britain's aid budget made by his predecessors Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, according to reports.

Africa is significantly better prepared for a pandemic than it was five years ago, a major review of the continent’s health security has found.

Four men are about to be voluntarily infected with one of mankind’s oldest killers