By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New data indicate that mass treatment with ivermectin—a drug that was a workhorse of tropical medicine long before it emerged as a controversial COVID-19 treatment—has...

In a follow-up on the yellow fever situation in Nigeria, local news source, The Independent reports that two cases of the mosquito borne viral disease, yellow fever have been reported in Plateau State. According...

Millions of Nigerians no longer are at risk of a disfiguring tropical disease, thanks to a pioneering partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health and The Carter Center. The partners have eliminated...