The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.

Press camera on building’s roof, which IDF claims was used by Hamas, appears to be target of tank strike on Nasser Hospital

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The UN’s World Food Programme is grappling with a 40 per cent decline in funding, threatening its feeding programmes

An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices

An ‘explosive’ jump in cases is linked to a boom in methamphetamines and dangerous drug practices

More than 5,000 have tested positive – including children – and at least 47 have died in Africa’s worst outbreak of the disease

More than 7,000 cases of the debilitating mosquito-borne disease have been reported in an unprecedented outbreak

Prime minister says it is the only way to ensure Israel’s security and finally wipe out Hamas

The strong bands are used to stop catastrophic bleeding – but if left on for too long they can cause tissue death

Over the last week, Reuters journalists spent five days in Nasser Medical Complex, one of only four centres left in Gaza able to treat the most dangerously hungry children.

Since the invasion of Ukraine there has been a 20-fold rise in diagnoses in the army, showing ‘HIV is not just passed on in war through wounds and treatment’

A programme preventing mother-to-child transmission has become a casualty of Donald Trump’s decision to sharply cut back Pepfar

Thai military is ‘far ahead of Nato armies’ in the use of quadcopters on the battlefield, say analysts

Leaders thank Trump for ‘decisive mediation’ in talks to end five-day conflict at midnight tonight

Tensions between the south-east Asian neighbours over the disputed border have been mounting for months

Footage shared with The Telegraph shows acute malnutrition at one of the few functioning medical facilities left on the strip

UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah

The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God

The Pepfar scheme has been in turmoil since January, when many of its programmes were halted or trimmed as part of cuts to foreign aid

A 50 per cent increase in the price of alcohol, cigarettes, and sugary drinks could plug the gap left by retreating foreign donors

Government shutters major UK aid programme to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, has been accused of leveraging her political ties to secure her role

The first lenacapavir jabs will be delivered later this year under a new agreement between Gilead Sciences and the Global Fund

The first lenacapavir jabs will be delivered later this year under a new agreement between Gilead Sciences and the Global Fund