JOHANNESBURG - Conservationists have warned that the targeted poaching of lions is on the rise. The Endangered Wildlife Trust ...

The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) said it has started creating a comprehensive national database of ...

Wits scientists have identified a "microbial watchlist" of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that could cause cancer.

Integrating African traditional medicine into national healthcare systems, while taking a leaf from the well-established practices of traditional Chinese medicine, could help address the health crises ...

Objectives To describe the prevalence and characteristics of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) practice and product use by the population of the UK providing up-to-date data ...

Apart from cancer, mubuu has been used in traditional medicine to manage dysentery, cholera, wounds and sores. Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have confirmed potential ...

Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

Seeking to prevent the spread of HIV, Unitaid is providing $31 million to South Africa and Zambia in hopes of widening access ...

Kenya is charting an ambitious path to integrate traditional medicine into mainstream healthcare by 2028, a move that would create a collaborative system in which conventional doctors and traditional ...

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H. funding was cut. Credit...Andri Tambunan for The New York Times Supported by ...