A team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has published a report in the Int

History has a valuable role to play in health policymaking, but its use needs a rethink from both sides of the history-policy boundary, according to new research published today.

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Professor Chris Curtis has joined the Earth Institute's Professor Jeffrey Sachs to call for the mass distribution of free insecticidal bed nets

Hazardous alcohol consumption may be responsible for almost half of all deaths among working age men in Russia, significantly more than previously thought, according to a study published in today's

HIV contaminated injections are unlikely to account for a large proportion of HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new study, the results of which are published today in Proceedings

An independent academic study of staff views of the progress of the NHS IT programme locally has found that financial deficits and poor communication continue to hamper its successful implementatio

A three-year project aimed at engaging young people from one of the most deprived parts of London with science has been hailed as a huge success, and has also led to a marked improvement in GCSE sc

The decision by the Government to make local authorities responsible for implementing pandemic flu plans is being questioned by a leading expert writing in today's British Medical Journal.

Promoting a positive ethos in schools, in which students are more engaged and enjoy good relationships with their teachers, can lead to lower levels of substance abuse and teen pregnancy, according

Treating women who are infected with both the HSV-2 and HIV viruses with anti-herpes treatment can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and genital secretions, according to the results of a trial

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is part of an international collaborative research group, the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), which has confirmed a common gene ass

A paper published online today in the Royal Society journal Interface shows the future death toll from vCJD is likely to be far lower than originally anticipated because public health interventions