A clinical drug trial conducted in five Sub-Sahara African countries shows that a shortened (four month) treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is well tolerated and may work well in subsets of TB patient

New research published just before the end of UK daylight saving shows that proposals to permanently increase the hours of waking daylight could increase children?s activity levels

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, can collect detailed information in real time at relatively low cost for ecological research, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene & T

This is a BMJ editorial written by David Mabey, John Edmunds and Stefan Flasche from the School.

As the Ebola epidemic continues to grow in West Africa, with almost 8,400 cases reported by the World Health Organization up to 8 October, Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene &

The ideal cost per dose for a new meningitis vaccine is between £3 and £22, only if several favourable factors all coincide, according to a study co-authored by researchers from the School.

Targets to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2050 are more likely to be met if new vaccines are developed for adults and adolescents instead of for infants, according to new research published in the

New analysis of first outbreak in 1976 shows community transmission played significant role.

By Prof Peter Piot. Originally appeared in TIME.

Prof David Heymann and Prof Peter Piot comment.

Prof David Heymann responds to news of the first case of Ebola being diagnosed in the US.

Professor Peter Piot and Dr Adam Kucharski comment.