April 25th 2024 marks World Malaria Day, a time when the disease is highlighted in the media and brought to the general public’s attention for a time. However, malaria is important and talked about year-round by those who have a vested interest in the disease (researchers, students, healthcare workers, community workers etc). In this blog article, I explore some of the trends behind the discussions relating to malaria over the last 12 months ..read more

BMC Primary Care is pleased to announce a new Collection to highlight the importance of trust in the primary care provider-patient relationship. We welcome research that explores communication dynamics, socioeconomic factors, cultural awareness, and new technologies that shape trust in primary care ..read more

It is now recognised that health studies and interventions have historically been male-biased, and female-related health issues less explored. The potential consequence of infection with Schistosoma blood flukes is an example that two recent reviews have exposed ..read more

Can the jewel wasp tell us anything about the process of aging? How does advertising contribute to social inequalities? Can a silver filter reduce metal artifacts in computed tomography? How far is prenatal care from equity? How to adapt risk communication to women's preferences for a breast cancer screening campaign ..read more

BMC Bioinformatics warmly welcomes submissions to its Collection on new computational approaches, tools, and databases to address issues and open questions in bioinformatics ethics and data privacy, including anonymization, encryption and data deposition ..read more

Many of the most frightening human viruses have only recently made the jump from another species. These ‘zoonoses’ include the pandemic virus SARS-Cov-19 (which famously derived from a bat virus), and can be sourced from species both closely related to humanity (such as HIV originating from apes) and from species more distally related (such as... Read more ..read more

Krisztian Magori highlights the ongoing dengue epidemic in South America, especially Brazil, and reviews a couple of recent papers about the potential causes and solutions to this ever-worsening health crisis ..read more

We are delighted to announce the launch of our first joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition! Bringing together art and science, the competition aims to showcase the beauty of ecology, evolutionary biology and zoological research.  ..read more

Have you ever found yourself eyeing a mosquito as it buzzed around, seemingly fixated on making you its next meal? It’s an intricate dance of advances and retreats, with the female mosquito meticulously orchestrating its movements to achieve a precise landing. But mosquitoes aren't the only ones performing: across the globe, communities are harnessing the power of dance to rally against malaria, engaging people in the collective effort to combat this deadly disease ..read more

Is possible to reduce the incidence of preeclampsia in primigravid women with vitamin D supplementation? How can we enhance parenting skills with dedicated programmes? How can we promote children’s outdoor play? Which is the best method to monitor SARS-CoV-2 re-infections? How is machine learning approach used for diagnostic codes ..read more