The new Thai government is following the path of its predecessors, breaking drug patents and not spending enough on health.

Counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Southeast Asia could pose a serious global health risk.

Malaria is becoming increasingly resistant to even the most modern drugs--largely due to badly made or counterfeit medicine.

Whenever the Thai government defiesforeign drug patents and creates its own cheap copies of drugs, it endangers the patients who need the drugs and undermines drug discovery.

As Thailand overrides patents on foreign drugs, the only winner will be the government.

The South China Sea row highlights how much influence ASEAN has lost compared with Beijing.

American seniors may soon find the federal government in their medicine cabinets, limiting the types of medicines they receive, with serious consequences for their health.

Today, cholera can easily be controlled by maintaining simple sanitary standards--but there is no running water in much of Zimbabwe, and sanitation systems have collapsed.