FAO makes case for meat, eggs and milk as ‘essential source of nutrients’
The dairy cow is an important agricultural asset in rural villages, signifying...
World Chagas Day calls for primary health care to track ‘silent’ disease
Early screening can make Chagas a disease of the past, said UNITAID, a global agency hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the occasion of World Chagas Disease Day, observed on Friday.
Researchers study enhanced genetic animal model of Down syndrome
The new mouse model, known as Ts66Yah, has a minichromosome with over a hundred genes from...
HIV self-testing to take off in India: findings from the STAR Initiative
WHO recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an important approach to address gaps in HIV diagnoses including among key populations (sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who inject drugs, and people in prisons other closed...
WHO renews alert on safeguards for health worker recruitment
The World Health Organization (WHO) released on 14 March an updated WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023, identifying 55 countries as vulnerable for availability of health workers required to achieve the UN Sustainable Development...
Blood test identifies acute myeloid leukemia patients at greater risk for relapse after bone marrow transplant
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health show the benefits of screening adult patients in remission from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for residual disease before receiving a bone marrow transplant. The findings support ongoing research aimed...
Scientists reveal a potential new approach to treating liver cancer
NCATS scientists used the Center’s drug screening capabilities, including drug screening plates like those shown...
WHO and UNICEF launch cholera vaccination campaign in northwest Syria amidst earthquake response
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in coordination with health authorities, the Syria Immunization Group (SIG), and the Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI), kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign in...
Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report
A lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists aimed at filling the gaps, the report Trafficking in Medical Products in the Sahel shows. But, this supply and an imbalance in demand, has triggered deadly results...
New MRI method provides detailed view of the placenta during pregnancy
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new method to process MRI scans to reveal the distinct compartments of the placenta, take measurements of oxygen levels in each region and determine if there are malformations in...
