About three in ten US veterans use tobacco products
NIH researchers report first 3D structure of DHHC enzymes
NIH study supports use of short-term HIV treatment interruption in clinical trials
A pill box containing once-daily antiretroviral treatments for HIV infection.
UN urges Comprehensive Approach to Sexuality Education
Statement by Toby Lanzer, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator: First Round of Polio Vaccination in Shahwalikot Completed
In 2017 the district of Shahwalikot in Kandahar province saw five cases of polio, the highest number in any district of the world. The wild polio virus spreads very quickly, and it is crucial for a series of at least three mass vaccination campaigns...
Fighting antibiotic resistance: CDC tool maps progress in every state, but still more to be done
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data in its Antibiotic Resistance (AR)Investment Map, which shows early progress by states to combat AR. This year’s AR Investment Map features more than 170 state-reported successes—...
UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks
UN Environment and WHO have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year.
MERS antibodies produced in cattle safe, treatment well tolerated in Phase 1 trial
The round, spiked objects at center are MERS coronavirus particles.
About 3,500 babies in the US are lost to sleep-related deaths each year
WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar
The Director-General of WHO has outlined his vision for a Madagascar free of plague epidemics during a three-day visit to the island nation that started on 7 January 2018.
