Australia: Fulfill Pledges on Women’s Health
The Australian government should meet its financial commitments for sexual and reproductive health at the Family Planning 2020 Summit in London on July 11, 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. At the...
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat.
New CDC Report shows deaths from cancer higher in rural America
Opioid prescribing is still high and varies widely throughout the U.S.
NIH and collaborators identify the genomic cause for Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome
The graphic depicts normal myoblasts (early muscle cells with a single nucleus) fusing...
UN agency condemns attack on staff in Central African Republic town
Children in Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic. The town has been wrecked by...
Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin
Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries signals along and between nerves, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. The finding...
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
NIAID scientists identify cause, possible treatment for life-threatening gut condition
This light microscope image shows the gut tissue of a child with CHAPLE disease. The large white areas...
Carcinogens or mutagens at work: Council and European Parliament reach agreement
On 28 June 2017 the Maltese presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new directive intended to help protect workers from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens in the workplace.
