Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected
Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse, a figure higher than previously estimated and predicted to rise as populations age worldwide.
Researchers aim to repurpose former experimental cancer therapy to treat muscular dystrophy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) have demonstrated that a drug originally targeted unsuccessfully to treat...
WHO Director-General elect welcomes new funding for polio eradication
World Health Organization Director-General elect, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has welcomed contributions and pledges of US$1.2 billion for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The pledges were made at the Rotary Convention in Atlanta, USA which...
NIAID scientists discover rare genetic susceptibility to common cold
WHO DG-elect on high-level US tour to advance new vision for WHO
WHO Director-General elect, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in the United States of America 12-17 June to share his vision for the WHO with global leaders, before taking up his new position on 1 July.
NIH-led workshop addresses opioid misuse during pregnancy
Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100 000 in Yemen
The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen continues to rise, reaching 101 820 with 791 deaths as of 7 June 2017. Worst affected are the country’s most vulnerable: children under the age of 15 years account for 46% of cases, and those aged over 60...
WB/Chile: Improved Care for Chronic Diseases
More than 13 million people will benefit from a new project for the health sector in Chile, funded by a US$80 million loan approved by the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank on June 8th.
CDC analysis of data from US territories finds serious birth defects in about 1 in 12 fetuses or infants of pregnant women with Zika infection in the first trimester
In the U.S. territories, 5 percent of women who had confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancy had a baby or fetus with Zika virus-associated birth defects, according to a report published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....
Neuroimaging technique may help predict autism among high-risk infants
Functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) may predict which high-risk, 6-month old infants will develop autism spectrum disorder by age 2 years, according to a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child...
