High blood pressure linked to racial segregation in neighborhoods
A healthcare worker checks a man’s blood pressure.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti travels to Kinshasa to discuss Ebola outbreak response
WHO calls for immediate action to save lives in Somalia
WHO is concerned by the chronic shortage of funding for life-saving work in Somalia in response to the ongoing drought that has plunged the country further towards famine, disease, and health insecurity. Drought in Somalia led to the destruction of...
New Hepatitis C Infections Nearly Tripled over Five Years
Over just five years, the number of new hepatitis C virus infections reported to CDC has nearly tripled, reaching a 15-year high, according to new preliminary surveillance data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on May...
Enterococci may have evolved antimicrobial resistance millions of years ago
Enterococci bacteria, like those shown here, can be resistant to common antibiotics, making...
Ebola vaccines for Guinea and the world
The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan and the WHO Regional Director...
Study finds worsening outcomes in service members five years after mild blast-induced concussion
New light-sensing molecule discovered in the fruit fly brain
Left: Fruit fly showing location of brain pacemaker cells that express rhodopsin 7. Right: Depiction of...
Study beefs up support for brain cells that control protein hunger
Scientists looked at the brains of hungry fruit flies to investigate cells that regulate protein hunger.
Avastin as effective as Eylea for treating central retinal vein occlusion
Monthly eye injections of Avastin (bevacizumab) are as effective as the more expensive drug Eylea (aflibercept) for the treatment of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), according to a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part...
