Health

Beware Broken Glow Sticks

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Regular Doctor Visits Can Help Spot Colon Cancer

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Study Hints at HPV Vaccine's Cancer Prevention Promise

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1 in 3 Hospitals in Developing World Lack Running Water

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Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise in Monkey Trial

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NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission

An emerging field, known as implementation science, may help reduce the nearly 150,000 instances of mother-to-child HIV transmissions that occur annually around the world, mostly in developing countries.

World Bank Approves US$40 million for Crucial Health Services in South Sudan

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on 30 June approved US$40 million in additional financing to support the government of South Sudan’s efforts to improve health services.

Analysis of 1976 Ebola outbreak holds lessons relevant Wednesday

With the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa reviving interest in the first outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever 40 years ago, scientists led by Dr. Joel Breman of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health have...

Fifteen African Countries and Partners Take stock of Progress Made in Access to Medicines

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Significant expansion of data available in the Genomic Data Commons

The recently launched Genomic Data Commons (GDC) will get a dramatic increase in the power and utility of its resources with the announcement on 29 June of the signing of a data sharing agreement between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and...