World’s largest, fastest vaccine rollout targets polio’s ‘final strongholds’ – UN initiative
Mothers bring their children to be vaccinated against polio at a market place vaccination point during a polio...
Investing in treatment for depression and anxiety leads to fourfold return
Every US$ 1 invested in scaling up treatment for depression and anxiety leads to a return of US$ 4 in better health and ability to work, according to a new WHO-led study which estimates, for the first time, both the health and economic benefits of...
Alcohol Sales Dropped After Maryland Raised Liquor Tax
How Important Is Surgeon's Skill for Weight-Loss Surgery Outcomes?
Head and Neck Cancers May Be Linked to Hepatitis C
Prediabetes May Damage Nerves More Than Thought
A Mild Flu Season, and the End Is in Sight: CDC
NIH sequences genome of a fungus that causes life-threatening pneumonia
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, in collaboration with extramural organizations, have sequenced nearly the entire genome of human, mouse and rat Pneumocystis. This organism causes a life-threatening pneumonia in...
New role identified for scars at the site of injured spinal cord
Benefits of scarring Previously injured axons (in red) can grow through a...
Life-Saving Health Care in Poor Nations Would Cost $5 Per Person: Study
