NIH augments large scale study of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
To meet the pressing need to better understand the prevalence, progression, and clinical impact of Alzheimer’s disease among Mexican Americans, the National Institutes of Health has added funding for more biomarker measures, including positron...
Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS...
Polio programme accelerates efforts to respond to new polio outbreaks in Sudan and Yemen
“The recent vaccine-derived polio outbreaks confirmed in Yemen and Sudan are consequences of increasingly low levels of immunity among children. Each outbreak has paralysed children in areas that have been extremely difficult if not impossible to...
CDC awards $7 million for pilot project to reduce chronic disease by advancing health equity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $7 million over two years to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to fund a pilot...
Leaders pledge ‘quantum leap’ towards fully funding COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
A laboratory technician works at a health and science centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a...
NIH ACTIV initiative launches adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health has launched two of three adaptive Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the safety and effectiveness of varying types of blood thinners to treat adults diagnosed with COVID-19. Part of the Accelerating COVID-19...
WHO calls for global action on sepsis - cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide
The World Health Organization’s first global report on sepsis finds that the effort to tackle millions of deaths and disabilities due to sepsis is hampered by serious gaps in knowledge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to...
More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food
Two years into the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ambitious effort to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the global food supply, the Organization reports that 58 countries so far have introduced laws that will protect 3.2 billion...
Federal Government Adjusts COVID-19 Entry Strategy for International Air Passengers
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the United States Government (USG) is innovating and taking a new approach to help keep international air passengers healthy. The new, more effective strategy focuses on the continuum of travel and the individual...
Youth e-cigarette use is down, but 3.6 million still use e-cigarettes
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with various partners, released two papers on Sept. 9 highlighting recent changes in U.S. e-cigarette use and sales.
