Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination
The normal human gut microbiome is a flourishing community of microorganisms, some of which can affect the human immune system. In a new paper published this week, researchers found that oral antibiotics, which can kill gut microorganisms, can alter...
NIH bolsters funding for HIV implementation research in high-burden U.S. areas
This map shows the 48 counties, plus Washington, D.C., and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where >50% of HIV diagnoses...
UN health agency welcomes Facebook pledge to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral
The World Health Organization is working with Facebook to address the proliferation of...
CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
As the drug overdose crisis evolves and becomes more complex, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $301 million in new Overdose Data to Action funds to states and jurisdictions.
Weak systems and funding gaps jeopardize drinking-water and sanitation in the world’s poorest countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water today sounded the alarm for an urgent increase in investment in strong drinking-water and sanitation systems.
WHO statement on attacks against health care in north-west Syria .
NIH, Cincinnati Children’s scientists develop potential strategy against leukemia drug resistance
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have devised a potential treatment against a common type of leukemia that could have implications for many other types of cancer. The new approach...
NIH launches novel nationwide search for neuroprotective stroke therapies
A scientist works with a petri dish in a lab.
Children return to school in Ebola-affected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 2 September 2019, Jacqueline Maga Znigire, deputy director of The Volcano School of Goma...
As Ebola cases reach 3000 in DRC, WHO calls on all partners to fulfill promises to communities
As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 3000 cases, WHO calls for the full force of all partners to respond and increase their presence in the field to stop Ebola and to address one of the largest and most complex...
