Inaugural WHO Partners Forum launches new push for collaboration on global health
To meet the world’s most pressing health challenges, WHO, governments and global health leaders called for improved partnerships and resourcing to support WHO’s mission to deliver care, services and protection for billions of people by 2023.
Physicians may overprescribe antibiotics to children during telemedicine visits
Children are more likely to be overprescribed antibiotics for colds, sinus infections and sore throats during telemedicine visits than during in-person visits to primary care providers or urgent care facilities, suggests a study.
Scientists review influenza vaccine research progress and opportunities
Colorized structure of a prototype for a universal flu vaccine. The nanoparticle is a hybrid of a protein scaffold (...
CDC Investigation Notice: Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O103 Infections
A CDC investigation notice of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O103 infections. At this time, a source of these infections has not been identified.
FDA-approved drug effectively treats rare chronic immune disorder
Activated eosinophils in the peripheral blood of a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome...
NIH begins first-in-human trial of a universal influenza vaccine candidate
A healthy volunteer receives an experimental universal influenza vaccine known as H1ssF_3928 as part of a...
Scientists explore new roles for RNA
The biomolecule ribonucleic acid (RNA) is pivotal to cell function. RNA plays various roles in determining how the information in our genes drives cell behavior. One of its roles is to carry information encoded by our genes from the cell nucleus to...
Uneven access to health services drives life expectancy gaps: WHO
Where women can access health services, maternal deaths decrease, lengthening women’s life expectancy.
In many circumstances, men access health care less than women.
Men are much more likely to die from preventable and treatable...
Cholera vaccination campaign begins in Mozambique
An oral cholera vaccination campaign to protect survivors of Cyclone Idai begins in Beira, Mozambique. Funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the campaign will be carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of Health, with support from WHO and other...
Lack of basic water facilities risks millions of lives globally: UN health agency
Children wash their faces, outside their home, in South Sudan (2018).
