Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the end of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to be over, on July 25. These are welcome news.
NIH-funded researchers present preliminary clinical trial results suggesting aggressive blood pressure control may lower risk of cognitive impairment
Preliminary findings from a large clinical trial, the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Memory and Cognition IN Decreased Hypertension (SPRINT MIND) study will be presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in...
Protein affected by rare Parkinson’s mutation may lurk behind many cases of the disease
Mutations in the gene LRRK2 have been linked to about three percent of Parkinson’s disease cases. Researchers have now found evidence that the activity of LRRK2 protein might be affected in many more patients with Parkinson’s disease, even when the...
A Siege of Hodeidah Could Have Devastating Consequences, Warns Save the Children
Yemen could be on the brink of a deadly new cholera epidemic that could affect thousands of people in the coming weeks unless urgent action is taken, Save the Children is warning.
Ebola outbreak in DRC ends: WHO calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country
The end of the ninth outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on July 24. The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the country and all those involved in ending the outbreak, while urging them to extend this success to...
Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance - message from WHO Director-General
Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but serious gaps remain and require urgent action, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World...
NIH Clinical Center releases dataset of 32,000 CT images
The National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center has made a large-scale dataset of CT images publicly available to help the scientific community improve detection accuracy of lesions. While most publicly available medical image datasets have less...
Fruit fly mating driven by a tweak in specific brain circui
According to a new National Institutes of Health-funded study, it is not destiny that brings two fruit flies together, but an evolutionary matchmaker of sorts that made tiny adjustments to their brains’ mating circuits, so they would be attracted to...
Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a single filamentous Ebola virus particle.
NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men has begun.
