Millions of Indonesians will Benefit from Two Financed Projects to Enhance Human Capital and Infrastructure
Better nutrition for millions of Indonesian children and modernized irrigation systems for hundreds of thousands of Indonesian farming families are the key goals from two new loans approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors to finance...
Intervention Shows Promise for Treating Depression in Preschool-Aged Children
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have shown that a therapy-based treatment for disruptive behavioral disorders can be adapted and used as an effective treatment option for early childhood depression.
Superbugs: MEPs advocate further measures to curb use of antimicrobials
The growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be tackled through a “One Health” approach, MEPs said on Wednesday.
In their resolution Health Committee MEPs stress that the correct and prudent use of antimicrobials is essential...
Methadone and buprenorphine reduce risk of death after opioid overdose
A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that treatment of opioid use disorder with either methadone or buprenorphine following a nonfatal opioid overdose is associated with significant reductions in opioid related mortality. The research,...
Early-stage Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine trial begins
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed to protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The Phase 1 study...
Fewer U.S. High School Students Having Sex, Using Drugs
The 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) paints a promising picture about the drug and sexual behaviors U.S. high school students report, but the findings leave room for concern – especially among groups of young people who report multiple...
Ebola in DRC: Save the Children Deploys Emergency Health Unit
Save the Children is deploying a team of medical workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help raise public awareness of the deadly Ebola virus—especially among children.
NIH-supported researchers find link between allergen in red meat and heart disease
Veterinary medicines: new EU rules to enhance availability and fight against antimicrobial resistance
On 13 June 2018 EU ambassadors meeting in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) confirmed an agreement reached on 5 June between the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives on a regulation on...
NIH study finds no significant link between brain injury and IV fluid treatment of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis
Giving children intravenous (IV) fluids to treat diabetic ketoacidosis — an emergency complication of untreated diabetes — does not appear to worsen the brain swelling that may accompany the condition, according to a study supported by the National...
