In race against time, Member States must increase efforts to stop Ebola outbreak – UN official
From the headquarters of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) in Accra,...
Millions of Mothers and Children in Myanmar to Benefit from New World Bank Financing
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Myanmar.
Novel food: innovation or health hazard?
What exactly is novel food? A new proposal setting out to define novel food and streamline the authorisation process will be discussed by the EP's food safety committee. The European Commission already proposed in 2008 to revise existing regulation,...
Scientists sniff out unexpected role for stem cells in the brain
Making “scents” of new cells in the brain’s odor-processing area
Adult-born cells travel through the thin rostral...
Keep It Clean After Ear Piercings
New York's JFK Airport Begins Screening Passengers for Ebola
Frontline health workers and families in Sierra Leone to receive vital supplies through UNICEF-EU partnership
A cargo plane with nearly 100 metric tons of essential medical supplies left Amsterdam en route to Sierra Leone as part of UNICEF’s continuing response to the Ebola outbreak ravaging parts of West Africa. Similar flights are planned for Liberia and...
‘We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,’ against Ebola – UN
Construction workers race against time to finish another Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia,...
Australian Nurse Tested for Ebola
An Australian nurse is undergoing medical tests after showing possible signs of Ebola, as the international community continues efforts to limit the outbreak of the virus.
NIH funds research consortia to study more than 200 rare diseases
Adam L. Boxer, M.D., Ph.D., who leads the RDCRN-supported Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) Clinical Research Consortium,...
