New Drug May Fight Serious Respiratory Virus in Infants
Monthly blood transfusions reduce sickle cell anemia-related brain injury in children
Regular blood transfusions prevent recurrent blockage of brain blood vessels, a serious neurological side effect that occurs in one third of children with sickle cell anemia, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Test reliably detects inherited immune deficiency in newborns
Blood is collected from a newborn for screening.
Certain Symptoms Can Delay Lupus Diagnosis, Researchers Report
'Bubble Boy' Disease May Be More Common Than Thought
More Than 200,000 People Call For Stronger WorkPlace Protections For Farmworkers
Farmworkers harvest strawberries in Salinas, CA.
Unite Campaign’s Africa event to move south amid Ebola threat
Liberia Vows to Control Ebola-Related Price Hikes
Liberia’s Information Minister, Lewis Brown, said the government has put in place necessary measures to mitigate the economic impact of Ebola on the country.
Suspect gene corrupts neural connections
Synapses – sites of intercellular communications –are revealed in a mature iPSC cortex neuron derived from a patient in the...
World Humanitarian Day: WHO calls for protection of health workers in conflicts, disasters
As major emergencies around the globe increase in scale, complexity and frequency, WHO is calling for an end to the targeting of health workers in conflicts and other humanitarian crises, which represent a breach of the fundamental right to health.
