Health

Severe Obesity in Teens Tied to Possible Kidney Problems

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Equatorial Guinea Kicks Off Polio Campaign with UNICEF and partners

In response to the third confirmed case of poliovirus in Equatorial Guinea, the government, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners have launched a national polio immunization campaign of children under 15.

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Three times more children treated for severe acute malnutrition in Bangui hospital than this time last year

The number of children being treated for severe acute malnutrition in Bangui’s largest in-patient centre during the first quarter of 2014 has tripled compared to last year, UNICEF said.

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Report shows 20-year US immunization program spares millions of children from diseases

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Stem Cells Yield Lab-Grown Skin, Researchers Say

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FDA Warns Against Bogus Autism Treatments

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In major breakthrough, scientists in UN-backed initiative decode tsetse fly genome

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A bite from a parasite-carrying tsetse fly can cause trypanosomiasis in animals and sleeping sickness in humans.

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HHS leaders call for expanded use of medications to combat opioid overdose epidemic

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Number of prescription opioid related deaths 1999-2010

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Channel makeover bioengineered to switch off neurons

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Researchers transformed an excitatory cellular channel borrowed from algae (above left) into a powerful inhibitory channel...

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Ebola Death Toll Rises in West Africa

A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted on a daily basis.

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