Innovative WHO HIV testing recommendations aim to expand treatment coverage
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new recommendations to help countries reach the 8.1 million people living with HIV who are yet to be diagnosed, and who are therefore unable to obtain lifesaving treatment.
Pediatric drug trial finds benefit in teens with heart defect
Teenagers born with a single working ventricle of the heart — a rare defect that cannot be completely corrected — showed a significant improvement in their ability to sustain moderate exercise after treatment with udenafil, a drug that helps improve...
Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death
These images taken from LACV-infected cerebral organoids show infected cells (green) and cells that are dying...
NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2019
High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, NIH study suggests
Children’s average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health,...
UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles and polio campaign
Two children play in the surf on Mogadishu's Lido beach.
Decline in Early Childhood Obesity in WIC Families
In a new study, 41 U.S. states and territories show significant declines in obesity among children, aged 2-4 years, from low-income families enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) between 2010-...
CDC updates EVALI guidance for health care providers as flu activity increases nationally
CDC released updated guidance for health care providers to help diagnose and treat patients with e-cigarette or vaping lung injury (EVALI). This updated guidance comes as the 2019-2020 influenza season approaches, when many patients may show up in...
Eastern equine encephalitis virus poses emergent threat, say NIH officials
Under a magnification of 83,900X, this digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicts...
Accelerating Medicines Partnership launches data knowledge portal for Parkinson’s disease
