WHO highlights pharmaceutical issues for ageing conditions
For the first time, EU countries have more people over 65 years of age than under 15 years of age. Echoing the trend seen in Europe, much of the rest of the world, including low-and middle-income countries, is moving in a similar direction. A new WHO...
NIH scientists find that proteins involved in immunity potentially cause cancer
A set of proteins involved in the body’s natural defenses produces a large number of mutations in human DNA, according to a study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that these naturally produced mutations are...
UNICEF’s story in 2012: unrelenting efforts for world’s most vulnerable children
Despite financial concerns in much of the world and complex emergencies affecting children in nearly 80 countries in 2012, global progress was still made for millions of children last year, according to UNICEFs Annual Report 2012.
Kazakhstan on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal to reduce child mortality
Members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) visited Kazakhstan on 22-25 June 2013 to analyze infant and child mortality estimates in the country.
Farmworkers Come to Capitol Hill Seeking Safeguards
Farmworkers pick strawberries in Wayne County, NY.
Early Diabetes Signs Often Missed in Alzheimer's Patients
Sleep Affects Concussion-Testing Results, Study Finds
UN framework to give 15 million people access to HIV antiretroviral treatment
Peer educator discusses HIV/AIDS prevention and other STDs in Barangay Don Carlos, a poor...
New Service Delivery Data Show that Raising the Quality of Education and Health Services is Critical for Kenya to Build on Recent Gains
While Kenya has made tremendous progress recently by reducing child mortality and getting more children into school, new data published suggest that raising the quality of public education and health services is essential to build on these gains.
Teens Say U.S. Recession Was a Blow to Their Health
