Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announces state health care innovation initiative
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a new opportunity made possible by the Affordable Care Act to help states design and test improvements to their health care systems that would bolster health care quality and decrease costs.
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Beware of the Potato Salad: Preventing Foodborne Illness in Summer
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Oral immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for egg allergy
Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Four ways to reduce hepatitis infections in people who inject drugs
WHO has identified four key actions countries can take to prevent viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs. Of the estimated 16 million people who inject drugs worldwide, it is estimated that 10 million are infected with hepatitis C. An additional 1.2 million are infected with hepatitis B.
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Oral immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for egg allergy
Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Study shows colon and rectal tumors constitute a single type of cancer
Translocations involving chromosome 1 in a set of colon and rectal samples. The locations of the breakpoints leading to the translocation and circular representations of all rearrangements in tumors with a fusion are shown. The red line lines represent fusions, black lines indicate other rearrangements.
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'Strategic use' of HIV medicines could help end transmission of virus
More strategic use of antiretroviral HIV medications can significantly reduce the transmission of the virus according to WHO proposals that will be presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC on Sunday.
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New gene mutations linked to ALS and nerve cell growth dysfunction
Motor neurons that have mutant versions of the profilin protein grow shorter, less complex axons (right) than motor neurons with normal profilin (left).
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NIH tools facilitate matching cancer drugs with gene targets
Cell plate with cell lines from the NCI-60
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Gut Microbes Might Reflect Health, Diet of Older Adults
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020