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SARS-CoV-2 can cause a significant inflammatory response in the immune cells infected with the virus, thus contributing to severe COVID-19, two papers recently published […]
How attacks on immune cells cause severe COVID – and how vaccines help Read More »
While two doses were recommended in the past, one dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is enough to provide strong protection against the
WHO: One dose of HPV vaccine gives solid protection against cervical cancer Read More »
U.S. COVID-19 vaccination efforts prevented an additional 2.05 million deaths and 17 million hospitalizations through March 2022, according to research published by the Commonwealth
The proposal by some countries to waive World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines as a way of speeding vaccine
Other Voices: WTO TRIPS waiver could have negative impact on bioscience Read More »
While the world was commemorating World Health Day on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced “a grim milestone in the war in Ukraine—more
WHO decries more than 100 attacks on health care in Ukraine Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month approved Kite Pharma, Inc’s Yescarta for the treatment of “adult patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL)
FDA approves Yescarta for second-line treatment of large B-cell lymphoma Read More »
Medicare will cover breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only for participants in clinical trials, says the final national coverage determination—an “enormous setback for Alzheimer’s patients
CMS restricts coverage of Alzheimer’s drug to patients in clinical trials Read More »
The AMR Action Fund, the world’s largest public-private partnership to invest in antibiotic development, on April 4 announced its first investments: funding Adaptive Phage
AMR Action Fund’s first investments support innovation to fight superbugs Read More »
The prognosis for the world on World Health Day is concerning. We are still battling a pandemic, and rising numbers in diseases like cancer,
World Health Day focuses on how the planet’s health impacts ours Read More »
The health care inequities that continue to harm members of racial and ethnic minority groups have been exacerbated by COVID-19. The pandemic’s disproportionate impact
Minority Health Month highlights inequities Read More »
