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As of last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported several incidences of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) […]
Bird flu reappears in the U.S.; CDC says human risk low Read More »
Bias against Black patients in the United States was documented in two different reports published last month. Black patients are two-and-a-half times more likely
Studies find racial inequity in treatment and clinical trial participation Read More »
The third person ever to be cured of HIV with medical treatment was the first female patient and the first to receive a transplant
First woman cured of HIV after umbilical cord blood transplant Read More »
In the battle against health-care associated infections, prevention and control are basic measures that can be taken worldwide, according to a report delivered to
WHO calls for prevention to fight health-care associated infection Read More »
Four out of 10 cancer diagnoses in the United States—about 750,000 cases in 2020—and nearly half of all cancer deaths in the country can
National Cancer Prevention Month: The best cure is prevention Read More »
The world is marking constant progress towards the elimination of rubella, with approximately half of countries worldwide managing to eliminate this virus from the
CDC: World achieves progress, but not victory, against rubella Read More »
Using human cells engineered to create the world’s first 3D spinal cord tissues, scientists repaired the spinal cords of injured mice, offering the promise
Spinal cord implants provide hope of walking again Read More »
Sepsis is a potentially fatal syndrome that occurs when the body’s reaction to infection causes damage to its own tissues and organs. And sepsis
Sepsis: Millions die and survivors face physical, emotional challenges Read More »
President Biden on Feb. 2 relaunched the “Cancer Moonshot,” which he had launched when he was vice president. The goal now is to “reduce
Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to reduce death rate by 50% Read More »
An innovative cell-based gene therapy implemented almost a decade ago not only eradicated cancer in a pair of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients, it also
Genetically engineered T cells remain in leukemia patients long after remission Read More »
