A health official works at the Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in midwestern Nigeria in 2018. The Ebola case detected […]
Category: HEALTH & WELLNESS
Alzheimer’s Researchers Look at an Unusual Data Point: Head Shape
Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers
New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food […]
Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed 4 workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured 5 others. The attacks […]
Landmark agreement improves global preparedness for influenza pandemics
After a week of negotiations continued through Friday night and into Saturday morning, an open-ended working-group meeting of Member States successfully agreed upon a framework […]
Be the Book: Focusing on Who You Are While Doing the Work
My literary agent is sending my most recent book out to publishers, and I am waiting to hear whether or not I am a worthwhile […]
WHO calls on malaria-endemic countries to strengthen monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy
WHO is calling on countries to be increasingly vigilant in monitoring antimalarial drug efficacy in order to allow for early detection of artemisinin resistance.1 This is […]
International spread of disease threatens public health security
More than at any previous time in history, global public health security depends on international cooperation and the willingness of all countries to act effectively […]
Tele-ICU Program Shortened Hospital Stays
Hospitals using remote intensivist staffing for their intensive care unit (ICU) saw shorter stays overall without negative safety signals, a longer-term follow-up study showed. Overall […]
AI identifies tumor aging patterns to predict immunotherapy response across multiple cancer types
AI-Based Stepwise Prediction Framework for Immunotherapy Response: A Machine-Learning Approach for Predicting Responders and Nonresponders Based on Tumor Cell Senescence. Credit: POSTECH Even when given […]