The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doubled down on its recommendation that everyone receive COVID-19 booster shots after a study they published last …
CDC report underlines protection provided by COVID-19 boosters Read More »
COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology are not only safe for expectant mothers and their babies but also create protective antibodies in both mothers and children, …
Studies: COVID jab protects pregnant women—and their babies Read More »
Scientists hoping to fight tick-borne diseases last week announced “a new protocol that allows gene editing at the embryo stage in ticks, previously thought to …
Gene editing breakthrough in ticks promises to help fight disease Read More »
Given the dangerous rise in “superbugs” with antimicrobial resistance (AMR), there is an urgent need to change the trend of low investment in new antibacterials, …
BIO report seeks solutions for lack of drug development against ‘superbugs’ Read More »
As of last week, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had reported several incidences of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A viruses in …
Bird flu reappears in the U.S. after six years, but CDC says risk to people is 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 than …
Studies find inequity in medical treatment and clinical trial participation Read More »
The CEO of a biopharma firm working on a treatment for a rare, fatal pediatric syndrome says the CMS decision to restrict coverage for an …
Other Voices: ‘CMS decision puts future disease cures in crosshairs’ 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 using …
First woman cured of HIV after transplant involving umbilical cord blood 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 the …
WHO report 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 be …
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 the countries worldwide managing to eliminate this virus from the …
CDC: World achieves progress, but not victory, against rubella Read More »
