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World Health Assembly to discuss plan for addressing COVID-19 response and critical health goals

As health leaders prepare to gather for a virtual session of the resumed 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO has three messages to share.

5 Nov 2020

Illustrations by Nigerian artist kickstart debate on neglected tropical disease

Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and policy makers understand what it's really like to live with a neglected tropical disease (NTD).

5 Nov 2020

Study highlights the dangers related to collecting drinking water

Collecting drinking water in low and middle-income countries can cause serious injury, particularly for women, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

4 Nov 2020

Fight against trachoma disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic

Progress towards the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem has been substantial, but the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted community-based control efforts.

2 Nov 2020

WHO welcomes SHINE trial results on shorter treatment for drug-susceptible TB in children

The World Health Organization's Global TB Programme welcomes the results from an important study on shortened treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis in children, presented at the 51st virtual Union World Conference on Lung Health.

2 Nov 2020

Experts call for transformative change to reduce future pandemics

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.

30 Oct 2020

Research shows some COVID-19 patients experience long-lasting skin symptoms

Some COVID-19 patients experience long-lasting skin symptoms that vary according to type of COVID-19 skin rash, a late-breaking abstract will reveal today at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual.

30 Oct 2020

Penn State and Stanford University collaborate to develop two-hour sepsis test

One in three people who die in U.S. hospitals have sepsis, the body's extreme response to infection that can lead to multiple organ failure. Diagnosis can take up to five days, but death may take only hours from the initial onset of sepsis.

30 Oct 2020

Some COVID-19 patients continue to have persistent skin-related symptoms, shows study

Some patients with COVID-19 have persistent skin-related symptoms long after their initial infection has cleared, according to a new analysis.

29 Oct 2020

Exposure to artemisinin drug could increase sexual conversion rate of malaria parasite

Exposure to suboptimal doses of the antiparasitic drug artemisinin could increase the sexual conversion rate of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, thereby increasing the probability of transmission, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.

29 Oct 2020

Deep learning models help hunt for COVID-19 drugs

Michigan State University Foundation Professor Guowei Wei wasn't preparing machine learning techniques for a global health crisis. Still, when one broke out, he and his team were ready to help.

28 Oct 2020

Scientists warn Americans are expecting too much from a vaccine

The White House and many Americans have pinned their hopes for defeating the COVID-19 pandemic on a vaccine being developed at "warp speed." But some scientific experts warn they're all expecting too much, too soon.

28 Oct 2020

Study reveals sex-based differences in clearance of asymptomatic malaria infections

Females are able to clear asymptomatic malaria infections at a faster rate than their male counterparts, says a study published today in eLife.

27 Oct 2020

Antibiotic use patterns and patient transfers in hospitals may drive the emergence of drug resistance

Understanding the role of antibiotic use patterns and patient transfers in the emergence of drug-resistant microbes is essential to crafting effective prevention strategies, suggests a study published today in eLife.

27 Oct 2020

COVID-19 vaccine tracker provides real-time updates on effective vaccine

McGill University professor Nicole Basta and her team have created an interactive online COVID-19 vaccine tracker, that provides real-time updates on progress in developing a safe and effective vaccine.

27 Oct 2020

Early life exposure to air pollution may increase children's body mass index

Exposure to higher air pollution levels and greater population density during the early months of life may be associated with an increase in children's body mass index (BMI).

27 Oct 2020

High-impact clinical trial results could improve kidney-related medical care

The results of numerous high-impact clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care will be presented online during ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined October 19-October 25.

23 Oct 2020

Preventive antimalarial treatments drastically reduce malaria infections among school children

With nearly half of the world's population at risk for life-threatening malaria infections, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers and their colleagues identified an important public health measure to control the disease.

23 Oct 2020

Seropositivity to SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic blood donors in New York

New York was the hardest-hit U.S. state during the peak of the outbreak in the country. Now, a team of researchers from the New York Blood Center and Serimmune, an immune intelligence company, aimed to determine the prevalence of seropositive people for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, among healthy blood donors.

23 Oct 2020

WHO and Wikimedia Foundation expand public's access to most reliable information about COVID-19

The World Health Organization and the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, announced today a collaboration to expand the public's access to the latest and most reliable information about COVID-19.

22 Oct 2020

Global Health News and Research

World Health Assembly to discuss plan for addressing COVID-19 response and critical health goals

Illustrations by Nigerian artist kickstart debate on neglected tropical disease

Study highlights the dangers related to collecting drinking water

Fight against trachoma disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic

WHO welcomes SHINE trial results on shorter treatment for drug-susceptible TB in children

Experts call for transformative change to reduce future pandemics

Research shows some COVID-19 patients experience long-lasting skin symptoms

Penn State and Stanford University collaborate to develop two-hour sepsis test

Some COVID-19 patients continue to have persistent skin-related symptoms, shows study

Exposure to artemisinin drug could increase sexual conversion rate of malaria parasite

Deep learning models help hunt for COVID-19 drugs

Scientists warn Americans are expecting too much from a vaccine

Study reveals sex-based differences in clearance of asymptomatic malaria infections

Antibiotic use patterns and patient transfers in hospitals may drive the emergence of drug resistance

COVID-19 vaccine tracker provides real-time updates on effective vaccine

Early life exposure to air pollution may increase children's body mass index

High-impact clinical trial results could improve kidney-related medical care

Preventive antimalarial treatments drastically reduce malaria infections among school children

Seropositivity to SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic blood donors in New York

WHO and Wikimedia Foundation expand public's access to most reliable information about COVID-19

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