Despite years of progress, many african countries have wide variation in vaccine coverage
New study published in The Lancet helps identify where to improve vaccine deliveryCredit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
Case of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico
Credit: CDC/ William L. Nicholson, Ph.D. (Public Domain, 2012) Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) is a recurring fever caused by exposure ...
The Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4 million new cases of childhood asthma every year
Globally, the estimates suggest that there are 170 new cases of traffic pollution-related asthma per 100,000 children every year, and ...
ClinEpiDB data resource releases childhood malnutrition and intestinal disease study
Credit: ClinEpiDB/University of Pennsylvania As the big data revolution continues to evolve, access to data that cut across many disciplines ...
Scientists identify a key gene in the transmission of deadly African sleeping sickness
Study by UCLA, Swiss life scientists reveals critical insights on disease-causing parasitesCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Life scientists from UCLA and the ...
A new molecule to fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Diabetes: research on active drugs orally administratedCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes ...
Number of nonsmokers with COPD on the rise
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Media registration for ACC Latin America Conference 2019 is open!
Media registration for the American College of Cardiology's Latin America Conference 2019 is open! The ACC Latin America Conference 2019 ...
Too hungry to learn — new research provides food for thought
Food insecurity -- that is, limited access to sufficient safe and nutritious food at home -- negatively impacts on the ...
Lack of access to antibiotics is a major global health challenge
In a new report, CDDEP researchers identify key barriers that prevent access to antibiotics in LMICs and provide potential solutsions ...
Identifying regions that would most benefit from an innovative strategy against malaria
Ivermectin administration to livestock would have the greatest impact in West AfricaCredit: Imbahale et al., 2019 An analysis led by ...
UTMB to lead program to advance treatments against potentially bioterrorist pathogens
Researchers awarded up to $35 million by NIH to develop and test vaccines and post-infection treatments GALVESTON, Texas -- The ...
Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands' communities
Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control Mass drug administration (MDA) of two ...
Vanderbilt-led research team ‘sprints’ to stop Zika virus
In January scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and colleagues in Boston, Seattle and St. Louis were given an ...
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