Malaria is one of the world’s leading causes of illness and death. Around 229 million people are infected each year and more than 400,000 of them die. The spread of malaria can be controlled by careful and coordinated community-based management. This includes the distribution of insecticide-coated bed nets, drug treatment, and diagnostic testing when available. Diagnostic testing […]
By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel They rose to fame as the world’s fattest mice. At about 130 grams, the rodents were “the equivalent of 600 pounds in humans,” says diabetes researcher Philipp Scherer. They were born to genetically engineered mouse parents in his lab at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. One set of parents lacked the […]
Artisanal (non-pharmaceutical) cannabidiol (CBD) products have become popular in recent years for their apparent therapeutic effects. CBD—a naturally occurring compound of the cannabis plant legally derived from hemp—is used widely as a naturopathic remedy for a number of health conditions, including epilepsy and seizure disorders. Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the Realm […]
The fight against HIV is set to receive a major boost if the trials for a monthly HIV pill is proven effective. The third phase of the trial will involve 4,000 healthy, HIV-uninfected women between the ages of 16-45, across 21 sites that will include Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Malawi, eSwatini, Zimbabwe and Zambia. If […]
Some 19,000 doctors across Nigeria are on strike for the fourth time since the start of the pandemic, with some of them complaining they haven’t been paid in months. The stoppage has left government-run hospitals and COVID-19 treatment centers short of staff. The latest strike comes as Nigeria confronts an avalanche of new COVID-19 cases […]
