Category: Health Crisis
Treating Patients With Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections With Phage Therapy
In the summer of 2017, a 15-year-old girl went to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital to receive a double lung transplant. Her lungs struggled to even reach a third …
Delivering HIV Vaccine Over Several Days Results In A Stronger Immune Response
A new delivery strategy of HIV vaccine seems to enhance the protective immune response in a preclinical model. Scientist from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) found out …
A New Method of Transmitting HIV Among the Injection Drug Users
According to studies from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute, HIV is transmittable through sharing equipment that is used to prepare drugs before injection. The study also found …
Malaria Vaccine Being Rolled Out in Africa
Health workers from Malawi started rolling out the first proven vaccine against malaria. This was a moment US$700 million and 32 years in the making. Case study The name …
Recent Study Shows That Lung Cancer Is Under-Recognized in Non Smokers
In our world today, we know the relationship between lung cancer and smoking. Incidence and prevalence Lung cancer is among the most common types of cancer worldwide. According to …
Generic Naloxone Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdose Now Available
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has approved the first generic Naloxone Hydrochloride nasal spray(Narcan). It is a life-saving medication that can reverse or stop the effects of …
Measles About to Break Record in the U.S. This Year Due to a Large Outbreak
Six states are in the middle of seven separate measles outbreak this year. It is proving to be one of the worst years for measles in a long while. …
The Fight Against Hearing Loss Scores a Major Breakthrough
Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and King’s College London performed a large study of mouse mutants revealing that there is involvement of multiple genes in hearing loss. The …
Promising Immunotherapy Experiment Could Replace ART in HIV Treatment
There are new indications that scientists are really close to getting a cure for HIV. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health have reported the development …