Scientists have shared details of how they are going about updating foodborne infection figures that will be published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2025. As part of the process to update estimates on the burden of foodborne diseases published in 2015, WHO is conducting a global source attribution... Continue Reading

By Mike Cloonan, Chief Executive Officer of Sionna Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC The drug development process in rare diseases is rife with challenges especially when companies target significant differentiation or first-in-class targets. Identifying

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The hospitalization of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, due to West Nile virus last

Highlights: Keto diet promotes gut bacteria that reduce inflammation in autoimmune diseases UC San Francisco stu

Optineurin, or OPTN protein when present in the cells it restricts the spread of HSV-1, the herpes simplex virus type 1. The study finds a potential direct

Rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are found to be alarming in the U.S. as per the i Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report /i

Turning medlinkherbs/medlink into medicine is one of the oldest healing practices in India. A new study explores how herbal-based nutraceuticals can

In the Western Pacific region, more than 800 million or 42 percent of the population suffer from oral diseases including medlinkdental caries/medlink,

With an impressive 98% accuracy, medlinkartificial intelligence/medlink (AI) accurately predicts various diseases based on the color of the human tongue.

Possibility of developing risk factors for heart diseases and diabetes at younger ages might be more among men who worry more as per a study at the i

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer are responsible

A new study has uncovered a significant link between impaired sense of smell and a wide range of 139 medical conditions. Led by Professor Emeritus Michael

Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS) Melem Secret Launches New Line of Nutriceuticals

US Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough therapy designation for two experimental drugs for rare diseases conducted by the biotechnology company Shire.

bWork-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016/b, according to the first joint estimates from the

The Centre will implement the G20 Pandemic Fund, which is aimed at enhancing the country’s “animal health security”, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

They seek urgent intervention by government, courts, and lawmakers into the issue  

If you get Covid-19 and recover does that mean you are immune to the virus? If you become immune, how long does that immunity last? We are still looking for answers to many of these questions. In the meantime, Dr. Seema Yasmin takes a look at the human body's immunity to some other viral infections such as chickenpox, HIV and the common cold.

Monopoly could hinder Union Health Ministry’s efforts “to benefit from domestic production and competitive pricing through pooled procurement strategies”

CSIR-CFTRI Director Dr Sridevi Annapurna Singh said that people are curious to know how gerobiotics can help prevent diseases caused by ageing

Treatment for six rare disease patients in Karnataka, under the Centre’s grant of ₹50 lakh each, was stopped recently because the funding limit had been reached. Afshan Yasmeen The Hindu speaks to patients and families and takes an overview of the treatment scenario

This was part of the Gairdner Foundation’s announcement of its 2024 Canada Gairdner Award winners

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Shah said that the movement for organic farming has reached an important stage and cooperatives have an important role in making India the world’s largest organic food producing country

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

Joined by CRISPR luminaries Feng Zhang and J. Keith Joung, the Harvard chemist raises up to $87 million in funding

Researchers are working to fix genetic conditions like Gaucher disease before birth by testing experimental therapies on fetal animals

In India, which is the biggest democracy in the world with over 1.3 billion people, the question of public health has never been debated in public.

Humans who have to travel all over the world face different climatic change, thus prompting the spread of disease-bearing insects to wider parts of the world.

Fears for prevention and treatment of other illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever

With India battling swine flu, an eminent Indian-American doctor has said it is the right time the government in the country accelerate process of training its doctors in infectious diseases or else it could be too late to bring the situation under control.

Scientists claimed to have developed a new variety of broccoli that is not only grown naturally, but also tastes sweeter and has 40% more anti-oxidants than the normal to reduce risks of heart disease and cancer.

There are several hypotheses about how amphibian chytrid has spread around the world, but the trade in amphibians for food, bait, pets and laboratory animals has been identified as the most likely mode of spread

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Save the Rhinos! Save the Elephants! Save the humans?! It seems strange to be connecting our own fate to that of wildlife but new research […]

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A bold national initiative is needed to reduce the enormous health burden of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States, according to a new report from a committee of the Institute of Medicine.

A new data network that integrates emerging research on the molecular makeup of diseases with clinical data on individual patients could drive the development of a more accurate classification of disease and ultimately enhance diagnosis and treatment, says a new report from the National Research Council.

Joint statements from the national science academies of the G7 nations were delivered today to the Italian government in advance of the G7 Summit to be held in Taormina, Italy, at the end of May.

WASHINGTON — In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to establish a Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats.

Formed earlier this month, the National Academies’ Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats was assembled at the request of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The recently formed National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats, assembled at the request of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, has been providing rapid expert consultations on several topics, such as social distancing and severe illness in young adults.

The recently formed National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats, assembled at the request of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, has been providing rapid expert consultations on several topics, such as social distancing and severe illness in young adults.