New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
Source: Time By Alice Park Researchers have found a new HIV weakness that could lead to a more effective vaccine The key to bringing down HIV is to find its weak […]
NHS trust fined for 56 Dean Street HIV status leak
Source: BBC An NHS trust has been fined £180,000 after a sexual health centre leaked the details of almost 800 patients who had attended HIV clinics. The 56 Dean Street […]
Body’s immune system may play larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than thought
Source: Medical Express Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a far greater role in Alzheimer’s disease than originally thought, according to University […]
Zika Has Spread to 43 Countries
Source: Time Here’s where Zika has spread around the world The Zika virus is continuing to spread around the globe, as health responders scramble to contain outbreaks and understand the effects of the virus, including serious brain defects like microcephaly. The World Health Organization recently warned that there is potential […]
Battling the zika virus, one old tyre at a time
Source: BBC From Canada, the ovillanta is a clever — and highly effective — mosquito trap made from the pests’ favourite breeding spot. Initial tests show the ovillanta is very effective. During a 10-month study in Guatemala, researchers found that 84 ovillantas placed in seven neighborhoods in the town of […]
Super-gonorrhoea’s spread ‘causing huge concern’
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Doctors have expressed “huge concern” that super-gonorrhoea has spread widely across England and to gay men. The new superbug prompted […]
‘Superhero DNA’ keeps diseases at bay
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Some people appear to be born with ‘superhero DNA’ that cancels out genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis, say researchers. The […]
‘Scarier than we initially thought’: CDC sounds warning on Zika virus
Source: USA Today By Gregory Korte WASHINGTON — Public health officials said Monday they’ve learned a lot more about Zika since the White House asked Congress for $1.9 billion to combat the mosquito-borne […]
Zika virus may cause broader range of brain disorders than previously believed
Source: The Guardian By Alan Yuhas The Zika virus may cause a wider range of brain disorders than previously thought, according to a small study released on Sunday. Scientists already suspect […]
The Bionic Pancreas Is Getting Closer to Reality
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin The invention could seriously change the management of type-1 diabetes The race is on for what may be the biggest innovation in decades for Type 1 […]
Good News: Zika Can’t Hurt Future Pregnancies
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Many people are confused about key characteristics of the Zika virus The ongoing Zika virus has made headlines for its spread across the Americas and its […]
Digital Mammograms Could Also Reveal Heart Disease Risk
Source: Huffington Post Reuters Health – Mammograms performed to check the health of the breasts could also give clues to the health of the heart, researchers say. That’s because the […]
CDC updates Zika recommendations for sex and pregnancy
Source: CNN (CNN)Women with confirmed cases of the Zika virus or who have had symptoms of the virus should wait at least eight weeks after the start of their symptoms before trying to get pregnant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Men with confirmed cases of the […]
The surprising origin of humanity’s most deadly disease
Source: BBC Malaria is one of several deadly diseases that has jumped the species barriers from animals into humans. It kills almost half a million people per year, and can […]
U.N.C. Football Player Who Ended Up Homeless Had C.T.E.
Source: The Washington Post For so long, Ryan Hoffman, a former college football player I wrote about last year, had the same explanation for his inability to get his life […]
Nuclear technology provides new tool against mosquito-borne diseases: expert
Source: New China MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) — Two UN agencies have developed a new technology involving ionizing radiation as a weapon in the fight against mosquitoes carrying Zika […]
Excommunicated Brazilian obstetrician fights for women’s right to abort Zika babies
Source: RNS RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Dr. Olimpio Moraes is used to being at the center of controversy. He’s been excommunicated twice by Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church for actively supporting […]
Zika Crisis May Get Worse Before It Gets Better, WHO Chief Says
Source: Time The mosquito-borne disease has already been reported in 46 countries The Zika virus that has thus far affected close to 50 countries will likely continue to spread and […]
Pope Francis signals openness to birth control for Zika virus
Source: Crux ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — While strongly rejecting abortion as a solution to the Zika virus now sweeping across Latin America and elsewhere, Pope Francis nonetheless appeared […]
Zika virus: Pope hints at relaxation of contraception ban
Source: BBC Pope Francis has hinted that the Catholic Church could relax its ban on contraception for women at risk of contracting the Zika virus. The pontiff insisted that abortion […]