This March is Endometriosis Awareness Month! It is a month where many come together to raise awareness, educate, and support those diagnosed with endometriosis. According to WHO, it affects around 10% (190 million) of women and girls globally. Endom ...
Raising Awareness on Rare Disease Day This February 28 is Rare Disease Day! Many people worldwide come out to celebrate and show their support on this day to those who have rare diseases. For those living with a rare disease (or know a loved one) ...
American Heart Month This February is American Heart Month! This month, many health organizations come together to shed awareness on the importance of cardiovascular health. By making an active effort to prioritize your heart, you can avoid ...
Liberia plans to prosecute the airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S., alleging that he lied on an airport questionnaire about not having any contact with an infected person, authorities said Thursday. Thomas Eric Duncan filled out a seri ...
U.S. health officials have warned for months that someone infected with Ebola could unknowingly carry the virus to this country, and there is word now that it has happened: A traveler in a Dallas hospital became the first patient diagnosed in the U.S ...
British scientists say a former nurse has become the first person in the country to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine in an early trial to test its safety. Ruth Atkins, 48, got the injection on Wednesday in Oxford, the first of 60 healthy volunt ...
New research shows that schizophrenia isn’t a single disease but a group of eight genetically distinct disorders, each with its own set of symptoms. The finding could be the first step toward improved diagnosis and treatment for the debilitating psy ...
The effort to develop therapeutics and a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) requires a complex understanding of the microorganism and its relationship with the host, especially the immune response. Adding to the challenge, EVD can ...
Animal to human transmission responsible for 2014 Ebola outbreak Scientists used advanced genomic sequencing technology to identify a single point of infection from an animal reservoir to a human in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This res ...
During a training session participants listen as they stand over a mannequin on a stretcher during a training course to instruct non-governmental organization (NGO) workers and doctors on how to deal with the Ebola virus in Brussels on Tuesday, Aug. ...
