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World Health Organization (WHO): is an organization that is responsible for international public health. The WHO was formed on April 7, 1948 by the United Nations World Health Assembly. The object of the WHO, according to its constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The WHO helps to strengthen international health and respond to crises by promoting co-operation and communication between governments and healthcare agencies.
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DEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
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Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2017Technology
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Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 10, 2017Microbiology
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The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases ...SEP 05, 2017Microbiology
New work suggests that a TB vaccine might be doing more good than we knew, and should be used in areas with TB outbreaks ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2017Cancer
The next time you inspect your body for signs of skin cancer, pay special attention to new moles that were not there the ...AUG 30, 2017Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2017Immunology
A bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus is arguably one of the world’s most dangerous superbugs. It made The Worl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
Upon taking a look at two distinct studies published in Ecological Economics and the Journal of Environmental Management ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 15, 2017Neuroscience
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DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Videos
When you're on the subway, at the gym, or walking down the street, do you always have headphones hooked to your ear? The
...
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2017
Technology
In hydroponic agriculture, plants are grown in nutrient-enriched water. Most hydroponic farms are indoors and climate-co
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 10, 2017
Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 09, 2017
Videos
So far, Marburg virus (MDV) has killed three people in the Keen district, eastern Uganda and it is predicted that severa
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I
...
OCT 27, 2017
Health & Medicine
It's a common paradox in some illnesses that while exercise and regular physical activity is is beneficial, the illn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 25, 2017
Neuroscience
Experts on schizophrenia have often pointed to the frontal and temporal region of the brain when explaining the disorder
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While rabies is a treatable disease, it still kills as many as 59,000 people every year. The virus causes behavior chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2017
Microbiology
With eradication within reach, a new study analyzes the cost-effectiveness of eradicating Guinea worm disease. Guinea wo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 05, 2017
Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases
...
SEP 05, 2017
Microbiology
New work suggests that a TB vaccine might be doing more good than we knew, and should be used in areas with TB outbreaks
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2017
Cancer
The next time you inspect your body for signs of skin cancer, pay special attention to new moles that were not there the
...
AUG 30, 2017
Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2017
Immunology
A bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus is arguably one of the world’s most dangerous superbugs. It made The Worl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Upon taking a look at two distinct studies published in Ecological Economics and the Journal of Environmental Management
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 15, 2017
Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2017
Videos
Do you want to feel good about going to the bathroom? Well, Who Gives A Crap Toilet Paper wants not only your body to fe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan