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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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AUG 31, 2023Neuroscience
High levels of screen time in infancy is linked to developmental delays between ages of two and four. The corresponding ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 28, 2023Space & Astronomy
The seventh SpaceX commercial crew, Crew-7, to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from NASA’s Kenne ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2023Microbiology
Infectious bacteria seem to have been gaining the upper hand in recent years, as more and more infections become tough t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
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A variety of factors can affect a person's weight, including personal habits like what they eat and how much activity th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2023Technology
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May people worry that infectious pathogens will become resistant to current first-line therapies like antibiotics. Bacte ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUN 27, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2023Microbiology
Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites that cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2023Cardiology
Artificial sweeteners are unlikely to help with weight loss and may lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mortal ...Written By: Savannah LoganAPR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2023Health & Medicine
Mosquito and tick bites can spread several different diseases, and the range of these insects are shifting as the climat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2023Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Our microbiomes host trillions of microbes, and they can easily share resistance genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2023Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2023Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
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The World Health Organization has maintained the status of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a public health emergen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
Rising global temperatures are becoming a growing concern worldwide, as an international team of researchers led by the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 31, 2023
Neuroscience
High levels of screen time in infancy is linked to developmental delays between ages of two and four. The corresponding
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The seventh SpaceX commercial crew, Crew-7, to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from NASA’s Kenne
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2023
Microbiology
Infectious bacteria seem to have been gaining the upper hand in recent years, as more and more infections become tough t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
You may have never heard of a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis, but over 75 million people required treatment, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2023
Microbiology
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, has been around for a long time. Records of the disease have been found in docu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2023
Neuroscience
Doctors at UC San Diego Health recently performed a clinical trial surgery involving the injection of regenerative cells
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 25, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has highlighted a disorder that is affecting people who cut, grind, or polish artificial stone slabs made f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A variety of factors can affect a person's weight, including personal habits like what they eat and how much activity th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2023
Technology
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines a new proof-of-concept device capable of detecting Covid-19 v
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 07, 2023
Microbiology
In 2009, the first Candida auris infection was described, and since then it has become a serious problem in healthcare s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2023
Immunology
May people worry that infectious pathogens will become resistant to current first-line therapies like antibiotics. Bacte
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUN 27, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2023
Microbiology
Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites that cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2023
Cardiology
Artificial sweeteners are unlikely to help with weight loss and may lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mortal
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan
APR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2023
Health & Medicine
Mosquito and tick bites can spread several different diseases, and the range of these insects are shifting as the climat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our microbiomes host trillions of microbes, and they can easily share resistance genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2023
Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2023
Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over 2 million people around the world live above 4,500 meters, and compared to people who live at sea level they have f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization has maintained the status of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a public health emergen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Rising global temperatures are becoming a growing concern worldwide, as an international team of researchers led by the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc