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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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FEB 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 18, 2016Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 16, 2016Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 13, 2016Videos
The link between the Zika virus and microcephaly could be confirmed "within weeks," according to the World Health Organi ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...JAN 23, 2016Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 31, 2015Microbiology
Researchers are preparing for a post-polio world. Once polio is eradicated, the World Health Organization plans to ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Six to ten percent of pregnant women are currently being treated for depression with antidepressants. Women who stop tak ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains ...DEC 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Whaling is frowned upon by a vast majority of the world because it’s considered a complete waste of an animal spec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 26, 2015Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2015Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2015Neuroscience
When patients begin treatment for dependence on opioids, they are five times as likely to die in the first four weeks wh ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 14, 2015Videos
Our society is becoming more and more mobile every year. With more demand for wireless internet access, increased amount ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Microbiology
While most E. coli living in the intestine of people and animals are actually beneficial, some can cause severe illness. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 29, 2015Videos
"Mad Cow Disease" describes the condition in cattle caused by a misfolded protein, called a prion. Humans (and other ani ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2015Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2015Neuroscience
Are smartphones an impediment to learning, or can the technology be used to enhance education?
According to P ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 18, 2016
Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 16, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 13, 2016
Videos
The link between the Zika virus and microcephaly could be confirmed "within weeks," according to the World Health Organi
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...
JAN 23, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 31, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers are preparing for a post-polio world. Once polio is eradicated, the World Health Organization plans to
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Six to ten percent of pregnant women are currently being treated for depression with antidepressants. Women who stop tak
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains
...
DEC 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Whaling is frowned upon by a vast majority of the world because it’s considered a complete waste of an animal spec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 26, 2015
Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2015
Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2015
Neuroscience
When patients begin treatment for dependence on opioids, they are five times as likely to die in the first four weeks wh
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 14, 2015
Videos
Our society is becoming more and more mobile every year. With more demand for wireless internet access, increased amount
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Just when it appeared that polio had been completely eradicated, the British Polio Fellowship has warned the globe of th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Microbiology
While most E. coli living in the intestine of people and animals are actually beneficial, some can cause severe illness.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 17, 2015
Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 06, 2015
Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2015
Videos
"Mad Cow Disease" describes the condition in cattle caused by a misfolded protein, called a prion. Humans (and other ani
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...
Researchers have gr ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Are smartphones an impediment to learning, or can the technology be used to enhance education?
According to P ...
According to P ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider