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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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OCT 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 17, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In osteoarthritis, the joint cartilage that cushions bones begins to break down, causing debilitating pain and stiffness ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 15, 2020Microbiology
While the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, an International consortium including researchers has come to the conclu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Plants & Animals
A team of researchers and personnel on military bases have reported in a project in which they looked for an emerging fu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2020Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 18, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Certain health conditions require doctors to be able to observe tissues and organs in order to tell what’s wrong. ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 11, 2020Health & Medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a progress report on its five-year initiative for the global elimi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 31, 2020Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2020Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
On August 25th, Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus, a tremendous milestone that was decades in the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has given emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help th ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2020Neuroscience
In a historic feat, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has raised $30 million to complete ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 29, 2020Health & Medicine
Real world use of medical cannabis is going to be put to the test in a first-of-its-kind study that should add a lo ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
One way the human body can try to fight the coronavirus is by mutating it; these mutations seem to disrupt it. But the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2020Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2020Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have uncovered a new antiviral mechanism for the new ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 09, 2020Technology
It is no secret that COVID-19 pandemic has touched our lives in so many ways. For health care providers, the burden has ...Written By: Nouran Amin
OCT 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In osteoarthritis, the joint cartilage that cushions bones begins to break down, causing debilitating pain and stiffness
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 15, 2020
Microbiology
While the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, an International consortium including researchers has come to the conclu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
A team of researchers and personnel on military bases have reported in a project in which they looked for an emerging fu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2020
Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization has endorsed a protocol to put African herbal medicines through clinical trials as possibl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 18, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Certain health conditions require doctors to be able to observe tissues and organs in order to tell what’s wrong.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 11, 2020
Health & Medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a progress report on its five-year initiative for the global elimi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 31, 2020
Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2020
Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
On August 25th, Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus, a tremendous milestone that was decades in the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has given emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2020
Neuroscience
In a historic feat, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has raised $30 million to complete
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology harps on the necessity of incorporating Indigenous and loca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 29, 2020
Health & Medicine
Real world use of medical cannabis is going to be put to the test in a first-of-its-kind study that should add a lo
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
One way the human body can try to fight the coronavirus is by mutating it; these mutations seem to disrupt it. But the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2020
Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2020
Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have uncovered a new antiviral mechanism for the new
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 09, 2020
Technology
It is no secret that COVID-19 pandemic has touched our lives in so many ways. For health care providers, the burden has
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin