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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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JUL 08, 2020Health & Medicine
Research collected over the last 20 years suggests that cannabidiol – the primary cannabinoid in CBD oil – h ...Sponsored By: NuLeaf NaturalsJUN 22, 2020Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2020Earth & The Environment
A World Health Organization study published recently in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science reports that half of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 18, 2020Neuroscience
Image: Pixabay In 2015 a massive outbreak of the Zika virus started in Brazil and spread across 33 countries. The ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2020Immunology
An immune cell type thought to be restricted to the general, first response to pathogenic invaders may actually have som ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists around the world are focusing their energy and resources on translating advances made in clinical research in ...JUN 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Nature Microbiology describes how an old antibiotic used for Tuberculosis can be powerful tr ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Andry Rajoelina, the president of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Southern Africa, has made claims that his count ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 05, 2020Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
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Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2020Immunology
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It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 03, 2020Cannabis Sciences
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With vaccines at least one year away and no proven treatment for infection, the world has witnessed the loss of 20 ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the habit of thorough and frequent handwashing are among the best defense against the con ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 26, 2020Microbiology
In the United States, there have been 83,836 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 529,000 worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 15, 2020Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2020Cancer
Past studies and a strategy put forth by the WHO have predicted that it is possible to eradicate cervical cancer within ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 13, 2020Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
JUL 08, 2020
Health & Medicine
Research collected over the last 20 years suggests that cannabidiol – the primary cannabinoid in CBD oil – h
...
Sponsored By:
NuLeaf Naturals
JUN 22, 2020
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A World Health Organization study published recently in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science reports that half of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 18, 2020
Neuroscience
Image: Pixabay In 2015 a massive outbreak of the Zika virus started in Brazil and spread across 33 countries. The
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 16, 2020
Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2020
Immunology
An immune cell type thought to be restricted to the general, first response to pathogenic invaders may actually have som
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists around the world are focusing their energy and resources on translating advances made in clinical research in
...
JUN 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Nature Microbiology describes how an old antibiotic used for Tuberculosis can be powerful tr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Andry Rajoelina, the president of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Southern Africa, has made claims that his count
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 05, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 27, 2020
Cardiology
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide have hypertension, or high b
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 26, 2020
Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2020
Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 22, 2020
Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 03, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled panic across the world amid global lockdowns and spiking death tolls, some have star
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
With vaccines at least one year away and no proven treatment for infection, the world has witnessed the loss of 20
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the habit of thorough and frequent handwashing are among the best defense against the con
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 26, 2020
Microbiology
In the United States, there have been 83,836 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 529,000 worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 15, 2020
Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2020
Cancer
Past studies and a strategy put forth by the WHO have predicted that it is possible to eradicate cervical cancer within
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 13, 2020
Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes