Outbreaks
- 1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria
- WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria
- WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
- Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
- World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
- Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Medical News
- SARS-CoV-2 RNA in blood serum could predict COVID-19 mortality
- New computational technique accurately differentiates between data from tumor cells and normal cells
- Modified natural killer cells show neutralizing and multivalent potential against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
- Personalized neuromodulation approach provides relief from severe depression symptoms
- Study provides a mathematical description of how tumor metastasis starts
- Research pinpoints brain region responsible for self-bias in working memory
- Angiopoietin-2 is a crucial determinant of COVID-19 prognosis, study finds
- Could procalcitonin indicate bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 patients?
- Can transgenic mice studies illuminate neurological complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 in humans?
- Treating post-infectious smell loss in COVID-19 patients
Public Health
- CDC Expands Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers Entering the United StatesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States.
- HHS Announces $22 Billion in Funding to Support Expanded Testing, Vaccination DistributionThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two upcoming actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide more than $22 billion in funding to states, localities, and territories in support of the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as directed by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations […]
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