Persistent infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) in pregnant women may increase the risk of preterm birth, according to a study led by CHU Sainte-Justine researcher and Université de Montréal associate professor Helen Trottier. Published today in the JAMA Network Open. this finding may have serious implications, as HPV is one of the […]
Cuba said Wednesday it would seek World Health Organization approval for two home-grown coronavirus vaccines it hopes to commercialize widely. A vetting process will start Thursday with WHO experts examining the nation’s Abdala and Soberana 02 jabs, said Rolando Perez of state pharma group BioCubaFarma. Perez said the experts would examine the vaccines’ “safety, immunogenicity […]
Baier: COVID origins report raises more questions than answers Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on the inconclusive findings of the report on ‘Special Report.’ The World Health Organization said it is monitoring another new COVID-19 variant with mutations that the agency fears could make it resistant to vaccines. The Mu variant, also […]
Just days after Beijing rejected calls for a renewed probe into the origins of COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Wednesday it remained confident China would cooperate in the investigation. Pressure has again been mounting on Beijing to consider a fresh probe into the origins of a pandemic which has killed more than four million […]
A one-two punch envisioned by many as a way to improve treatment for some blood cancers may be more challenging to implement than previously expected, according to researchers at Stanford Medicine. The treatment, known as CAR-T cell therapy, uses a patient’s own genetically engineered immune cells to seek out and attack the cancer based on […]
Mirrorless gyms, wheelchair-based dance classes… and the trainer who won’t help you lose weight: The new breed of fitness gurus who prove that exercise ISN’T just about what you look like Tally Rye, who teaches spin classes in London: ‘No, you don’t need to lose weight after lockdown’ Rhian Cowburn and Faye Mouse Bell set […]
Stress is one thing everybody battles with from time to time. Every day could come with a different type of stress, perhaps from your job, family, society, finances… The list of stress factors is endless. Stress can be very harmful to your health when not managed carefully. It can cause you to begin to eat […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to remain vigilant for influenza following the recent confirmation by Chinese health authorities of the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu virus known as H10N3. “This is first-ever report to WHO of human infection with H10N3 anywhere in world,” the global […]
FILE PHOTO: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) speaks after Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the 148th session of the Executive Board on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, January 21, 2021. Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERSGENEVA (Reuters) – The […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use on Friday, a boost to Beijing’s push for a big role in inoculating the world.FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a vial of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a health center in Caracas, Venezuela […]
