Health
Climate change will fuel diseases, warns Global Fund
Climate change will end up killing people by fuelling infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Tuesday.
Nov 23, 2022
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News tagged with global disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens
The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation.
Nov 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mouth diseases hit nearly half the world's people: WHO
Rotting teeth, swollen gums and oral cancers: nearly half the world's population suffer from mouth diseases, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Nov 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review: Are climate change and air pollution making neurologic diseases worse?
People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research published in the ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early diagnosis tool for childhood kidney disease
Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is key to managing progression of the disease. A new technique analyzing urine extracellular vesicles (uEVs)—cell-derived nanoscale spherical structures involved in multiple ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists warn of concerning weight loss in heart disease patients as global warming sees temperatures soar
A nationwide study in France has reported that during the 2019 heatwave, hot temperatures were closely linked with weight loss in heart failure patients, indicating worsening of their condition. The study is published today ...
Sep 21, 2022
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Global Fund raises $14.25 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $14.25 billion Wednesday at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the diseases are set back by COVID.
Sep 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HIV, TB, malaria fight saves 50 million lives over 20 years: Global Fund
The fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said Monday, appealing for $18 billion to save millions more.
Sep 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria booster vaccine continues to meet WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M—which ...
Sep 11, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers analyze LA's 'stunningly diverse' genetic ancestry to bring ethnic equity to precision medicine
Analyzing genetic ancestry data from a large genomic repository—the UCLA ATLAS Precision Health Biobank—researchers have found a highly diverse patient population that's consistent with the global diversity of Los Angeles—one ...
Sep 9, 2022
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