Health

Community-based program improves health care for new mothers

Women with chronic hypertension and diabetes who were enrolled in an award-winning program for 12 months after childbirth were more likely to keep follow-up health care visits, which in turn led to improved care, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Doctor who helped vanquish smallpox assesses COVID response

In 1970s India, the physician and epidemiologist Larry Brilliant played an important role in efforts that eradicated smallpox caused by the deadliest form of the virus, variola major. Since then, he has continued his public ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pediatric invasive group A streptococcus infections on the rise

From October to December 2022, a resurgence of pediatric invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infections occurred, with most cases occurring among those without underlying medical conditions, according to research published ...

Biomedical technology

Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic

Twoportraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi's outskirts, inspiring a pair of self-taught Kenyan innovators who have built a bio-robotic prosthetic arm out of electronic scrap.

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