Category: Features
AMA urge for later school start times to avoid teen sleep deprivation
The American Medical Association (AMA) urges starting school times later in the morning so teenagers can get enough sleep. The AMA said in a new policy that middle and high schools should start at 8:30 AM at the earliest because […]
US, Cuba enter into historic collaboration to address health issues
The United States recently announced its plans to collaborate with Cuba regarding health issues, a historic step in the reconciliation between the two nations. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an agreement between the US […]
Scientists can predict disease outbreak using climate, population changes
According to British scientists from the University College London’s genetics, evolution and environment department, they have developed a model that can predict outbreaks of zoonotic diseases – those such as Ebola and Zika that jump from animals to humans – […]
Indian pharma firm to buy Teva and Allergan drugs in US$350mn deal
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, has entered into a definitive agreement with TevaPharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and an affiliate of Allergan Plc to acquire a portfolio of eight Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) in […]
New blood test for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease detection 100% accurate
A team led by Dr. Robert Nagele from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Durin Technologies, Inc. has developed a blood test that uses the body’s immune response system to detect an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease – known […]
Human-pig chimeric embryos could transform organ transplant future
Scientists from the US are injecting pig embryos with human stem cells to produce human-pig embryos called chimera. This is part of the research aimed at solving the worldwide shortage of transplant organs. The University of California, Davis team says […]
US FDA flags 4,402 illegal prescription drug websites
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), together with its international regulatory and law enforcement agency partners, announced that it targeted 4,402 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous, unapproved prescription drugs to US consumers. This effort was part of Operation […]
WHO lauds countries ending mother-to-child HIV, syphilis transmission
The World Health Organization commends Thailand and Belarus for successfully eliminating mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis. WHO also congratulates Armenia for eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission, and the Republic of Moldova for mother-to-child transmission of syphilis. “To ensure children […]
SCIEX reveals biopharma innovations, expands bioanalysis solutions
SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, revealed the latest additions to its growing line of solutions for biologics analyses. The new release of BioPharmaView Software 2.0 for automated biotherapeutic data processing, simplifies and accelerates biologics characterization for […]
World’s first Zika virus detection kit developed by Tanaka
Tanaka Holdings Co, Ltd. recently announced that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates the Tanaka Precious Metals manufacturing business, has developed the world’s first kit able to directly detect the ZIKA virus (ZIKV) in blood.Normally, ZIKA virus infection is transmitted […]
