University of Massachusetts vaccinated students after two cases of Meningitis B...
Karly Fitzgerald, a 22-year-old nursing student from University of Massachusetts, has now become an expert at providing vaccines. She gave about 60 vaccines against...
‘Biosimilar’ drug Ogviri approved by FDA for breast and stomach cancer
For the treatment of certain breast and stomach cancers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Ogiviri (tastuzumab-dkst), which is the nation's...
Monthly dose of Buprenorphine for treating opioid addiction, approved by FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a once in a month injection of Buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid addiction.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb,...
World AIDS Day – Can transmission of HIV from mother to...
There are two scenarios in which HIV can spread from mother to baby. First is the case when mother discovers the incidence of infection...
Free testing for AIDS on World AIDS Day 2017 by Planned...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that there are 36.7 million people worldwide infected with HIV surviving in 2016. Moreover, amfAR (The...
Can HIV be prevented by male circumcision?
Male circumcision is a very old procedure that has been in practice for the last 15,000 years. Circumcision is important in Islam and Judaism,...
HIV rate drops in Uganda with a U.S. Funded HIV prevention...
A recent research reported that there is a sharp decline in the number of HIV cases in Uganda with the implementation of an HIV...
“Everybody Counts” – World AIDS Day 2017
With the aim of universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, global leaders signed up Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. The framework of UGC was...
Hepatitis A outbreak in Utah; 95 cases reported
According to the latest report of Utah Department of Health, hepatitis A has hit the whole state. The outbreak resulted in the hospitalization of...
HIV diagnosis improved but still lacks progress, CDC reports
U.S. health officials said that with the increase in testing procedures for the virus causing AIDS, the delay in the time between the infection...
Excess weight and Diabetes responsible for 6 percent of cancers globally
It’s good to watch your diet, because a recent report suggested that nearly 6 percent of cancers are caused due to diabetes and excess...
Rigorous workouts could help boost memory
A recent report suggested that heavy workouts could help increase memory of a person.
The study was published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, which found...
Doctor refuses to give expensive medication to back pain patient, forced...
A gardener with chronic back pain said that he had been forced to smoke cannabis to reduce his symptoms of back pain as the...
New cure for hair loss developed by South Korean scientists
Scientists from South Korea developed a substance that starts new hair follicle growth. This opens new doors for the treatment of hair loss and...