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Apple Hearing Study sheds light on tinnitus demographics and health impacts

About 78% of participants in the Apple Hearing Study, conducted by the University of Michigan, have experienced tinnitus—the perception of sound that others do not hear.

28 May 2024

Strategies for addressing disease X and enhancing global health security

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Disease X stands as a symbol for a subset of emerging infectious diseases rising to prominence as a significant challenge to global health security.

28 May 2024

WHO introduces first-ever Investment Round to address global health challenges

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first-ever Investment Round on Sunday as part of a broader plan to transform the way the Organization is funded heading into an era of climate change, mass migration, pandemic threats, an aging world population, and turbulent geopolitics.

27 May 2024

Research project targets plastic particles and climate change as driving factors for antimicrobial resistance

A research project based at Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital targets plastic particles and climate change as driving factors for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment.

27 May 2024

UNICEF delivers first R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine doses to Central African Republic

UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next days.

25 May 2024

Revolutionizing neurological research: Barrow Neuro Analytics Center opens in Phoenix

Barrow Neurological Institute has opened a new cutting-edge research center that is expected to revolutionize neurological research and expand Phoenix's research footprint into the areas of environmental neurology and health equity.

24 May 2024

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding

Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and emphasized the need for improved public understanding and policies.

23 May 2024

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery puts more people's lives at risk, study reveals

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery in developing countries is storing up future health problems for patients and may create a spiral of future health complications putting more people's lives at risk, a new study reveals.

23 May 2024

UMSOM receives $3.96 million grant for maternal vaccine against neonatal sepsis

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have been awarded $3.96 million to develop a maternal vaccine that prevents sepsis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in newborns and infants.

23 May 2024

Prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors linked to poorer metabolic health in childhood

The term 'metabolic syndrome' (MetS) encompasses a group of factors, such as abdominal obesity, hypertension and insulin resistance, that together increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

23 May 2024

77th World Health Assembly to address global health challenges under 'All for Health, Health for All'

As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a century, the Seventy-seventh session of the World Health Assembly will convene under the banner of "All for Health, Health for All."

22 May 2024

Extreme heat and cold linked to increased risk of stroke mortality

Extreme heat and extreme cold are both associated with increased risks of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

22 May 2024

WHO report highlights rising STI rates and insufficient progress in HIV and hepatitis control

Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report - Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030.

22 May 2024

Global Health News and Research

Apple Hearing Study sheds light on tinnitus demographics and health impacts

Strategies for addressing disease X and enhancing global health security

WHO introduces first-ever Investment Round to address global health challenges

Research project targets plastic particles and climate change as driving factors for antimicrobial resistance

UNICEF delivers first R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine doses to Central African Republic

Revolutionizing neurological research: Barrow Neuro Analytics Center opens in Phoenix

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery puts more people's lives at risk, study reveals

UMSOM receives $3.96 million grant for maternal vaccine against neonatal sepsis

Prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors linked to poorer metabolic health in childhood

77th World Health Assembly to address global health challenges under 'All for Health, Health for All'

Extreme heat and cold linked to increased risk of stroke mortality

WHO report highlights rising STI rates and insufficient progress in HIV and hepatitis control

Global study highlights major health risks: air pollution and high blood pressure top the list

Pandemic worsens depression in teenage boys, not girls

Study shows clear benefits of in-ambulance blood pressure treatment for stroke patients

Ovum AI launches Australia’s first longitudinal dataset to revolutionize women’s healthcare

New insights into health challenges and the risk factors driving metabolic syndromes

Rutgers researchers expose war's toll on Ukraine's hospitals

Study finds accounting for sex improves precision and prognostic performance of CMR biomarkers for heart failure

Why use light scattering to analyze proteins and viral vectors?

Changing the landscape of R&D to build clinical success from the ground up

Sensing a Healthier Future

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