- Details
- Written by IVN
- Category: News
Washington, DC - The Central Africa region is experiencing rapid urbanization, economic growth, and infrastructure development. These changes, while generally positive and welcome, also make the region more vulnerable to explosive infectious disease outbreaks, according to an international group of scientists. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors, all of whom have field research experience in the region, note that efforts to build up the health care infrastructure in Central Africa are critically needed to mitigate or prevent a large outbreak of Ebola or other infectious disease in the region. The authors represent 12 different organizations, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
- Details
- Written by Hillary Hoffman
- Category: News
Washington, DC - Daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) that suppresses HIV to levels undetectable by standard blood tests is lifesaving for individuals living with HIV and prevents sexual transmission of the virus to others. The public health community must use targeted interventions, however, to do a better job of reaching populations with low levels of viral suppression, according to experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
- Details
- Written by White House
- Category: News
Washington, DC - Support for President Donald J. Trump’s Trade Announcement with Mexico:
- Details
- Written by White House
- Category: News
Washington, DC - "Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment.
- Details
- Written by White House
- Category: News
Washington, DC - Today President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate a seventeenth wave of judicial nominees as follows:
- Details
- Written by Green Liver
- Category: News
Washington, DC - Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to an international team of researchers who have been actively monitoring the northern regions of the globe.
Subcategories
Page 823 of 1259