Sepsis Kills 1 in 5 Globally, Double Previous Estimate
Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to an analysis published on Jan. 16 in The Lancet and...
How Much Should The Public Be Told About Research Into Risky...
U.S. officials are weighing the benefits and risks of proposed experiments that might make a dangerous pathogen even worse — but the details of...
Giving TB vaccine intravenously boosts efficacy
Globally, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause of death from infection, ranking higher than HIV and AIDS.
Approximately 10 million people across the world...
Coronavirus: Patient in U.S. tests positive, 6 things you need to...
Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with a deadly virus, and scientists have confirmed that the virus, known as 2019 novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV,...
Epidemiological Update Novel coronavirus
Public health response and risk assessment for the Americas
According to the information disclosed by the Chinese authorities, an epidemiological
investigation led by a national team...
An Ambulance that can climb stairs
Jerusalem’s Old City isn’t an easy place to navigate for vehicles, especially ones responding to a medical emergency.
That’s why Magen David Adom has a...
Brain pressure controls eye pressure, revealing new avenues for glaucoma treatment
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have discovered a novel feedback pathway from the brain to the eye that modulates eye pressure...
Doctors strike a big blow to “superbugs”
Every year in the United States, more than 35,000 people die and 2.8 million get sick from antibiotic-resistant infections. Now, a team led by Hebrew...
Five Years After Abortion, Study Finds Nearly All Women Say it...
Five years after having an abortion, over 95 percent of the women in a landmark UC San Francisco study said it was the right...
Testing hearing by looking at the eyes
New research introduces an innovative hearing test that may help people who are unable to respond, such as babies or people who have had...