An experimental vaccine uses genetic material from the Zika virus to build defenses against the mosquito-borne illness; clinical trials on humans could begin within 18 months
Call for quick action as bed nets treated with inexpensive insecticides are main defense against biting mosquitoes
Parasite resistance spreading through Southeast Asia
With human clinical trials expected to start next year, URMC-099 could be available within five years
The development could lead to early supportive care, drugs
Widely used for cooking and heating inside homes, new study shows the stoves have a significant impact on climate change
Scientists hope compound will benefit people with the neuro-degenerative disorder which globally afflicts an estimated 44 million people
Harmful chemical may lurk in home-cooked foods
Brain connections are strengthened long-term in people with psychosis, researchers find
Researchers find that most cases are transmitted person-to-person
Researchers find that ultraviolet C light, switched on for a half-hour after a patient has checked out, can reduce drug-resistant bacteria in a hospital room 30 percent
Technique has the potential to address a serious problem in diabetics, whose bone problems are among the worst that doctors see
Discovery could open door to stress reduction treatment to ward off heart attacks
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients could benefit from discoveries
Study says some exercise, even as little as one or two days a week, is better than none
It has been reported that 631,000 people on the continent succumb each year to the disease
Researchers optimistic that treatment can halt the illness, and stop transmission of the mosquito-borne disease
Research is needed on whether treating blood disorder restores hearing
Behavioral economists say leveraging existing social relationships can lead to new healthy habits and behaviors, such as improvements in diets and exercising
The nutrients have long been known to have anti-inflammatory properties and are key to regulating immune response in humans
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