Children's average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3...
November 24th, 2019
Last month was important for public health in the US. For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that a company will be allowed to...
A panel of experts to the US Food and Drug Administration has unanimously recommended allowing a fish-oil derived drug as an add-on therapy for reducing the chance of...Infectious Diseases
Final results from M72/AS01E candidate vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) announced at the TB Science Conference, Hyderabad, India. Scientists from the South African...
November 6th, 2019
Inoculation with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine did not impair children’s overall immunity. Importantly, it also prevented measles from depleting...
Optimal implementation of existing HIV prevention and treatment tools and continued development of new interventions are essential to ending the HIV pandemic, US...
October 30th, 2019
An analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis (TB). Based on a...
September 25th, 2019
Sublingual immunotherapy, a new treatment for peanut, could offer patients a safe and effective way to protect themselves from severe allergic reactions or even...
August 21st, 2019A study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) evaluated the...
July 24th, 2019A a five-year study has found that mentally stimulating activities like using a computer, playing games, crafting and participating in social activities are linked to a...
