After studies last week strengthened the link between Zika virus and fetal abnormalities, including microcephaly, as well as to the neurological Guillain–Barré syndrome in adults, World Health Organization officials have called for a meeting of the emergency committee examining the international health threat posed by the virus to discuss recommendations on travel, trade, and ways to […]
HIV
Amid unprecedented challenges to routine healthcare access, trial results mark a first for a critically needed HIV prevention measure An investigational drug administered by injection every […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA Since its formation in 1948, WHO has relied heavily on the U.S. for collaborations […]