Category: 6. Health

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health (MOH) reports a bacterial meningitis outbreak in Mangembo health zone, Kongo Central province in late February.

The outbreak was initially detected among secondary school students,…

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In estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer, disease recurrence may occur many years after initial diagnosis despite completion of standard adjuvant therapy. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) monitoring has…

When broken strands of DNA get repaired improperly, they can stitch together in new “Frankengene” fusions that can cause cancer.

Researchers from two labs in the Human Biology division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center are working together to…

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic features. A polygenic risk score (PRS) can capture multiple genetic risk factors to provide an estimate for…

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[NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] Sleeping sickness has been killing people across Africa for generations. A disease with no vaccine, spread by the bite of a tsetse fly, it was once treated with injections of an arsenic derivative, a cure that could be as…

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Last October, the government warned that, external vaccinations offer “crucial protection” against meningitis. The remarks were made as the UK…

There is a growing scientific consensus that nutrition should be recognized as a foundational component of health care — alongside medications, procedures, and diagnostics — which is underscored in a new report by the Council for Responsible…