Five years. Twelve milestones. Millions of lives protected.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance works in five-year cycles, with one of our most eventful periods, running from 2021–2025, coming to an end this year.
So as one chapter of Gavi’s…
Category: 6. Health
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Pilot programme massively boosts hepatitis B “birth dose” vaccination in Nigeria’s Delta state
At a glance
- More than 18 million Nigerians are living with hepatitis B, a virus that is especially likely to cause serious liver disease when it’s contracted by babies and young children.
- The hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, given on…
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- More than 18 million Nigerians are living with hepatitis B, a virus that is especially likely to cause serious liver disease when it’s contracted by babies and young children.
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Turns out Mom was right: You can catch a cold from the cold, after all – CTV News
- Turns out Mom was right: You can catch a cold from the cold, after all CTV News
- Q and A with the experts: Cold weather connected to increased illness University of Waterloo
- How dry weather in the winter can lead to negative health effects KRCG
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ctDNA Assay Offers Prognostic Insights for Immunotherapy-Treated Solid Tumors | Targeted Oncology
Findings from a study on the utility of ultrasensitive circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a predictive biomarker for patients with advanced solid tumors undergoing immunotherapy show that whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based ctDNA assay offered…
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Top 5 Infectious Disease Pieces of 2025
The top 5 infectious disease stories on AJMC.com this year covered both outbreaks and government-related developments. Bird flu and tuberculosis (TB), 2 conditions many might consider relics of the past, were hot topics earlier this year after…
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Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years – historian explains
You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you’ve seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people’s cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people do wear them…
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Scientists found a new way to slow aging inside cells
People around the world are living longer than ever, and that shift is changing what many want from aging. The goal is no longer just more years, but more good years. That has put new attention on “healthspan,” the stretch of life when someone…
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The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters…
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An Emerging Hero in Hospital and Prehospital Care
Shutterstock/Mark McCandless - Status epilepticus is defined as a seizure lasting more than five minutes or recurrent seizures without recovery between episodes.
- Ketamine has been associated with seizure control in 50–60% of…
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