The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting this week, just days after US President Donald Trump ...

Abrupt changes to programmes including USAID inhibit global efforts to stop disease such as HIV, malaria and more, say ...

Even if programs are allowed to resume after the 90-day freeze, much of the damage—not just to the recipients of USAID ...

Lifesaving services that rely on money from the US government have shut their doors and laid off staff after President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a freeze on foreign aid, agencies ...

The government of Mozambique has activated surveillance measures after the confirmation of cases of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania. The disease causes haemorrhagic fever and belongs to the same ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts ... erring on the side of isolation given the nonspecific nature of early symptoms.

Using this cis-activation strategy in primary cells and muscle, we have demonstrated an increase in transgene expression of more than 600-fold from a minimal simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter and an ...

Living systems are composed of networks of interacting biopolymers, ions and metabolites. These components drive a complex array of cellular processes, many of which cannot be observed when the ...

The health sciences study all aspects of health, disease and healthcare. This field of study aims to develop knowledge, interventions and technology for use in healthcare to improve the treatment ...

Oxide nanoparticles, particularly iron oxide, ceria and silica nanoparticles, hold significant promise for biomedical applications owing to their unique magnetic, catalytic and porous properties ...