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Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 30 May 2023 May 30, 2023
WHO’s annual assembly ends with agreement on funding, and array of health topicsWHO’s 76th health assembly closed today, having addressed a vast array of issues, including behavioural sciences; best buys for non-communicable diseases; diagnostics; disabilities; drowning prevention; emergency, critical and operative care; food micronutrients; indigenous health; infection prevention and control; maternal and child health; medical […]
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 29 May 2023 May 29, 2023
Landmark resolution for strengthening Indigenous Peoples’ health globallyThe World Health Assembly today approved an unprecedented resolution on the health of Indigenous Peoples, which requests the Director-General to develop a global action plan for the health of indigenous peoples and to present it to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in 2026.Indigenous Peoples, although representing diverse population […]
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 27 May 2023 May 27, 2023
First global strategy on infection prevention and controlThe World Health Assembly agreed today on the first-ever global strategy on infection prevention and control (IPC), which builds on almost two decades of efforts led by WHO and partners. The strategy provides Member States with strategic directions to substantially reduce the ongoing risk of health care-associated infections […]

End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration May 5, 2023
COVID-19 Forecasting and Mathematical Modeling March 15, 2023
Forecasts from a variety of modeling teams are combined to provide a picture of what may happen in the future.
CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older January 13, 2023
Operation Expanded Testing July 27, 2022
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Use Masks to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 August 12, 2021
Information on the use of masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, including how to sew your own and tips on care.

Study Shows Increased Risk of Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women With a Common Form of Hair Loss December 28, 2017
In a study of medical records gathered on hundreds of thousands of African-American women, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have evidence that women with a common form of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids.
More Tumor Mutations Equals Higher Success Rate With Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs December 20, 2017
The “mutational burden,” or the number of mutations present in a tumor’s DNA, is a good predictor of whether that cancer type will respond to a class of cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors, a new study led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers shows. The finding, published in the Dec. 21 New […]
How Electroconvulsive Therapy Relieves Depression Per Animal Experiments December 18, 2017
In a study using genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered some new molecular details that appear to explain how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) rapidly relieves severe depression in mammals, presumably including people. The molecular changes allow more communication between neurons in a specific part of the brain also known to respond to antidepressant drugs.