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Suspension of supply of COVID-19 vaccine (COVAXIN®) April 4, 2022
Suspension of supply of Covaxin produced by Bharat, through UN procurement agencies and recommending to countries that received the vaccine to take actions as appropriate.
WHO, Qatar, FIFA leaders agree actions to promote health at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ April 1, 2022
As part of a unique global partnership to promote health, the senior leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO), the State of Qatar and FIFA today agreed a range of measures that will be implemented at this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ to protect and encourage health; and take lessons learned from the first […]
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data April 1, 2022
Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, with people in low […]

Cases in the U.S. October 5, 2022
CDC COVID Data Tracker - Cases and Deaths by State
Stay Up to Date with Your Vaccines October 4, 2022
people who are up to date with their vaccines are well protected from serious illness or other health outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination October 3, 2022
Answers to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines, including vaccine cost, availability, and types.
CDC Strategy for Global Response to COVID-19 (2020-2023) October 3, 2022
Strategy defines CDC program priorities & guides development of criteria for monitoring & evaluating impact for CDC's global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination October 3, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, and these vaccines will undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you are eligible. Adverse events described on this page have been reported to the Vaccine […]
COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review September 30, 2022
A review of the week's key data from CDC's COVID Data Tracker, narrative interpretations, and visualizations.
Coronavirus Self-Checker September 29, 2022
Coronavirus Self-Checker is a tool to help you make decisions on when to seek testing and appropriate medical 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.