World Medical News

A new TB vaccine trial in South Africa offers hope for curbing the global TB epidemic, with promising results for adolescents and adults, VOA reported in a video yesterday. The M72 vaccine trial targets latent TB, preventing its activation in…

A pioneering CRISPR gene editing trial has demonstrated the potential to treat inherited retinal diseases, Science Daily reported yesterday. According to the article, about 79% of participants experienced measurable vision improvement after receiving the experimental CRISPR-based therapy designed to fix…

New research suggests that climate change is rapidly increasing the threat of antimicrobial resistance, as warming temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions, and rising sea levels are exacerbating the problem globally. According to scientists, climate change contributes to the problem by affecting…

Doctors are testing the world’s first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma in hundreds of patients, which could potentially cure cancer permanently, the Guardian reported yesterday. According to the article, the vaccine is designed to target specific cancer cells and…

On Friday, the World Health Organization reported widespread misuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to potential antimicrobial resistance. According to WHO, despite only 8% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients needing antibiotics for bacterial co-infections, 75% were still given antibiotics…

According to the article, an outbreak since 2020 has caused the deaths of millions of poultry and the spread of the virus to mammals, including domestic cattle in the US, increasing the risk of transmission to humans. The World Health…

The World Health Organization has approved a new version of a widely used cholera vaccine, called Euvichol-S, made by EuBiologics, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The updated version is simpler, cheaper, and can be produced more quickly than the old…

The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday. The disease is the second leading infectious cause…

The World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on the threat of dengue Friday as the mosquito-borne disease has spread to previously untouched countries, infecting over 5 million and killing more than 5,000 this year. Nearly 80 percent of those…