Pamidronate may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people.
Department of U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released an aggressive plan to combat Alzheimer’s disease at the Alzheimer’s Research Summit held May 15.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognized 37 hospital and healthcare facilities for their efforts to prevent, and eventually eliminate, healthcare-associated infections, a leading cause of death in the U.S.
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that influenza vaccination coverage is well below the Healthy People 2020 objectives.
Increased coverage for young people may be due to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows children to stay on their parents’ insurance policies until their 26th birthday.
In a recent study, researchers altered the DNA of a common virus so that it would instruct the bodies of hemophiliacs to make the Factor IX (FIX) protein, which helps blood clot.
In May 2012, the Obama Administration committed $728 million to renovate and grow 398 community health centers.
Columbia University Medical Center scientists have developed a new “personalized immune mouse,” a new tool that allows them to re-create an individual’s immune system to study autoimmune diseases.