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How is climate change increasing HIV risks for women?
When it comes to HIV risks for women, researchers found that natural disasters force vulnerable women to take any chance to secure resources - whether through transactional sex or engagement in early marriage.
Veterinary medicines: One Health – the only way forward
Roxane Feller, Secretary General of AnimalhealthEurope, sheds light on One Health – the only way forward that includes comment on veterinary medicines.
Researchers calculate where the next pandemic could start
COVID-19 came from Wuhan, China, but the conditions that enabled the virus to jump from animal to human are not unique - so where could the next pandemic begin?
Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine is 70.4% effective
The UK's answer to Pfizer and Moderna, the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine, has proven to be exactly 70.4% effective against COVID-19.
Shanghai mathematical model predicts when schools can be opened
Educators can use a COVID-19 framework to make school opening decisions - based on a Shanghai mathematical model using contact data from China.
Afro-Caribbean people with kidney problems face COVID hospitalisation
New research explores the link between ethnicity and ESKD, which finds that Afro-Caribbean patients are four times more likely to undergo COVID hospitalisation.
Moderna vaccine: New frontrunner is 95% effective against COVID-19
Eight days after the Pfizer vaccine results (90% effective) brought collective hope to the world, the Moderna vaccine has proven to be 95% effective at fighting COVID-19.
NIH: Black and Asian people twice as likely to catch COVID-19
US and UK researchers examined ethnicity data in both countries, finding that Black and Asian people were twice as likely as white people to be infected by the virus - but why?
COVID-19 and Africa’s volatile changing epidemics landscape
Here, SACIDS Foundation for One Health discuss the volatile changing epidemics landscape in Africa.
COVID-19 survivors can donate plasma to vaccine testing
A study by the Bloomberg School of Public Health found that severe COVID-19 patients can produce strong antibodies for vaccine testing - especially the older male population.
New study finds 40% of plant species are at risk of extinction
A new study highlights that 40% of plant species are at threatened with extinction due to the continued destruction of our natural world.
How can Japan remain a world competitor in Science and Technology?
As many countries increase their participation in Science and Technology, Japan has noticed a decrease in their own. Here, we chart the priorities for the country to remain a world leader in science and technology policy.
The RSIF-PASET Programme: Food security and agribusiness at SACIDS Foundation
Here, Professor Gerald Misinzo and Professor Mark Rweyemamu discuss the potential of the RSIF-PASET Programme.
Sustainable agriculture in Japan
Open Access Government explores how Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is working towards sustainably reducing the environmental impact of agriculture and livestock.
How did COVID-19 spread to Europe and the U.S?
A new study combines genomics from COVID-19 samples with computer-simulated epidemics and travel records to reconstruct the virus' spread across the world.
COVID-19: New study highlights the importance of social distancing
A new study shows travelling from the home is associated with significantly higher likelihood of contracting COVID-19, while strict social distancing prevents infection.
Rethinking Type 1 diabetes with a radically new immunotherapy approach
Jean Van Rampelbergh PhD, VP Clinical & Regulatory at Imcyse SA, introduces Imotopes™, the innovative new immunotherapy approach causing scientists to rethink Type 1 diabetes and its treatment.
Vitamin D and immune tolerance in pregnancy and beyond
Drs Yuping Wang and David F. Lewis from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport discuss the impact of vitamin D in regulating immune tolerance and foetal development in pregnancy.
Finding new antibiotics: The genome way
Professor Tilmann Weber discusses how microbial genomics helps to find the next generation of antibiotics in the race against antimicrobial resistance.
Matt Hancock announces end of Public Health England
Yesterday Matt Hancock announced the end of Public Health England (PHE), which will be absorbed into a new organisation.
