Could stopping ‘zzz’s’ prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease?

To combat these deadly menaces, a professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is researching a state of relaxation that is integral to both insects and humans alike. Clément Vinauger, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, received a two-year $430,000 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research the sleep habits…

World-leading experts on vaccine innovations speak at WISH 2022 Summit

Some of the world’s leading experts on vaccines are discussing vaccine innovation at this year’s World Innovation Summit for Health, taking place in Doha, Qatar, in a hybrid format (physical and virtual attendance) on October 4-6, 2022. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at World Health Organization (WHO); Dr. Jerome Kim, Director General of the International…

Inadequate Financial Support And Access To Equipment Threaten Nigeria’s Health Systems In Event Of New Pandemic

73 percent of Nigeria’s healthcare workers have stated that a lack of financial support will be one of the biggest threats to their national health system in the event of a new global health emergency in the next five years, a global survey has shown. The study, by YouGov on behalf of the World Innovation…

Global Health Systems Not Ready For Another Pandemic, Research Shows

Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic, an international survey to assess the effects of COVID-19 on health and care workers has revealed. 49 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed in countries including the UK, US, Saudi Arabia,…