Studies: Gene Treatment Lets Children Deaf at Birth Hear Gene treatments are being credited with permitting several children born with deafness to hear again. Gene therapy is a medical treatment that aims to change a few of a patient's genes to cure...
Italian Man Might Regain Use of Hand after Nerve Operation A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation. Doctors in northern Italy said the surgery used a nerve from the man's partly amputated leg to re...
WHO: Gazas Health Care System Collapsing A World Health Organization (WHO) official who recently returned from the Gaza Strip said recently that the health care system is collapsing. He said more workers and supplies are needed. WHO Health Emergency...
Cameroon Launches First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children Cameroon has begun the world's first major malaria vaccine program for children. The campaign launched Monday in the Central African nation. Health officials called the effort a major step...
Study: Diabetes, Obesity Drugs Not Linked to Suicidal Thoughts A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts, researchers reported recently. Both Ozempic for type 2 diabetes and the obe...
Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plastic known as nanoplastics, a recent study says. Researchers found the nanoplastics with a microscope...
Alzheimers Drugs May Reach Brain Faster with Ultrasound Tool Researchers recently said a new tool that uses what is called focused ultrasound can help deliver important medicine to the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Alzheimer's is a disease that slo...
WHO: More COVID Deaths after Holiday Gatherings 世卫组织称节日后新冠肺炎死亡人数增长 The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant led to increased hospitalizations and deaths l...
Talking Robot Helps Seniors Fight Loneliness Joyce Loaiza lives alone in a community for older people in the American state of Florida. When she is home, the retired office worker often talks with a friendly female voice that asks about her day. A fe...
Woman, Cat Help Others through Therapy Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. The device is called a prosthetic. Then, Mengel does the same for Lola-Pearl, her colorful five-ye...
New Treatments for Sickle Cell Remain Out of Reach for Many United States health officials recently approved two new gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The treatments provide hope that the disease might be curable. But experts say high co...
