Responding to an infectious disease outbreak is a complex and hurried operation. Countries must have the right people with the right tools at the right locations. A critical early step in...
Los países de renta baja y media (PRMB) pueden y deben desempeñar un papel destacado a la hora de dictar el futuro de las tecnologías sanitarias más avanzadas del mundo, según el informe ...
More than 110 years ago, a Chicago doctor observed thin, elongated red blood cells in a patient suffering from episodes of severe pain. This was the first documented report of sickle cell...
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can and should play a leading role in dictating the future of the world’s most advanced healthcare technologies, according to the World Economic F...
Scientists are discovering new cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and other diseases on a weekly basis; or at least that is what news headlines would suggest. Many of these press rele...
In 1972, 31 years before the Human Genome Project ended and a nearly complete sequence of the human genome was released, scientists proposed the idea of "gene therapy." These researchers ...
With a history stretching back more than 60,000 years, Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous people, have one of the world’s...
Food systems account for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Any successful strategy for reaching the ambitious — and critical — emissions targets outlined in the Paris Agr...
A new report from the Brookings Institution explores how agile governance can help promote innovation in precision medicine while protecting the public from unintended consequences. Preci...
For children suffering from rare diseases, it usually takes years to receive a diagnosis. This “diagnostic odyssey” is filled with multiple referrals and a barrage of tests, seeking to un...
Over the last 20 years, cancer death rates in the US have fallen by 27%, yet nearly 600,000 still die from cancer, making it the second leading cause of death in the US. This week, the Bi...
After exhausting all available options, doctors approached David Bennett Sr with a last-ditch effort to save his life – receive a heart transplant from a gene-edited pig. Three days after...
Successful public health initiatives have contributed to a steady rise in lifespan around the world, but this positive trend is not without consequences. As people live longer, combined w...
The magnitude and frequency of environmental disasters are creating economic instability and spurring human migration. This stark reality forms the backdrop of the 2021 UN Climate Change ...
Zolgensma – which treats spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease that damages nerve cells, leading to muscle decay – is currently the most expensive drug in the world. A one-time ...
