Health

News Hour: While most older women might not need breast cancer screening with mammography more often than every three years, some women with dense breasts may need mammograms every year, U.S. research suggests. Among women aged...

News Hour: Two senior lawmakers on the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed for information regarding sharp price increases for EpiPens, drug-filled injectable devices used by people to counter potentially deadly allergic reactions. Senator Chuck...

News Hour: Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet. The authors say that the intervention,...

News Hour: Sanofi announced  that it has submitted updated information on the pen delivery device as part of the New Drug Application (NDA) for the investigational once-daily fixed-ratio combination of basal insulin glargine 100 Units/mL and...

News Hour: The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa was launched in the city of Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. With high risk of transmission of the mosquito-borne...

News Hour: Novartis announced that six scientists will receive the 2016 Novartis Prizes for Immunology at the upcoming 16th International Congress of Immunology (ICI) in Melbourne, Australia on Aug 22, 2016. The Novartis Prizes for Immunology...

 News Hour: Sanofi and its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur announced that 500,000 doses of Dengvaxia® have been received in Paraná to support a large-scale public dengue immunization program initiated  in the State’s 30 most...

News Hour: Strengthening the union level facilities to provide life-saving maternal and newborn care services can significantly improve facility-based deliveries and contribute to reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in Bangladesh. The observation was made...

News Hour: Seeking medical advice when you notice one of these eight symptoms is the best way to ensure you have another day with your loving family. Don’t overlook these seven signs: 1. Serious back pain...

News Hour: Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the world will behave. A Johns Hopkins University cognitive...