Staff / TruthdigJan 1, 2014
A study released this month found a possible connection between moderate drinking and the ability to fend off germs. In other words, feel free to savor that glass of champagne as you toast to a healthy new year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 31, 2013
Due to a polio outbreak in eastern Syria, the organization Save the Children pleaded Tuesday with both the government and rebels to instate a cease-fire and allow access to hundreds of thousands of young ones threatened by the pernicious disease. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 17, 2013
Thanks to certain communities’ fear of vaccines, illnesses such as the measles, which had been wiped out for decades in America, have come back into existence. This resurgence of diseases is dangerous for a number of reasons, the first being that a lot of doctors and nurses are no longer trained to treat or look out for them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2011
AIDS vaccine developers said they are cautiously optimistic after a conference this week in Bangkok, where scientists reported molecular observations from the first-ever successful trial of an HIV vaccine on humans that could change the way future vaccines attack the retrovirus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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