Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.
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Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
Current farming practices draw too much of the world’s freshwater supplies to be sustainable. A change is needed to support growing agricultural demand.
New testing technologies and improved communication among regulatory agencies are making strides in the fight against foodborne disease.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
Improved immunization efforts are required to prevent infections during the first 6 months of life, when newborn and infants are highly susceptible to disease.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Conservation biologists must reflect on the nation’s changing demographics to save the organisms they strive to protect.
Already reeling from a 20-year losing battle with a devastating disease, the banana variety eaten in the United States is now threatened by a new—but old—enemy.
A study that identified several genes linked to extremely long life has been retracted due to technical errors in the sequencing chips used.