The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures and disruptions affecting 1.3 billion children worldwide.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures and disruptions affecting 1.3 billion children worldwide. Education systems are struggling to provide adequate continuous education through a meaningful transition to distance learning.
Digital health technologies have the potential to provide greater access to better quality and more affordable care, but governing the digital personal data generated by and required to support many digital health innovations is a critical challen
Metabolic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are reaching epidemic levels worldwide. Improper cellular energy production, storage, and use underlie many of these conditions.
A link has been recognized between iron overload and metabolic syndrome (MetS), a health disorder that greatly increases the risk of many chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease.
Humans have enormous demands for blood production. Alterations in the functioning of the human blood system lie at the heart of many diseases, including cancer, infections, and auto-immune disorders.
The human intestine routinely encounters threatening bacteria that cause disease and death. These bacteria use strategies known as virulence mechanisms to infect and interfere with the normal function of cells, leading to disease.
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by elevated circulating sugar levels that result from reduced insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells and reduced sensitivity to insulin.
Obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease share common features, including inflammation in multiple tissues.
Heartwater and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCCP) are two diseases that constitute major threats to small ruminant (grazing animals such as goats and sheep) production in developing countries, notably in Africa.