Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Browsing: Lungs Africa
LSTM awarded £11 million by NIHR to establish new research unit and groups
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £11 million by the National…
Kenya pledges action on respiratory diseases amid high fatalities
Kenya’s Ministry of Health will seek new partnerships to re-invigorate the war against respiratory infections…
How smartphone-based study demonstrates research potential
A study at Mount Sinai Health System, New York finds that large-scale asthma research involving…
Physical inactivity is hurting health of people in countries like Kenya
Getting physically active is important no matter where you live: obesity and physical inactivity are…
Millions of premature births could be linked to air pollution, study finds
Air pollution could be a contributing factor in millions of premature births around the world…
Ugandans invent ‘smart jacket’ to diagnose pneumonia
A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a ‘smart jacket’ that diagnoses pneumonia faster than…
Disease-carrying mosquitoes are adapting. How researchers are racing, and stumbling, to keep up
In a rural town 175 miles west of the Indian Ocean, a group of young…
Asthma pill ‘promising’ for people with severe symptoms
An experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma, an early study in The Lancet…
Genetic breakthrough could lead to cure for asthma
Scientists investigating the genes involved in the development of asthma may have found a way…