With new blueprint in hand, Ban calls for action to chart more sustainable future Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the launch of report by his High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability. UN Photo/ Eskinder Debebe 30 January 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for action on a new blueprint for creating a […]

UN and Intel unveil initiative on technology-based training for midwives A midwife attending to an expectant mother in a health centre in northern Uganda. Photo: IRIN/Charles Akena  30 January 2012 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the computing company Intel today unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health […]

UN experts begin assessment of effects of Fukushima nuclear accident Destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: UNSCEAR/ Wolfgang Weiss 30 January 2012 Sixty international experts assessing the radiation exposures and health effects resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan last March kicked off a week-long meeting today in […]

Early-stage venture fund launches New resource will serve local students and alumni worldwide. “We are very excited about the Experiment Fund; we believe it will provide a much-needed set of people, skills, and financial resources to spur the innovation and idea creation of our students,” says Cherry A. Murray, dean of the Harvard School of […]

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Design Public Health Initiatives with Users in Mind Whether drafting a plan to help patients make healthier food choices or designing an electronic medical records system, the more public health professionals know about the personal preferences of those who will use the end product, the more likely the initiative will be successful, […]

Prominent Speakers to Discuss Population Growth at Global Health Forum More than 300 people — many of them University of California faculty, students and staff — will gather at UC Berkeley on Saturday, Feb. 4, for the second UC Global Health Day, sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI). The conference will be both a […]

New Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival Clinical Studies in U.S. and China Show Molecular Test Could More Accurately Guide Treatment for People with Lung Cancer … New Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival In the two largest clinical studies ever conducted on the molecular genetics of lung cancer, an international team led by scientists at the […]

Reducing Risk of Head and Neck Pain from Tablet Computer Use Researchers Find Placing Tablet at Angle on Table is Best Posture for Prolonged Use People worldwide have been buying up tablet computers—small, thin devices such as Apple’s iPad–in droves, partly because of their ease of use and portability. However, little is known about the […]

Obama Administration officials, health care leaders join together at Innovation Summit Summit builds on Affordable Care Act, highlights private, public innovations to improve health care quality and lower costs Obama Administration officials and a breadth of representatives from across the health care system will meet in Washington today for a day-long meeting to explore how they […]

Broad Institute awarded $32.5M grant. Klarman Family Foundation to fund new Cell Observatory. A $32.5 million grant will launch the Klarman Cell Observatory at the Broad Institute, which will foster groundbreaking discoveries and technological advances in cell circuit research./ File photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of Harvard and […]