2,000 influenza virus genomes now completed and publicly accessible
The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it has achieved a major milestone. The entire genetic blueprints of more than 2,000 human and avian influenza viruses taken from samples around the world have been completed and the sequence data made available i...UW Trace center makes sending packages accessible to all
The goal of our work was to find a simple way of extending and supplementing the interface...Mother’s Attitude Towards Immunisation Makes it Inaccessible to Childre
A recent study stated that mothers of unimmunised children differ in their attitude with those of partially immunised in a number of ways//. This is the first large scale study of its kind in the UK, and suggests that different approaches are needed to maximise uptake of immunisation in these groups. Researchers from the Institute of Child Health analysed data for 18,488 in...Sexual Health Information Not Accessible In Rural India
A survey by the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and its five partners has found that many Indian youth are influenced by gender-based constraints // in their quest for access to reproductive and sexual health services. The survey found that young women whether married or not had difficulty in accessing relevant information and depended on elders for it. For example i...Make Healthcare Accessible, Affordable, Urges Kalam
President Kalam Thursday called upon doctors to serve in rural areas for at least three to four years and underlined the need to make quality healthcare services// accessible and affordable to the poor. He was speaking after commissioning India's first tele-radiology network at the Kakarla Subba Rao Radiological and Imaging Educational Sciences Trust (KREST) here that aims to provide...