Health authorities in Kenya on Friday started administering doses of the world’s only licensed malaria vaccine to young children in rural areas facing high transmission rates. Kenya became the third African country to introduce the vaccine, after Malawi and Ghana. The aim is to reach about 360,000 children per year across the three countries. The… Read More: Kenya becomes 3rd country to roll out malaria vaccine »
Scientists have identified one cause of a debilitating eye disease in a breakthrough after 15 years of research. Researchers found low levels of an amino acid called serine can cause macular telangiectasia (MacTel) type 2, which leads to a gradual loss of central vision, according to a paper published in the New England Journal of… Read More: Eye research yields broader breakthrough »
By 2100, 96% of the global population may not have sufficient access to a naturally occurring essential brain-building omega-3 fatty acid, according to a study in the journal Ambio. Global warming may reduce the availability of Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the most abundant fatty acid found in mammalian brains, which has a crucial role in processes… Read More: Global warming may threaten availability of essential brain-building fatty acid »