http://www.enn.com/topics/health http://www.enn.com/images/health.gif http://www.enn.com/topics/health Global Health and Wellness News - ENN en-us http://enn.com/news/feeds/health2.xml http://www.enn.com/health/article/53754 In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus — and blocked transmission of the virus to mouse fetuses. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:19:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53754 University of California - San Diego http://www.enn.com/health/article/53752 MIT researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to brain regions as small as 1 cubic millimeter. This type of targeted dosing could make it possible to treat diseases that affect very specific brain circuits, without interfering with the normal function of the rest of the brain, the researchers say. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:10:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53752 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) http://www.enn.com/health/article/53751 A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests can’t detect. However, researchers at MIT and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have now managed to isolate and study representatives of these elusive viruses, which provide a key missing link in virus evolution and play an important role in regulating bacterial populations, as a new study reports. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:52:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53751 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) http://www.enn.com/health/article/53745 The idea of having to pay a sin tax for environmentally detrimental foods is gaining more support. For some, eating meat is a sin, and therefore meat products should be taxed like alcohol and tobacco.A new report published recently by a British group called Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return Initiative (FAIRR) argues that a tax on meat is inevitable. Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:27:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53745 Dalhousie University http://www.enn.com/health/article/53744 New research out of York University shows that political dilly-dallying delays global responses to emerging pandemics more than poor surveillance capacity.Steven J. Hoffman, professor in the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Faculty of Health and Osgoode Hall Law School and his colleague Sarah L. Silverberg, conducted an analysis of the three most recent pandemics – H1N1, Ebola and Zika. These were used as case studies to identify and compare sources of delays in responding to pandemics and examine what influences the length of delays. Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:27:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53744 York University http://www.enn.com/health/article/53738 The vaccines used by commercial fish farmers are not protecting fish from disease, according to a new study.The study was compiled by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso and Chile’s University of Valparaiso. It showed vaccinated fish tend to show more symptoms when contracting diseases, with the health impacts and ultimately deaths occurring as if they’d never received a vaccine. Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:21:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53738 University of Waterloo http://www.enn.com/health/article/53734 A strip of chromatography paper similar to that used in rapid pregnancy tests is the basis of a bio-sensor for detecting malaria that has been developed by Brazilian researchers. Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:40:00 EST http://www.enn.com/health/article/53734