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Fuente: Nejm Zika virus (ZIKV) was first identified in Brazil in 2015 by reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays of serum specimens from patients from the state of Bahia who presented with a denguelike illness that was characterized by rash, fever, myalgias, arthralgias,…

Fuente: Goats and Soda It used to be common knowledge: Malnourished kids need more protein to thrive. Then came a scathing paper in the Lancet in 1974 called "The Great Protein Fiasco." Filled with sarcasm, it argued that the nutrition community's fixation on protein was a waste of time and money.

Fuente: Kelly Young Findings from a BMJ meta-analysis may help clinicians better identify women who could benefit from aspirin prophylaxis for preeclampsia...

Fuente: DEVEX IMPACT Following a performance by women wearing traditional Peruvian dress, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú and Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra posed with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in matching alpaca scarves and caps...

Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico, is a mix of wonder and sadness. It is home to rain forests, Mayan ruins, waterfalls, rugged highlands — and some of the country’s highest death rates among women in childbirth.

Despite progress over the past decade in reducing the global burden of newborn deaths, gaps in the knowledge base persist, and means of translating empirical findings into effective policies and programs that deliver life-saving interventions remain poorly understood. Articles in this issue…

WALSENBURG, Colo. — Over the past six years, Colorado has conducted one of the largest experiments with long-acting birth control. If teenagers and poor women were offered free intrauterine devices and implants that prevent pregnancy for years, state officials asked, would those women choose them?..

Fuente: UNDESA DSPD This E-dialogue on "Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world" is part of the preparatory process for the 54th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) to be held in February 2016, and organized by the United Nations Department of…

Between June and October 2014, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) consulted 26 international maternal health researchers to gather perspectives on the most critical and neglected areas for knowledge generation to improve maternal health in low- and middle-income countries. This paper, the result…