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With skin cancer rates rising, much of it preventable, a new research project is to explore the role of primary schools in Wales and assess the effectiveness of sun safety policies in protecting children. The results will help improve prevention of skin cancer in Wales and beyond.

Dr Raffaella Ravinetto is an Editorial Board Member of BMC Medical Ethics. A pharmacist by training, she is a senior researcher and policy advisor at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp, Belgium (www.itg.be) and an extraordinary professor at the School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Home - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health (uwc.ac.za)). She is also the chairperson of the ITM Institutional Review Board, and of the Ethics Review Boar...

Faculty members Carlos del Rio, Martha Fineman, William Foege and Hank Klibanoff have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.

On Monday, April 18, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University will open the first immediate cancer care center in Georgia providing acute care for Winship patients experiencing cancer-related symptoms that require immediate medical care.

A team of clinical investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a Phase 1, open-label, placebo-controlled study to e

A team of clinical investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a Phase 1, open-label, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an egg-based COVID-19 vaccine in healthy, vaccinated adults who have never been infected with COVID-19.

A UCL-led international trial exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisation's global guidelines for managing the disease.

A recent UCL-led international trial that explored tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisations global guidelines for managing the disease.

A recent UCL-led international trial that explored tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisation

A recent UCL-led international trial that explored tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisation