Monthly Archives: July 2017

Mother kissing babies face

Progress against Zika

From 2015 to 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a world health crisis. The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has been leading theRead More

Understanding food allergy

Food allergies are often misunderstood. “This disease is common and it has a dramatic impact not only on the lives of people who have the allergy but on the livesRead More

Food allergy 101

Food allergies affect 5 percent of children and 4 percent of adults in the U.S. The number of people with food allergies is rising without a known cause. What isRead More

The eyes have it

Not seeing clearly? Cataracts might be the problem. Like a camera, your eyes rely on a lens—the clear part of the eye that helps to focus light, or an image,Read More