For two decades, albendazole has been donated to a large-scale program for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis. An updated Cochrane review examined the efficacy of albendazole in lymphatic filari...
The significant increase in the need for vitamin B12 is due to the increase in the number of people following a vegan or vegetarian diet. Since plants do not naturally produce vitamin B12, vegans a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will renew its commitment to donate the deworming drug albendazole until the global elimination of lymphatic filariasi...
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Task Force on Global Health (TFGH), in collaboration with th...
In an effort to combat the prevalence of parasites among schoolchildren, various educational institutions in the region participated in deworming days. As part of the program, the children w...
Nutrition and health expert, New York City nutrition and health expert Samantha Cassetty (Samantha Cassetty, MS, RD) conducted a medical review of this article.
Vitamin B12 plays a key role in many...