Elena Mire
Health and Science Correspondent
Specializes in biomedical science, clinical research methodology and critical evaluation of health evidence. Elena covers medicine, public health, and the science behind everyday health claims. She has a particular interest in study design: who was studied, for how long, and what the results can and cannot tell the rest of us.
Stories
WHO asks countries to count heat harm in pregnancy
The same release cites studies that link extreme heat with preterm birth and with many more heatwave days for infants.
UN adopts a pandemic declaration without consensus
UN News names Argentina, Israel and the United States as the votes against, and New Zealand and Paraguay as the abstentions.
UK funds eight vaccine projects with £33.2 million
The department says the projects target Ebola, plague, Marburg, Lassa fever, Nipah virus, chikungunya, and Mayaro.
FDA approves a heart valve that can be widened
The agency says the device may reduce the need for repeat open-heart surgeries in children with heart defects.