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How to Make a Hardware Store Drill Into a Surgical Tool
When it comes to global public health, a lot of effort goes towards stamping out disease like HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis—and rightly so. These are plagues in many parts of the world. But something we typically focus less energy on, is surgery.
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HIV vaccine trials take center stage at world’s largest global health conference
Hopes for a truly effective HIV vaccine were mostly the stuff of dreams in 2000, the last and only time Durban, South Africa hosted the biennial meeting of the International AIDS Society. The global HIV Vaccine Trials Network, based at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and led by virologist and former Fred Hutch President and Director Dr. Larry Corey, was just being organized.
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Serum Institute to launch a new vaccine every year, says Poonawala
Pune-based vaccines maker Serum Institute plans to launch a new vaccine every year and will launch the first ever synthetic vaccine for rabies by the year-end, CEO, Adar Poonawala, has said.
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Heart stents to get cheaper in India; medical devices industry frowns at move
India would soon reduce the prices of stents used in procedures for treatment of heart ailments. The union health ministry on Wednesday added coronary stents to the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2015, which would now face a reduction in prices.
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Monthly Vaginal Ring May Help Protect Against HIV
When used regularly, a medicated monthly vaginal ring may be an effective way for women in sub-Saharan Africa to protect themselves from HIV infection, according to new research.
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Aspen Expands in China as African Drugmaker Targets Growth
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. plans to increase its Chinese presence as Africa’s biggest maker of generic drugs ramps up distribution of its low-cost pharmaceuticals in the world’s most-populous country.
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Research charities help marry two major South African HIV/tuberculosis institutes
As the International AIDS Conference kicked off in Durban, South Africa, today, two of the nation’s most prominent biomedical research institutions announced that they will marry and combine resources to attack the raging coepidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in the region.
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Scientists have put a $2 Zika test into a portable, can-sized container
Over 400,000 people are suspected to have contracted Zika in North and South America as of the end of June, but only 56,000 infections have been confirmed, mainly because it’s too expensive and cumbersome to administer lab tests. A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new saliva test that can deliver a Zika diagnosis in under an hour far from labs or medical facilities.
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