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Austrian Biotech Plans Zika Vaccine Clinical Trials in 12 Months
An Austrian biotech company working with the Institut Pasteur said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical trials with an experimental Zika vaccine in the next 12 months, marking a further acceleration of research in the field.
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The Dark Ages of Medicine Are Looming. Can He Save Us?
Sean Brady loves dirt. He’s got an entire closetful of it, in classically brown, cobalt blue and flashy orange. It can come from all over the world, from Mongolian steppes to Little League Baseball diamonds. The exotic stuff is what he really craves, but who knows? Maybe he could find a lifesaving antibiotic in your backyard.
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India and Kenya bolster cooperation in defence and health
India and Kenya on Monday bolstered their cooperation in the field of defence and health with India handing over 30 field ambulances to Kenya, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the gift of a telecobalt cancer therapy machine and the setting up of a 100-bed cancer hospital in Kenya.
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Combining technologies cracks vaccine chiller issue
Vaccines against killer diseases from polio to hepatitis are fragile and can easily be made useless if they get too hot or too cold. The problem is particularly acute in the developing countries where nearly one in five of the world's population -- 1.3 billion people -- live without access to electricity.
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India should reject efforts weakening access to generic drugs: MSF
Describing India's pharmaceutical sector a vital life-line for millions of people in developing countries, an international relief organisation on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to cave in to corporate pressure and support people's access to generic medicines to combat deadly diseases like AIDS.
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Q&A: Why the World Health Organization plans a fair pricing model for drugs
We spoke with Suzanne Hill, the WHO Director of Essential Medicines and Health Products, about how the agency hopes to get this done. This is an edited version of our conversation.
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US Army Partners With Sanofi To Develop Zika Vaccine
The vaccine is based on a technology using another virus that has been inactivated, and licensed against Zika-related viruses, such as encephalitis. The technology has also been used to create vaccines for polio, flu and other diseases.
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Google Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Blindness
Google is teaming up with the U.K.’s government health care system to see whether its artificial intelligence tech can help detect and prevent eye diseases and blindness. The tech giant announced the collaboration between subsidiary DeepMind (acquired in 2014) and the National Health Service (NHS) in a blog post on Tuesday.
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