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We’re Not Prepared For China’s Deadly Bird Flu
In Asia, more than 120 people have been sickened, and 23 are dead, from a potent strain of bird flu that has the frightening markings of a potential pandemic strain.
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Vaccines shunned by some as others struggle for access
For parents in Somalia, giving their children immunizations is not a choice.
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Malaria resistance – it’s in the parasite’s genes
Tracking malaria resistance is imperative if it is to be prevented, say scientists who have been genotyping the parasites.
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The Power of One: An Anti-Malaria Campaign With Some Powerful Partners
An all-star team--including Twitter, a former Apple marketing executive, the people who ran Obama’s online campaign, drug companies, and more--are coming together with Malaria No More to make a huge push to stop one of the most deadly diseases in the world.
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Four Reasons Doctors Worry About Social Media
Continuous social media exposure to the imaginative and the extraordinary can also be a bit deceptive.
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Superbug drug fight in danger with just four pharmaceutical firms left making antibiotics, report says
The number of new antibiotics being developed is “alarmingly low,” according to a new report by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Coming, ready or not
The threat of a global pandemic is rising again.
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A Guide to Scaling Social Innovation
For those who have been working in the field of social entrepreneurship for a decade or more, as we have at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, 2013 is starting to feel like a watershed year.
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