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Drugmakers in Davos Shift Focus to Chronic Diseases of Poor
Two decades after they were spurred into action to tackle AIDS in Africa, global drugmakers said on Wednesday they would invest an initial $50 million over three years to fight cancer and other non-communicable diseases in poor countries.
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Scientist makes improvements to surgical masks
A Scientist at the University of Alberta has found a way to improve one of the most fundamental pieces of medical equipment, and he did it using something you’d find on your kitchen table.
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Merck’s Vaccine Won’t Be the End of Ebola
An Ebola vaccine that has been in development for 15 years has been shown in a clinical trial to be up to 100 percent effective at preventing the deadly virus. But it won’t stop sporadic cases from popping up, nor will it be immediately available to some who are most vulnerable to the virus.
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New Global Coalition Aims to Stop Future Epidemics with New Vaccines
On January 19, a new coalition aiming to drive vaccine innovation will launch at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. Dubbed the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the new effort aims to fight the global problem of infectious diseases.
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A new approach for controlling intestinal worm infections could help millions of the world’s most vulnerable people
Expanding the control strategy for intestinal worms to treating adults as well as children could improve the health of millions of people worldwide who are infected or reinfected by these parasites every year.
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Health workers can be wildly successful at saving lives when they have a profit motive
The preventable death of children in poor countries remains one of the world’s greatest scourges. Close to 3 million children under the age of five die each year, mainly in the developing world, from diseases that are easily treated.
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The year in review: Insights into the good, the bad and the ugly
This year ends in uncertain times, for the world’s political order, the fate of a damaged planet, the seemingly boundless human suffering experienced by civilians and health care staff in war zones, and the continuing failure of antibiotics that once gave medicine its “miracle” cures.
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What We Know – and Don’t Know – About Zika and Its Treatment
Researchers all over the world are working on a vaccine for Zika but it will probably be next year, and possibly much longer, before health officials can determine whether a vaccine works or not. Meanwhile, with pathogens and their vectors moving farther and faster than ever before, it’s just a matter of time before Zika reaches many more parts of the world.
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