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Scientists announce important Zika milestone: First vaccine ready for human trials
Pennsylvania vaccine maker Inovio Pharmaceuticals and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Sciences said Monday that they had received approval from U.S. regulators to start testing a DNA vaccine, known as GLS-5700, on humans.
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New Tool to Diagnose Zika
A Boston University researcher is on the team that created a prototype for a simple new test.
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With Another Pandemic Looming, Let’s Change Perspective
We cannot prevent the emergence of new viruses, according to Dr. Melvin Sanicas, a Global Health Fellow and program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but we can take measures to prevent small epidemics from becoming big ones, including investing in infrastructures for preparedness.
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$1.3B Lost to Five Diseases Every Year
Uganda will lose $1.3b in 14 years by 2030, which is about $92.8m (about 306b) annually, in treatment and loss of opportunity due to five preventable tropical diseases, new data at the World Economic Forum indicates.
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Rwanda to Produce Mosquito Bed Nets
Six companies, including some from Rwanda, have expressed interest in setting up a plant to produce medicated mosquito bed nets to be distributed in the country, a senior official in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) has said.
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Weekly Roundup: It’s a New World in Global Health … If You Act On the Old Study
That 25-year, quarter-billion-dollar, 1,000-scientist effort to catalog death and disability in nearly 200 countries – the Global Burden of Disease study – is still out there and relevant, even though not every country’s bought in. The countries that are buying in, however, have reaped rewards.
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The Planet’s Health Is Essential to Prevent Infectious Disease
The Zika virus, now detected in 42 countries, is only the latest in a series of diseases establishing a new normal for pandemics. Sars ravaged South China in 2003, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) shocked the Middle East in 2012, and Ebola devastated west Africa in 2014. We have seen avian influenza emerge in new geographies alongside mosquito-borne viruses, such as Chikungunya. Over the past 50 years, more than 300 infectious pathogens have either newly developed or reemerged in places where they had never been seen before.
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Mosquito-Repellent Soap Invention Seeks to Wash Away Africa Malaria Threat
Two former students from Burkina Faso have designed a mosquito-repellent soap, which they hope could be a simple and affordable solution in the fight to end malaria, but more funds are needed to test the idea, according to the startup behind it.
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