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Wireless Warning: Firm behind Band-Aid-like wearable joins Ebola fight, eyes other markets
USAID recently highlighted the MultiSense Memory patch – basically a smart Band-Aid – for its potential in fighting infectious diseases like Ebola. The company that makes the patch, Rhythm Diagnostic Systems, believes it has many more uses.
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The African Union Has Launched Its Centre for Disease Control to Tackle Epidemics Like Ebola
Efforts are underway by The African Union (AU) to establish a pan-African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC) by mid-2015, a development that can bolster the continent’s desire to transform its health practices and promote the welfare of its people.
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‘Ebola-Proof’ Tablet Device Developed
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
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World Health Organization Delayed Declaring Ebola an Emergency for 2 Months
The World Health Organization (WHO) had avoided declaring Ebola as an international emergency for about two months partly due to political reasons since the outbreak of the disease started last year, documents and internal emails obtained by the Associated Press (AP) showed. The organization had earlier accepted that it was slow in its response to the disease, which has killed over 10,000 people so far. It had blamed the contagious and mutating nature of the virus for the outbreak.
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Daktari Secures $15.5M for Portable Diagnostic
Cambridge-based Daktari Diagnostics is inching towards commercialization of its fast and portable diagnostics platform, securing $15.5 million in equity funding earlier this month with hopes of entering the global market this year.
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The Next Epidemic — Lessons from Ebola
Bill Gates writes: "It's instructive to compare our preparations for epidemics with our preparations for another sort of global threat — war."
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From the Gates Foundation, Direct Investment, Not Just Grants
The Ebola crisis underscored a problem that vexes experts in global health: Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective ways to save lives, especially in developing countries, yet traditional vaccines can take years to develop.
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Gates Foundation makes its biggest-ever equity investment in German biotech
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it would invest $52 million in CureVac, a German biotechnology company that develops vaccines and immunotherapies, marking the foundation's biggest-ever equity investment.
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