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GlaxoSmithKline, NewLink working to bring Ebola vaccines online: WHO
Both GlaxoSmithKline and NewLink Genetics are working to boost their capacity to make Ebola vaccines, with a goal of a "very significant increase in scale during the first half of 2015," the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Handling the next pandemic
Can the global health system stop Ebola? The answer has more to do with Samuel Kaziraho than you might expect.
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Developing countries should enroll medical and nursing students from rural areas
Nearly one third of medical and nursing students in developing countries may have no intention of working in their own countries after graduation, while less than one fifth of them intend to work in rural areas where they are needed most, according to a new study.
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Ebola Researchers Have A Radical Idea: Rush A Vaccine Into The Field
Traditional means of containing Ebola aren't working fast enough to get ahead of the epidemic. So the question is: Will giving an experimental vaccine to willing volunteers help contain the disease or put people at greater risk?
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Shares of Companies Testing Ebola Vaccines Rise
Shares of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S.
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OPINION: Ebola and Irrational Exuberance for Social Impact Bonds and Social Enterprise
The lack of preventative action against Ebola isn’t just market failure, and effective action against public health crises in West Africa are unlikely to be addressed by private investors putting money into social impact bonds.
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Africa: Landmark HIV Diagnostic Access Program Will Save $150m
Roche has announced a major Global Access Program to sharply lower the price of HIV viral load tests in low- and middle-income countries
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ExxonMobil fights malaria in Cameroon against backdrop of climate change
The fossil fuel giant is part of a public-private partnership with a complicated balance sheet.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa