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Here’s why developing countries can make COVID-19 mRNA vaccinesDepending on wealthy nations to donate billions of doses is not working, public health experts say. The solution, many now believe, is for ...
Coronavirus’s true lethal power still eludes disease expertsAbout 80% of people who get coronavirus have only mild symptoms, according to the WHO. Some experience none at all, and different testing r...
Barack Obama calls Brazilian counterpart over spread of Zika virusObama and Rousseff agreed to continue to prioritise building national, regional, and global capacity to combat infectious disease threats m...
India has passed good smoke-free policies: Thomas Frieden, US health expertCDC with an annual budget of about USD 7 billion has some of the best expertise in controlling epidemics.
US health worker tests positive for EbolaUS health care worker has been diagnosed with Ebola after treating a patient of deadly disease last week making it the first known case tra...
Fight against Ebola "top national security priority": President ObamaBarack Obama has declared fight against Ebola "a top national security priority" and said that authorities would increase screening for the...
How to fix US bio-security leaks? Close some labs"One of the things that we want to do is reduce the number of laboratories that work with dangerous agents to the absolute minimum necessar...
- Government to ban over-the-counter sale of 92 antibiotics
Over-the-counter sale of around 92 antibiotic and anti-tuberculosis drugs will be clamped down in India soon.
- Portugal downgrade rekindles Europe debt crisis
Europe's debt crisis flared anew as Portugal suffered a cut to its credit rating & European fin ministers battled to dispel fears about ban...