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UMCG Enrolls First Patients in PneumRx RENEW Pivotal Trial for Treatment of Severe Emphysema

- PneumRx, Inc., a leader in interventional pulmonology, announced today that University Medical Center Groningen has ...

367 HIV/AIDS cases recorded in Mimika this year

The Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health division head of Mimika Health Office, Saiful Taqin, has ...

Malaria Remains A Threat In Indonesia

Indonesia is still among the countries hardest hit by malaria, with almost half of the nation`s 244 million population ...

Some 95% of teenagers expected to have understanding of AIDS by 2015

The government has set a target that approximately 95 percent of Indonesian teenagers should have comprehensive ...

Bio Farma exports products to 117 countries

Indonesian vaccine-making company Bio Farma has exported its product to 117 countries, making it one of the largest ...

Study Demonstrates Radioembolization Using SIR-Spheres Significantly Improves Overall Survival

-Survival of patients treated with SIR-Spheres more than double that of patients who received best supportive care, ...

Lebaran services not routine

President Susilo Bambang Yudhono has stated that the health and security services provided to Id-ul Fitr travellers ...

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13 - official

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 13 people in Uganda and efforts are under way to contain the ...

300,000 people in U.S. living with chagas disease

As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Polio eradication shifts into emergency mode

-       New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens ...

CoMO Calls for Parents to Be Aware that Meningitis Vaccines Do Not Fully Protect

-     New research presented at the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) ...

Menthol smokers have more strokes: study

Among smokers, people who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers - and this ...

Thousands observe TB Day at National Monument Square

Thousands of people flocked to the National Monument (Monas) Square in Central Jakarta in a fun-bike and walk program ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Additional $220 Million to Fight Global Tobacco Use

-     - Progress to date includes 1.2 billion people protected by effective tobacco control ...

Islamic approach to tackle AIDS in Indonesia

World Vision Indonesia (WVI) launched the "Channel of Hope" (COH) with an Islamic context in response to HIV and ...