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Global Leaders Support New Six-Year Plan to Deliver a Polio-Free World by 2018

- Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

WHO says no poultry contact in some China bird flu cases

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of ...

FDA Approves FibroScan® for Non-invasive Liver Diagnosis

-- Echosens™ is pleased to announce that FibroScan® device received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and ...

Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Threatens, GenScript Supports Researchers in Impending Battle with Rush Gene Service

- This week the World Health Organization reported three cases in which humans were infected with Avian Influenza A ...

Success story of Indonesia`s fight against tuberculosis

Daeng Nuru from Langkai island, South Sulawesi province, sits for five hours in a small boat to get to Research Center ...

International Conference to Present Progress on Typhoid Fever Control and Prevention

- International and regional health experts will convene in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 1-2 March 2013 to review progress on ...

Over 360 mln people live with hearing loss

More than 360 million people in the world are suffering from hearing loss, a report released by the World Health ...

Innovative Partnership Reduces Cost Of Bayer's Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Implant By More Than 50 Percent

- An unprecedented group of public and private sector partners has finalized an agreement that will make Jadelle®, ...

Indonesia still unable to eradicate leprosy

Although Indonesia has managed to reach leprosy elimination stage, the country has not been able to completely ...

1.5 Million Premature Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented per Year if Targets Set to Reduce NCDs are Met by 2025

-On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving ...

Economist Intelligence Unit Report Calls for Global Policy Innovation to Tackle the 'Silent Pandemic' That is Hepatitis

-- Experts recommend comprehensive approach to combat global health issue -     A new Economist ...

Global Partners Making Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases, New Report and Scorecard Show

- Global partners in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have made substantial progress over the past ...

Infosys Science Foundation Announces Winners of the Infosys Prize 2012

-- Honors ground-breaking research in science, mathematics and humanities     The Infosys Science ...

HIV/AIDS Remains Major Threat In Papua

The deadly disease of HIV/AIDS remains a major threat in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua, where thousands ...