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Emergent Biosolutions And University Of Oxford Form Joint Venture To Develop An Advanced...

medicalnewstoday.com     3 hrs ago   19 related          

The University of Oxford and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) has announced that they have formed a joint venture, The Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium Ltd. (the "Consortium"), to further develop MVA85A, the world's...                

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Cellphone Signal Concerns Raised Again

allafrica.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Lesley Stones Johannesburg FRESH concern is being raised about the potential dangers of cellphone usage - especially as SA begins to roll out higher-power broadband technologies. The radiation...                

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AFGHANISTAN: Nine new polio cases in south

irinnews.org     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Nine new cases of polio have been reported over the past month despite efforts to eradicate the disease in Afghanistan KABUL, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) - Despite high hopes for the eradication of polio in Afghanistan, nine new cases...                

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Rockeby gets orders for bird flu tests

yahoo.com     7 hrs ago          

Rockeby Biomed Ltd has received on humans from several South East Asian, European, and North African countries, worth $242,000, the company says. Rockeby chief executive Dr Sze-Wee Tan said the tests had been delivered or were...                

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Billionaires give 500 million dollars to anti-smoking campaign

monstersandcritics.com     3 hrs ago          

Talkback Add your comment (no registration required) What a waste of money on addicts when it could have been used for better medical purposes. These people didn't smoke because they were forced into it, and there has been...                

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Gates launches anti-smoking campaign for India & China.

rapidfeeds.com     3 hrs ago   76 related          

Billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have jointly pledged USD 500 million for a massive anti-smoking campaign with special focus on India and China. Johnson had served since 2005 as president of Microsoft's platforms...                

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Big Pharma Pushes Drugs That Cause Conditions They Are Supposed to Prevent

alternet.org     5 hrs ago          

Yet again, women are the industry's main targets. And it didn't hurt that 10,000 bone density measuring machines appeared in doctors' offices to detect the new disease -- only 750 existed in 1995 -- many owned and financed by...                

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IMF Loans Linked To Higher Tuberculosis Death Rates

medicalnewstoday.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

Unintended consequences of foreign aid often plague beneficent giving. A study published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine has found that loans to former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern European countries made by...                

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WHO says Asia should act against tuberculosis

edgeboston.com     6 hrs ago   9 related          

The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so.                

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Gates and Bloomberg pledge $500m to battle tobacco epidemic

newstrackindia.com     4 hrs ago   7 related          

London, July 24 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg have pledged half a billion dollars to fight tobacco use in developing countries. Global estimates suggest that the 'tobacco...                

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