Act now to reduce risk of another pandemic
Even though we lack an effective treatment or vaccine, and even though the death rate remains high, the SARS crisis seems to be stabilizing; and with that news, there is the temptation to move on, to
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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U.S. quickly clears drug for bone marrow cancer
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received federal approval for Velcade, a treatment for multiple myeloma, an often fatal cancer of the bone marrow. The approval after Millenium filed an
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AIDS hits the Caribbean hard
There are half million people with HIV in Caribbean, where the infection rate is the highest outside Africa. About 40000 adults and children in the Caribbean are believed to have died of the disease
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Senate passes AIDS bill
Addressing the
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In praise of the real thing
Companies that have spent millions creating their brands (and defending them against competition) are not flattered by such imitation. They want iron-clad protection against counterfeits. While it is
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A saint saves women from a terrible fate
Hamlin's hospital treats 2500 women annually in Ethiopia, but each year 8500 Ethiopian women develop new fistulas. In Nigeria, the Ministry of Women's Affairs estimates that some 800000 women have
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In Siberia, a hint of virus sows confusion and slows trade
On the Siberian border with China, Russia's first and only suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome lies in medical isolation demanding food and a good book, presumaby unaware of the utter
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U.S. advisory panel clears an asthma drug
An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed Genentech Inc.'s new asthma drug, the first biotechnology product for the disease. The panel by a vote of 11 to 0 agreed that
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Promising results for new Genentech cancer drug
A drug that starves tumors of oxygen and nutrients has prolonged the lives of patients with colorectal cancer in a clinical trial, providing what doctors say is the first convincing validation of a
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U.S. bans Canadian beef after report of mad cow case
Mad cow disease was diagnosed in a cow in Canada, and U.S. health authorities immediately placed a ban on imports of beef, cattle and animal feed from Canada. Canadian authorities stressed that only