science policy, disease & medicine, policy

The World Health Organization warns that a lack of data on how many people have the disease could undermine containment and mitigation efforts in many countries.

The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.

Public health care will take a hit however Britain leaves the European Union, but a no-deal exit will cause the most harm, a new analysis shows.

Most of the 34 patients are under 10 years old, and almost all have been confirmed as unvaccinated against the virus.

Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Heckler led the agency from 1983 to 1985, and helped promote research into AIDS.