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Neglected diseases: Teach or treat?
Megan Scudellari | May 17, 2010 | 3 min read
Scientists are taking the debate over how to address neglected tropical diseases to the pages of PLoS Medicine, with one camp arguing in favor of more drug development, and another pushing for more funding and research on public health strategies such as sanitation and education. In 2005, researchers coined the term "neglected tropical diseases" to refer to thirteen diseases primarily occurring in rural, poor areas that have been largely ignored by policymakers and public health officials. Thes
$785 Million for Tropical Diseases
Hannah Waters | Jan 31, 2012 | 1 min read
A public-private partnership including 13 pharmaceutical companies pledge more than $785 million to fight neglected tropical diseases.
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WHO Scientist Mwele Malecela Dies at 59
Pradip Chatterjee | Mar 4, 2022 | 3 min read
Her achievements included developing a roadmap to tackle neglected tropical diseases.
Taking Aim at Neglected Diseases
Paul Herrling(paul.herrling@novartis.com) | Jun 5, 2005 | 6 min read
In Singapore, we have found the best of both worlds.
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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Mobilizing Students for Change
Sandeep P. Kishore | Jul 1, 2008 | 3 min read
An organization focused on neglected diseases links trainees North and South.
Decisions, Decisions: NIH's Disease-By-Disease Allocations Draw New Fire
Bruce Agnew | Mar 29, 1998 | 8 min read
'BODY-COUNT BUDGETING'? Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) is concerned that diseases that cost taxpayers the most money may not be getting a proportionate amount of NIH funds. For the third year in a row, the National Institutes of Health came under fire this month for slighting some diseases and favoring more politically correct ills when it parcels out its research-funding billions. "What this whole thing boils down to," NIH director Harold Varmus recently told a special Institute of Medicine (I
Predicting Future Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks
Ashley Yeager | Jun 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
A step-by-step study of diseases that jump species gives subtle clues about future epidemics.
Scientific Community Recognizing Link Between Ecology And Health
Karen Young Kreeger | Mar 3, 1996 | 9 min read
SENSE OF PROPORTION: "more needs to be done relative to the scale of the problem," remarks Stanford ecologist Gretchen Daily. The worldwide spate of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases in the first half of this decade has prompted a growing recognition of the connection between global climate change and human health. Individual researchers from such disparate disciplines as epidemiology and public health, ecology, virology, climatology, nutrition, and biomedicine have directly addresse
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Surgisphere Sows Confusion About Another Unproven COVID-19 Drug
Catherine Offord | Jun 16, 2020 | 10+ min read
The company behind a now-discredited study on hydroxychloroquine also posted a report that has been cited by Latin American governments recommending ivermectin as a possible coronavirus treatment. Clinicians there say the effects have been extremely damaging.

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