Tropical medicine expert knighted
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A leading figure in the effort to minimise the impact of disease in developing countries has been knighted.
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Africa needs to nearly triple the number of its health workers if it is to reverse plummeting life expectancies and combat pandemics of disease, a research group of more than 100 scholars
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"I am honoured to join an Order which includes such distinguished practitioners in the arts. It is particularly pleasing that 'equality' is included in my citation"  Ian McKellen is already a knight, but his highest British honor is right around the corner. via My58.com
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Prospects for a malaria vaccine have been boosted by âtantalisingâ results from a trial in 2000 children in Mozambique. Although the vaccine reduced the risk of infection by only 30% compared with a control
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Dr. Shires was a leading surgeon and expert on trauma who carried out path-breaking research, helped create the largest burn center in New York City and trained two generations of surgical leaders.
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Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) is expected to announce today that he is appointing a public health physician who has worked with HIV-infected people in several countries to lead the District's HIV/AIDS Administration.
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Scientist Professor David Parry has paid tribute to Nobel Prize winner and New Zealand born scientist Maurice Wilkins who has died at the age of 88.
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"His selfless charity work is out of this world"  LONDON: Former England cricketer Ian Botham is to be knighted for his charity work, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported Saturday. via Daily Express
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A randomised trial in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET shows how a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection could potentially reduce the global incidence of cervical cancer.
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Tropical Medicine in London, in research published online by The Lancet medical journal on Thursday. not new and had been made in many of the product-liability lawsuits filed against Philip Morris.
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British and Kenyan scientists have developed a new treatment for the killer disease malaria.
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When questions are raised about the heart safety of drugs used by millions, Dr. Steven E. Nissen often raises a red flag. Nissen, chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's department of cardiovascular medicine and an outside adviser to the Food and Drug Administration, calls himself the "point on the end of the spear" during drug safety debates. Nissen spoke with Globe ...
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The top civil servant at the centre the David Blunkett visa affair is knighted in the New Year Honours list.
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Thailand's condom czar and patron saint of prevention programs last night accepted the $1 million Gates Award for Global Health on behalf of a group that used showmanship, public education and once unmentionable devices to slash birth and HIV infection rates in the Southeast Asian kingdom.
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Ex-cricketer Ian Botham and novelist Salman Rushdie are among the new knights in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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The United Nations appointed businessman and philanthropist Ray Chambers on Thursday as special envoy for malaria to lead an ambitious bid to slash deaths from the disease in the next few years.