Archive: 24/07/2017
Hospitals overwhelmed as Sri Lanka dengue toll nears 300
Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to help curb the unprecedented outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus that has claimed nearly 300 lives.
Jul 24, 2017
Mitsubishi Tanabe to buy Israel's NeuroDerm for $1.1 bn
Japan's Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced Monday a billion-dollar deal to buy an Israeli company that specialises in developing treatments for Parkinson's disease.
Jul 24, 2017
Drug interaction concerns may affect HIV treatment adherence among transgender women
Transgender women—people whose birth certificates indicate or once indicated male sex but who identify as women—are at high risk of HIV acquisition, and thus are a key population for HIV prevention and treatment efforts. ...
Jul 24, 2017
Experimental HIV vaccine regimen is well-tolerated, elicits immune responses
Results from an early-stage clinical trial called APPROACH show that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was well-tolerated and generated immune responses against HIV in healthy adults. The APPROACH findings, as well as ...
Jul 24, 2017
Swaziland halves world's highest HIV infection rate: report
Swaziland, which bears the world's heaviest HIV burden, has almost halved the rate of new infections in five years by boosting access to virus-suppressing drugs, researchers said Monday.
Jul 24, 2017