Archive: 05/11/2015
New study projects considerable public health impact for RTS,S malaria vaccine
The researchers found that over a 15 year time horizon, an average of 116,500 cases of clinical malaria disease and 484 deaths would be averted for every 100,000 children vaccinated under a four-dose schedule of immunizations ...
Nov 5, 2015
Feds worry that low-income people may not get hepatitis cure
Confronting the consequences of high-priced drugs, the Obama administration Thursday pointedly reminded states that they cannot legally restrict access by low-income people to revolutionary cures for liver-wasting hepatitis ...
Nov 5, 2015
Medicines for breast cancer: The affordability controversy
New and better drugs to treat diseases such as advanced breast cancer will have little effect on improving patient outcomes if a country does not have good healthcare structures in place, Professor Richard Sullivan told the ...
Nov 5, 2015