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'Ice Bucket Challenge' passes $100 mn mark
The "Ice Bucket Challenge" viral craze has raised more than $100 million after sweeping the globe since its launch last month, organizers said Friday.
Aug 29, 2014
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Medical research
Creating a 'parts list' for cancer's spread, with help from a worm
What makes some cancer cells stay put while others break loose and spread through the body? A new study of C. elegans worms may hold some clues. Researchers at Duke University have put together what they say is the first ...
May 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When it comes to suicide, how may be just as important as why
On April 15, 2014 a man jumped to his death from the O'Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridge - a massive, new concrete arch that soars over the Hoover Dam. He was the eighth known person to do so since the bypass bridge opened ...
Nov 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bill Gates calls for 'germ games' instead of war games
Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic.
Mar 19, 2015
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Gates Foundation donates $250-mln to fight COVID-19 pandemic
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it had pledged $250 million in additional funding towards the global campaign to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Dec 10, 2020
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Medications
Africa hopes to speed up medicine approval systems
Bringing a new medicine to market in Africa requires 54 separate applications to each country on the continent, a time-intensive process that could be costing lives. African leaders are now trying to move toward a regional ...
Jun 8, 2013
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Health
Global burden of disease study shows mixed picture for UK health
(Medical Xpress)—Life expectancy in the UK has improved over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not and the UK is now below average compared with 18 other countries on many important indicators.
Mar 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gates warns conflicts stoke risk of global pandemic
War and turmoil go hand-in-hand with disease and are the most likely agents to produce a global pandemic capable of killing millions of people, Bill Gates said on Saturday.
Feb 18, 2017
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Medications
Gates Foundation invests $120 mn for Covid pill access
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced an investment of up to $120 million in an effort to speed up low-income countries' access to a new anti-COVID drug.
Oct 20, 2021
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Researchers launch novel investigation into tuberculosis transmission
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Colorado State University are launching the most realistic study ever conducted into how transmission of the tuberculosis pathogen triggers infectious disease, an investigation expected to ...
Jun 18, 2013
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