In the debate over the economic stimulus bill, it seemed like all politicians wanted to talk about was “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects. Congress’s love for roads and bridges notwithstanding, lawmakers did include a significant chunk of money for “shovel-ready” scientific research. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will get $1.12 billion from […]
HIV
Once outbreak was recognized, program put in place reduced number of ongoing transmissions, modeling shows In 2015, when 181 of rural Scott County, Indiana’s 24,000 residents […]
Tuberculosis
SYDNEY – When Merinda Sebayang was undergoing treatment for multidrug-resistant TB in Indonesia – a nation with the third highest tuberculosis burden in the world after […]
Research & Development
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
With a report showing that 2018 yielded the highest case numbers seen so far of a paralyzing condition largely among children who had been sick with […]