Leaders and celebrities bring perspectives on global pandemic to Senate subcommittee An audio technician hummed “Tiny Dancer” as he wired the front of room 124 at the Senate Dirksen Office building, visitors who formed a line stretching down the hall talked of getting a seat from which they could see “Elton,” and the press seating […]
HIV
Sub-Saharan African countries where adolescents 15 or younger could be tested for HIV without sign-off by parents or guardians show 11 percent higher rates of testing […]
Tuberculosis
With the release of a “pre-final text” of updated guidelines for treatment of multidrug- and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization made official substantial changes to […]
Research & Development
A trial to test the safety of, and immune response prompted by, the latest candidate for a vaccine to protect against Zika virus infection has begun […]
Policy
A year that started with a shutdown of the U.S. government is ending the same way, demonstrating ongoing instability in American policy, funding and global health […]