(Corrects ‘infection’ to ‘disease’ in paragraph 5 to clarify what the inactivated polio vaccine protects against, whether dosed fully or fractionally) By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts, global health officials said on Tuesday as they outlined how they will cope with the shortfall. The budget of the…
By Jennifer Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday as he urged governments to reverse global health funding cuts. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, Gates said the world was at a…
TORONTO — Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital’s partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier this month that two quadriplegic Canadian patients had received Musk’s Neuralink brain implants as part of a study testing the safety and effectiveness of the wireless device….
Bill Gates has committed to giving away nearly all of his wealth over the next 20 years through his namesake foundation. This week, he announced that part of that spending would be a $2.5 billion investment into women’s health across the globe. STAT spoke to Gates this week about the new funding, how this money…
Bill Gates says a single New York Times column he read in 1997 with the headline “For Third World, Water Is Still a Deadly Drink,” pushed him from Microsoft’s helm toward global health, launching a drive that has helped cut childhood deaths from diarrhea by more than 70%. What Happened: Writing on his Gates Notes…