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GSK shares dive as weaker vaccine sales unnerve investors

British pharma company one of biggest fallers on FTSE 100 despite better than expected financial results

The Guardian - UK · 21h ago

How Alicia Keys’ charity raised $86.6M to help children with HIV

During her journey to South Africa, Alicia Keys encountered the profound effects of HIV/AIDS on families and children, which ignited her passion to co-found Keep a Child Alive in 2003. The organization has successfully raised over $86 million, benefiting millions globally by ensuring access to medical care while advocating for…

The Times of India · Oct 28

Gilead to Pay Texas $45 Million Over Claims Its Free Nurse Program Steered Medicaid Prescriptions, Denies Wrongdoing

Gilead Sciences will pay Texas $45 million to resolve allegations that free nursing and reimbursement services improperly influenced Medicaid prescriptions, while denying wrongdoing and liability.

Medical Daily · Oct 28

South Africa’s HPV vaccination drive to protect girls from cervical cancer is working – what we know after 10 years

South Africa introduced a vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) in public schools in 2014. The programme offered the vaccination to grade 4 girls aged nine years and older. Uptake was high from the start. About 87% of eligible girls received at least one dose during the first year.

The Conversation · Oct 19

Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services

Opposition to US-led quarantine center in Kenya follows sweeping funding cuts and withdrawal from WHO

The Guardian - US · Oct 19

How a False Medical Claim Turned the Tokay Gecko Into a Trafficking Target

A Lizard That Announces ItselfThe Tokay gecko does not hide. At up to 35 centimetres long and coloured a vivid blue-grey spotted with orange-red, Gekko gecko is built to be noticed. Its call, a loud, two-syllable bark that sounds like its own name, carries across rooftops and through walls on…

Times Life · Oct 17

Progress in fighting AIDS at risk unless UK steps up, campaigners warn

Activists call on governemnt to maintain funding for key UN agency as split emerges among donor nations about its future

The Independent UK · Oct 16

Challenge to HIV restrictions in French armed forces goes before top court

Several organisations have brought a case before France’s highest court to challenge the continued exclusion of people living with HIV from certain posts in the armed forces, gendarmerie and fire services.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15

LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested

At least 320 people detained for ‘acts against nature’ after law criminalising homosexuality toughened, HRW reports

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15

A Crash Survivor's Infected Thigh Hid a 6-Centimeter Piece of Bone That Likely Belonged to the Rider Who Died

A Ugandan crash survivor's infected thigh hid a 6-cm bone fragment near major vessels, likely from the rider who died. Her own femur was intact.

Medical Daily · Oct 15