U.S. Officials Knew of AIDS Drug Risks
WASHINGTON -- The government's research on using an AIDS drug to protect African babies was so flawed that health officials had to use blood tests after the fact to confirm patients got the medicine....
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Nick Wadhams, The Associated Press Poor nutrition contributes to the deaths of some 5.6 million children every year and the world has fallen far short in efforts to reduce hunger by half before 2015,...
View ArticleS. Korean Who Headed Health Agency Dies
By SAM CAGE, The Associated Press GENEVA -- Dr. Lee Jong-wook, who spearheaded the World Health Organization's successive battles against SARS and bird flu and was the first South Korean to head a...
View ArticleStudy: Gel Fails to Stop HIV Infection
Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed...
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