山ǿ News - tropical diseases /channels/news_feeds/all/term/tropical%20diseases/rss en Experts: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Congo and Angola /channels/news/experts-yellow-fever-epidemic-congo-and-angola-262344 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>“The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on Aug. 31 to review outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, a spokesman said on Tuesday, as a major vaccination campaigns continues.” (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN10Y0RJ">Reuters</a> and <em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-story-i%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">The Washington Post</a></em>)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:20:18 +0000 webfull 120803 at /channels $5M for Malaria, Tuberculosis Drug-discovery Research /channels/news/5m-malaria-tuberculosis-drug-discovery-research-257396 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>University of Toronto and 山ǿ scientists are leading an international partnership to discover new and improved drug treatments for tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases  -- thanks to a contribution from Merck Canada Inc., as well as an additional $5 million supplement to a grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. The new funding brings the total investment from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to nearly US $12 million since 2012.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-481231892.jpg?itok=7aQ0ailj" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:34:47 +0000 webfull 114697 at /channels