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Ben Hirschler
WHO declares Zika virus a global health emergency
Article
Stephanie Nebehay
,
Julie Steenhuysen
&
Ben Hirschler
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2 Feb 2016
The rapidly-spreading virus has been declared a global health emergency in an effort to fast-track international action and research priorities.
Ebola: Trials could get to West Africa in January
Africa
John Heilprin
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Stephanie Nebehay
&
Ben Hirschler
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21 Oct 2014
The WHO says two experimental vaccines could lead to trials being done in West Africa in January, while another flu drug is being tested as well.
Life on a molecular level wins chemistry Nobel
Article
Ben Hirschler
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8 Oct 2014
The winning research offers a new way of studying cells and disease processes by allowing researchers to see individual molecules inside living cells.
Low-energy LED wins Nobel prize for physics
Article
Niklas Pollard
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Ben Hirschler
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8 Oct 2014
The arrival of such lamps changes the way places are lit, offering longer-lasting and more efficient alternatives to 19th-century incandescent bulbs.
Drug resistant Chinese bird flu raises concern
Article
Ben Hirschler
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28 May 2013
The new bird flu strain that has killed 36 people has proved resistant to Tamiflu for the first time, a development scientists find "concerning".
Inequalities and imbalances put globalisation at risk
Article
Ben Hirschler
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11 Jan 2012
The World Economic Forum has warned anger with inequality -- evident from the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring -- risks setting back globalisation.
Loosely: In the sky is a diamond planet
Article
Ben Hirschler
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25 Aug 2011
Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.
Big Pharma’s global guinea pigs
Article
Ben Hirschler
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6 May 2011
The clinical trials business has gone global as drugmakers seek cheaper venues for studies and cast their net for pools of "treatment-naive" patients.
The cost of a malaria-free world
Africa
Kate Kelland
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Ben Hirschler
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14 Dec 2010
A US-Italian scientist is tantalisingly close to delivering the world's first malaria vaccine.
Fast machines, genes and the future of medicine
Article
Maggie Fox
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Julie Steenhuysen
&
Ben Hirschler
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30 Mar 2010
Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analysed until last summer. And he was surprised.
Zuma: Reserve Bank mandate needs debate
Article
Ben Hirschler
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29 Jan 2010
President Jacob Zuma said on Friday the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank needs debate.
Swine flu vaccine ‘promising’, says EU agency
Article
Ben Hirschler
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Kate Kelland
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10 Sep 2009
Early clinical trial results show swine flu vaccines produce a strong immune response, Europe's drugs watchdog said on Thursday.
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