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Paul Eccles
‘It’s heartbreaking’: bad cancer drugs shipped to more than 100 countries
The drugs form the backbone of treatment plans for numerous common cancers, including breast, ovarian and leukemia
US army spent close to $1m on untested snakebite drugs
Manufacturer says the drugs have undergone clinical trials but offered no evidence to back up claims
From the hospital to the lab: How we reported the snakebite scandal
You might think of snakebite as a niche issue rather than a devastating one. But it is thought to kill somewhere between 80,000 and 140,000 people a year.
eSwatini’s success against snakebites under threat after USAid funding freeze
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
The new snake oil: Antivenoms that are as useless as water
In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a ‘wild west’ where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work