Tracking Some Of The World’s Most Deadly Outbreaks

China’s Second Attempt at creating an HIV/AIDS vaccine

China has been interested in creating an AIDS vaccine for 16 years. The country didn’t own intellectual property rights to the vaccine until 2006. This is the second vaccine that the country has entered into phase one testing. The first phase of testing focuses on safety.
It has been given to 36 volunteers. I can’t […]

200 Million To Fight Polio

On Monday the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated 100 Million to the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation plan to match the 100 Million through fund raising in the next few years.
The reaming four countries were Polio is prevalent are Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Nigeria. The Rotary Foundation plan on spending 100 million in […]

China’s New Epidemic

China Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control says that nearly 38 million Chinese are carrying the hepatitis C virus. With so many people infected one might figure everyone in China is well educated about the virus. Thats not the case, 1% of people who answered a survey knew how Hepatitis C spreads and how to […]