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Student Street Clinic Helps Homeless

Physician Walter Coppenrath helped start the mobile medical clinic 12 years ago when he was a medical student More

A mother holds her baby as she receives a new malaria vaccine at the Walter Reed Project Research Center in Kenya, October 30, 2009.

Mobile Phones Used to Track Malaria

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health present findings More

This photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a branch of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus blamed for causing a meningitis outbreak.

Contaminated Steroid Injections Spotlight Role of Custom Drug Firms

Outbreak of a rare fungal meningitis so far has killed at least 14 people and sickened around 170 in US over past two weeks More

Global Hunger Index 2012 says hunger remains serious global problem. Credit: IFPRI

Hunger Remains Serious Global Problem

Alarming levels reported in some countries More

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Researchers Develop Vaccine to Treat Cervical Cancer

WHO estimates about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year More


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October 10th is World Mental Health Day
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UN: Pakistan First in Region to Launch Pneumonia Vaccine

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Rapid Genome Sequencing Potentially Saves Newborns' Lives

With the aid of new technology, researchers are able to genetically map ill babies, provide rapid diagnosis, and treatment
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FAO: Global Decline in Hunger

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