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Gates, USAID, World Bank Invest $50 Million to Save At-Risk Mothers

Saving Lives at Birth aims to propel innovation forward to save at-risk pregnant women in remote parts of the world. READ»

A Facebook for Patients: IBM's Medical Social Network Gets an Upgrade

An expanded portal lets patients connect better with the right information--and with one another. READ»

New Lending Plan Speeds Global Health Aid Distribution

The Pledge Guarantee for Health hopes to cut through distribution lag-time and save thousands of lives in the developing world. READ»

Global Pneumonia Vaccination Campaign Gets the Gates Foundation Treatment Today

The initiative aims to save 700,000 lives by 2015, and seven million more by 2030. READ»

HealthMap: The Crowdsourced Infectious Disease Tracker That Was Built on Nights and Weekends

Two Boston-based entrepreneurs have started one of the world's leading publicly-accessible, crowdsourced websites and smartphone apps to track the spread of disease as outbreaks hit.READ»

Indonesia Introducing a Male Pill Contraceptive

The country is aiming to reduce its population growth and is enlisting men to swallow a pill--and their pride. But could the product put Indonesia's sexual health at risk?READ»

5 Ways to Get Involved on World AIDS Day

December 1st is World AIDS Day and here are a few ways to participate.READ»

500 Million People to Use Mobile Health Apps by 2015: mHealth Study

Here's a snapshot of what went on this week in Washington D.C.READ»

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India, South Africa Team Up to Fight HIV

India is rapidly becoming a global supplier of life-saving HIV vaccine. Now it's joining forces with South Africa to research the HIV sub-type most commonly found in their countries. READ»

Gates Foundation-Funded Breakthrough TB Test Delivers Results in Minutes, Not Days

The new test could let patients know immediately if they're infected so they don't continue to spread tuberculosis while they wait for test results.READ»

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Higher GDP Equals Longer Life - Here's the Chart to Prove It

Health really does equate to wealth. You might be surprised at the correlation's strength.READ»

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I'm a PC...and I Fund Crazy Ideas that Might Save Millions of Lives

Now there's a line that would fit nicely in Microsoft's unusually moving new ad campaign. This week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had spent $10 million on 104 global-health research projects considered too ...READ»