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JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow individual and institutional investors the opportunity to finance late-stage global health technologies that have the potential to save millions of lives in low-income countries.

24 Sep 2013

EcoHealth Alliance to study land use alteration in disease emergence, climate change in Asia

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced the award of a three-year, $2 million award to address land use alteration as a significant driver of both disease emergence and climate change in Asia.

24 Sep 2013

Understanding genetic, physiological basis for metabolic diseases related to circadian function

A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers, which appears in the Sept. 2 edition of the journal PLoS ONE, is a significant step in understanding the molecular genetic and physiological basis for a spectrum of metabolic diseases related to circadian function.

24 Sep 2013

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

A dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) emigrating to the United States has resulted in a "brain drain" explored in the dissertation of Vanderbilt student Akhenaten Tankwanchi, a portion of which was published recently in PLOS Medicine.

23 Sep 2013

The quest to end extreme poverty

World leaders will join a chorus of music legends, celebrities such as Katie Holmes and Gerard Butler, and 60,000 Global Citizens on September 28, 2013 on the Great Lawn of New York's iconic Central Park.

21 Sep 2013

Study suggests new way to prevent weight gain and obesity

The same message to everyone does not work if the goal is to prevent overweight and obesity in the population. It is also important to reach groups normally considered as being at low risk for gaining in weight. This is what Kristina Lindvall shows in her doctoral thesis at Ume- University, Sweden. Participants in the study come from V-sterbotten County in northern Sweden and from New York State in the US.

21 Sep 2013

LSTM professor awarded The Manson Medal for outstanding contribution in field of tropical medicine

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is delighted that Emeritus Professor and Senior Professional Fellow, David Molyneux, has been awarded The Manson Medal, the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's highest mark of distinction.

21 Sep 2013

New blood test accurately differentiates viral and bacterial infections

A blood test developed by researchers at Duke Medicine showed more than 90-percent accuracy in distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections when tested in people with respiratory illnesses.

19 Sep 2013

SHBG protein indicates risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance

Over the last decade researchers have amassed increasing evidence that relatively low levels of a protein called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) can indicate an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance.

19 Sep 2013

Innovative sodium reduction and fiber ingredients showcased at 20th International Congress of Nutrition

Backed by research that demonstrates significant health benefits as well as unparalleled taste that meets consumer needs, food ingredients are taking center stage as thousands of experts from around the world converge to discuss the state of global health and nutrition at the leading international nutrition conference taking place this week in Spain.

17 Sep 2013

ChipCare’s handheld analyzer secures largest investments in Canada's healthcare sector

An innovative, handheld point-of-care analyzer, developed by ChipCare Corporation, has secured one of the largest ever angel investments in Canada's healthcare sector. Phase II financing has closed, with an investment of $2.05M to support ChipCare's continuing development and commercialization over the next three years.

16 Sep 2013

Study evaluates effectiveness of new meningitis serogroup A vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a mass vaccination campaign with a new meningitis serogroup A vaccine, PsA-TT, in sub-Saharan Africa found that it had a dramatic impact on cases of serogroup meningitis and on carriage of the disease-causing bacteria in the throat, according to new research published in The Lancet.

13 Sep 2013

Funding for antimicrobial resistance research projects in the UK unacceptably small, say researchers

Study of funding awarded to antimicrobial resistance research projects in the UK calls for political leadership and sustained and targeted spending.

13 Sep 2013

Study finds Americans enjoy more healthy years than a generation ago

The average American today can look forward to over two more years of healthy life than they could just a generation ago, Harvard researchers have found.

13 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

With the Oct. 1 rollout of a major facet of the Affordable Care Act on the horizon, you'll be hearing a lot about the glitches, loopholes and shortcomings of this most important restructuring of America's healthcare system in our lifetimes.

12 Sep 2013

Binaytara Foundation, UIC partner to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit

The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Binaytara Foundation have partnered to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit and to organize the country's first international conference on blood cancers.

12 Sep 2013

Experts to gather in Uganda to recognize advancements made in prevention, treatment of fistula

Government officials, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, doctors, and health care providers from around the world will gather in Uganda this week to recognize the advancements made in the prevention and treatment of fistula, a devastating childbirth injury.

10 Sep 2013

TCSPP to offer online M.P.H program from 2014

With more than 17 programs in psychology and behavioral and health sciences already established, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP)—one of the leading nonprofit institutions of its kind-- is offering for the first time in its history a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Program beginning spring 2014 online and fall 2014 in Los Angeles.

7 Sep 2013

Kenyan-based ZanaAfrica creates affordable sanitary pad with high quality

Kenyan social enterprise ZanaAfrica Group is recognized as a leading innovator in global health, education and development with the receipt of the highly selective "Phase II Grand Challenges Exploration" grant, a partnership between Grand Challenges Canada (which is funded by the Government of Canada) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

6 Sep 2013

Worsening air pollution could increase annual premature deaths in 21st century

This century, climate change is expected to induce changes in air pollution, exposure to which could increase annual premature deaths by more than 100,000 adults worldwide.

5 Sep 2013

Global Health News and Research

JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

EcoHealth Alliance to study land use alteration in disease emergence, climate change in Asia

Understanding genetic, physiological basis for metabolic diseases related to circadian function

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

The quest to end extreme poverty

Study suggests new way to prevent weight gain and obesity

LSTM professor awarded The Manson Medal for outstanding contribution in field of tropical medicine

New blood test accurately differentiates viral and bacterial infections

SHBG protein indicates risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance

Innovative sodium reduction and fiber ingredients showcased at 20th International Congress of Nutrition

ChipCare’s handheld analyzer secures largest investments in Canada's healthcare sector

Study evaluates effectiveness of new meningitis serogroup A vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa

Funding for antimicrobial resistance research projects in the UK unacceptably small, say researchers

Study finds Americans enjoy more healthy years than a generation ago

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

Binaytara Foundation, UIC partner to develop Nepal's first blood and marrow transplant unit

Experts to gather in Uganda to recognize advancements made in prevention, treatment of fistula

TCSPP to offer online M.P.H program from 2014

Kenyan-based ZanaAfrica creates affordable sanitary pad with high quality

Worsening air pollution could increase annual premature deaths in 21st century

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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