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  • Devils’ milk could fight superbugs: Australia scientists

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    Mother's milk from the marsupials known as Tasmanian devils could help the global fight against increasingly deadly “superbugs” which resist antibiotics, Australian researchers said Tuesday. Superbugs are bacteria which cannot be treated by current antibiotics and other drugs, with a recent British study saying they could kill up to 10 million people globally by 2050. Scientists…

  • Arizona execution procedures face review in U.S. court

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    A federal judge in Phoenix will hear arguments this week about resuming executions in Arizona, where a 2014 lethal injection that took nearly two hours raised questions about the state's death chamber protocols and the chemicals it uses to kill inmates. The case is the latest to raise questions about the drugs used in many…

  • Global Fund collects almost $13 bn to fight AIDS, malaria and TB

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    Donors pledged nearly $13 billion on Saturday in the fight to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at an international conference. “It is my great honor to announce that for the fifth replenishment conference for the Global Fund to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, we have reached our…

  • Montreal concert aims to end AIDS, malaria and TB

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    US R&B star Usher and Canadian indie rock groups Metric and Half Moon Run will headline a free concert in Montreal next month aimed at ending AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Advocacy group Global Citizen, the concert sponsor, said the September 17 show would be held at the city's Bell Centre a day after an international…

  • Global health experts accuse WHO of ‘egregious failure’ on Ebola

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    By Kate Kelland LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an “egregious failure” which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said on Monday. A specialist panel convened by Harvard's Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School…