Tag: winner
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AIDS pageant in Uganda seeks to stem stigma, discrimination
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When she was younger, Tryphena Natukunda's mother discouraged her from swallowing her antiretroviral medicines among strangers or even distant relatives.
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AIDS pageant in Uganda seeks to stem stigma, discrimination
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When she was younger, Tryphena Natukunda's mother discouraged her from swallowing her antiretroviral medicines among strangers or even distant relatives.
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UK doctors call off strike action
The British Medical Association (BMA) had planned a full withdrawal of labor by junior doctors on Oct. 5-7 and 10-11, Nov. 14-18 and Dec. 5-9, which would have been the longest stoppages in the nearly 70-year history of the National Health Service. Junior doctors – a term covering recent medical school graduates right through to…
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Cycling-Data leak boosts Froome, puts Wiggins in spotlight
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Chris Froome’s credibility as triple Tour de France champion has only been boosted by the hacking of his private medical information, according to a South African physiologist who carried out tests on the Briton last year. Jeroen Swart, in an interview with the Cycling Tips website, suggested,…
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American Steve Silberman’s ‘Neurotribes’ win British book prize
By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) – American writer Steve Silberman’s book “Neurotribes”, about the history of autism and how people and society deal with it, was named the winner on Monday of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Silberman’s is the first work of popular science to win the prestigious British award in its…