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New effort ranks drugmakers by impact

By Dan Gorenstein

January 23, 2015

:World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director-general for health security Keiji Fukuda gestures on May 14, 2014 in Geneva during a press conference following a closed-door emergency talks on the deadly MERS virus, which has killed 142 people in Saudi Arabia and is sparking rising concern over an increasing number of cases elsewhere. — FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

The idea is to give companies another incentive to treat infectious diseases.

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The latest technological advance in the fight against malaria? The cell phone

December 11, 2013

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A researcher at Harvard shows sometimes tracking cell phones can be a good thing.

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GSK seeks approval for RTS,S malaria vaccine

By Stephen Beard

October 08, 2013

A girl with a high fever gets tested for malaria at the CARE medical clinic at the Yida refugee camp along the border with North Sudan July 5, 2012 in Yida, South Sudan. Yida refugee camp grows each day and now has swollen to 64,317, as the refugees continue to flee from South Kordofan in North Sudan. — Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Data show the vaccine is modestly effective against malaria.

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Funding the fight against malaria

September 17, 2012

A scientist prepares a blood sample in a laboratory at the Center for Scientific Research Caucaseco in the outskirts of Cali, Colombia, on April 25, 2012, during the World Day for the fight against malaria. — LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/GettyImages

Public health experts discuss a new way to bring down the cost of treatment.

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