“Can we not think and act on two pandemics at a time?” asked one epidemiologist.
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Berry-Flavored H.I.V. Medication Is Ready for Babies
For the 80,000 children who die of H.I.V. each year, drugs are often bitter or hard to swallow. Dolutegravir will soon come in a tasty dissolving tablet.
A Simple Regimen Can Prevent TB. Why Aren’t More People on It?
Two antibiotics, taken for a month, can stop a leading killer. But “when it’s for TB, people just sort of shrug.”
Drug Companies Are Focusing on the Poor After Decades of Ignoring Them
The pharmaceutical industry once sued to keep AIDS drugs from dying Africans. Now companies boast of their efforts to get medicines to the developing world.