Decades-long quest to beat river blindness edges towards vaccine
(University of Edinburgh) The world's first vaccine for a disease that causes misery for millions in Africa could be tested within five years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Uganda: Blindness Plagues North
[Monitor] Kampala -About 5,000 people in northern Uganda have impaired vision due to river blindness. This is according to new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 17, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Proven Parasite Drug Hailed As Malaria Weapon
[SciDev.Net] A drug used for decades against river blindness and elephantiasis in Africa, is being hailed as the newest weapon against malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nobel-Winners Campbell, Omura, and Tu Gave Powerful Gifts to Global Health
Last week, IntraHealth International applauded along with the rest of the world as the scientists who nearly eradicated river blindness—a parasitic disease transmitted by black flies and the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness—were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura developed Avermectin, the derivatives of which have radically lowered the incidence of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. They have also proven effective against several other parasitic diseases.
River blindness, more formally known as onchocerciasis, is a horrible disease...
Source: IntraHealth International - October 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
ICYMI: Cancer While Pregnant And Why Predicting Mass Shootings Is Futile
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week. This week, we tuned in for the stellar first episode of Only Human, a new podcast from WYNC about how health shapes our lives. Podcast host and journalist Mary Harris chronicled her experience having breast cancer while she was pregnant with her second child, and left us more than ready for episode two. In the wake of a mass shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, we spent time with a thoughtful essay, focused on a frustrated Columbia University psychiatrist, who told Science of Us he was finished talking with reporters about the causes of violence i...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Nobel in Medicine Awarded to Parasitic Disease Drug Pioneers
[MMV] Today, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded half the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Dr Youyou Tu for her work on artemisinin - the basis of current first-line treatment for malaria - and the other half jointly to Prof. William Campbell and Prof. Satoshi Ōmura for their work on ivermectin to treat river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 7, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Merck Congratulates Awardees of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Discovery Leading to River Blindness Treatment
Dateline City:
KENILWORTH, N.J.
Co-recipient Dr. William C. Campbell Conducted his Nobel Prize-winning Work at Merck Research Laboratories
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
proudly congratulates William C. Campbell, a retired scientist from
Merck Research Laboratories, who was jointly named the 2015 Nobel Prize
winner in Physiology or Medicine with Satoshi Omura for the discovery of
avermectin, ...
Source: Merck.com - Corporate News - October 5, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Corporate News Corporate Responsibility News Latest News Source Type: news
Three scientists win Nobel for anti-parasite drugs
Campbell, Ōmura and Tu recognised for their therapies against malaria, elephantiasis and river blindness. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - October 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nobel prize in medicine goes to pioneers in parasitic diseases – as it happened
The first of three prestigious science prizes on the first day of Nobel week are revealed: William Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their work on a therapy against roundworm, shared with Youyou Tu, for a therapy against malaria 12.02pm BST We’re now bringing down the curtain on this blog. Read the latest story on today’s winners here. Tomorrow it’s the Nobel Prize for Physics – join us again. 12.00pm BST Sarah Bosely has some details on avermectins, the drugs combating some parasites developed by Campbell and Ōmura.The avermectins are a group of naturally occurring compounds, which have strong insecticidal and anti...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample and Peter Walker Tags: Nobel prizes Medical research Science Science prizes People in science Neuroscience Source Type: news
2015 Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded For Discovery Of Malaria, River Blindness Drugs From Nature
This year's medicine prize surprisingly goes to scientists who discovered drugs for parasitic infections causing elephantiasis, river blindness, and malaria. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 5, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Kroll Source Type: news
International Coalition Urges Final Push to Eliminate River Blindness from the Americas
Dateline City:
WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, & KENILWORTH, N.J.
Country efforts supported by a major public-private partnership - including The Carter Center/OEPA, PAHO/WHO, and Merck & Co., Inc.’s Mectizan Donation Program - bring the region closer to achieving the elimination goal by 2020
Mexico latest country to receive verification of elimination by World Health Organization
WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Carter Center, PAHO/WHO an...
Source: Merck.com - Corporate News - September 29, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Corporate News Corporate Responsibility News Latest News Source Type: news
Nigeria: FG Commences Advocacy to Arrest Increasing Rate of River Blindness, Elephantiasis
[This Day] The Federal Ministry of Health has commenced advocacy to arrest increasing rate of onchocerciasis - river blindness and lymphatic filariar - elephantiasis in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 21, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'Our Grassroots Healthcare Needs Urgent Attention'
[Daily Trust] Makurdi -Dr. Cecilia Ojabo is the Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Benue State. In this interview, she speaks on the pathetic situation of the primary healthcare in the state. Ojabo who is also an associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) said the state is a hyper endemic area for onchocerciasis (River Blindness). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
$7 million grant aids efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at eliminating river blindness and elephantiasis, two neglected tropical diseases that annually sicken millions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 13, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Global Health: Fight Against Tropical Diseases Is Framed as Efficient
A consortium argued that every $1 invested in fighting neglected tropical diseases would generate $50 to almost $200 in productivity gains by 2030. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Trachoma Onchocerciasis (Disease) Neglected tropical diseases Parasites Leishmaniasis Medicine and Health Lymphatic Filariasis Worms Source Type: news
