[H]ere is an update to the recent report about the ‘botched’ sterilizations performed on poor women in India. Thirteen women are dead, but some 122 more are being treated for complications. Authorities have arrested the doctor in charge–R. K. Gupta will now face trial. While the population of India isContinue Reading

[D]octors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) will begin trials of three therapies starting next month in West Africa. Here’s how those trials will break down: The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) will use the antiviral drug favipiravir in Guéckédou, Guinea. The Antwerp Institute of TropicalContinue Reading