tropical diseases /newsroom/taxonomy/term/4641/all en Experts: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Congo and Angola /newsroom/channels/news/experts-yellow-fever-epidemic-congo-and-angola-262344 <p>“The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on Aug. 31 to review outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, a spokesman said on Tuesday, as a major vaccination campaigns continues.” (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN10Y0RJ">Reuters</a> and <em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-story-i%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">The Washington Post</a></em>)</p> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:20:07 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26096 at /newsroom Michael Libman /newsroom/michael-libman Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23970 at /newsroom Brian Ward /newsroom/brian-ward Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22720 at /newsroom $5M for Malaria, Tuberculosis Drug-discovery Research /newsroom/channels/news/5m-malaria-tuberculosis-drug-discovery-research-257396 <p>University of Toronto and ϲ University scientists are leading an international partnership to discover new and improved drug treatments for tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases  -- thanks to a contribution from Merck Canada Inc., as well as an additional $5 million supplement to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new funding brings the total investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to nearly US $12 million since 2012.</p> Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:34:42 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25046 at /newsroom