aidSoundAMP hearing aid app for iPhone unleashed on our delicate ears: We’ve just caught wind of a new app for the iPhone / iPod touch... should you be either a little hard of hearing or a little nosy. SoundAMP works a lot like those Sonic Earz you see on the infomerci
U.S. aid saves lives but few know, Bill Gates says:
They launched a new project to try to publicize some public health successes in foreign aid, to encourage the U.S. and other governments to keep giving money.
"Dollar for dollar, global heal
Aid group seeks $4 billion for life-saving vaccines:
Children in developed countries are routinely immunized against the bacteria causing those deadly diseases -- namely Hib, pneumococcus and rotavirus -- but in much of Africa, Asia and Latin Ameri
Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding:
Medecins Sans Frontieres campaigners said at a news conference in South Africa that clinics funded by international donors in Uganda were being told not to take on new patients. MSF, also known as
Wireless chip-on-a-band-aid to monitor patients from home: UK startup Toumaz Technology is bringing band-aids into the 21st century with a new technology that can remotely monitor patients. The solution involves a custom mini-chip with a 5-7 day battery, with
recessionRecession Takes Toll on Children’s Health:
The poll, conducted in the United States last May, found that 44 percent of families’ financial circumstances worsened in the previous six months, forcing them to spend less on extras (65
Scientists say recession may spark Baltic TB surge:
Researchers who studied the effects of recession on rates of the highly infectious disease during the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s found a strong link between the two and said their
Shaken Baby Syndrome jumps during US recession: report:
Surprised by the sharp rise in cases of SBS -- or abusive head trauma (AHT) -- since late 2007, Rachel Berger of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teamed up with three other le