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The FINANCIAL -- WHO reports remarkable achievements in tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) since 2007. An estimated 1 billion people received treatment in 2015 alone.

The FINANCIAL -- Public debate around obesity has become dangerously fixated with sugar, according to one of the UK’s leading experts on obesity and diabetes.

The FINANCIAL -- Too much of a common age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment course in one year's time could inadvertently tip the scales toward another sight-threatening disease, a new study claims.

The FINANCIAL -- WHO on March 29 launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in all countries by 50% over the next 5 years.

The FINANCIAL -- A new study has found that Chinese-Americans in the US witnessed increases in the fraction of new-born boys during the Great Recession of 2008-2010.  

The FINANCIAL -- Some of the negative consequences on the wellbeing of a child born to a single mother can be reduced if their biological father joins and stays with the family according to new research from LSE.

The FINANCIAL -- New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched on March 22 by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help ensure that countries implementing the End TB Strategy adhere to sound ethical standards to protect the rights of all those affected.

The FINANCIAL -- Continuous monitoring using a sensor-laden contact lens could be a beneficial adjunctive procedure in assessing patients' risk for glaucoma-related vision loss, study results indicate.

The FINANCIAL -- A new vaccine for rotavirus was found to be 66.7% effective in preventing severe gastroenteritis caused by the virus, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Epicentre, Paris.

The FINANCIAL -- Legislation proposed to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has cleared the first in a series of major hurdles—and the AOA is diligently working to ensure optometry's priorities continue unabated in any new health care law.