Forty years of HIV research inspires the development of SARS-CoV-2 therapy
Dr. William Haseltine, Chair of ACCESS Health International and Dr. Roberto Partarca, Chief Medical Officer, were asked to contribute a journal article for the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, on lessons from the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do: Part III
Infant Receiving Oral Polio Vaccine GETTY IMAGES This is Part III in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Hopefully we can use what we have learned from both the success and challenges …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do: Part II
This is Part II in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. The US still has no vaccine against the primary causative agent while China has three, with more in Asia on the …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do
This is Part I in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Reports of this life-threatening condition have increased within the US and elsewhere, and viruses from the same family as the poliovirus …
New Research Provides Hope In The Search For A Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine- Part III
This story is Part III of a series on respiratory syncytial virus vaccines. Here we discuss the complex strategy of vaccine development and the RSV vaccine candidates currently primed to make history. Respiratory syncytial virus is one of the leading causes of …
New Research Provides Hope In The Search For A Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine- Part II
This story is Part II of a series on respiratory syncytial virus vaccines. Here we describe the groundbreaking research that is both answering questions about the past vaccine failure and mapping a path towards the production of successful vaccines. Respiratory syncytial virus …
New Research Provides Hope In The Search For A Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine- Part I
The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and the Need for a Vaccine This story is Part I of a series on respiratory syncytial virus vaccines. Here we describe the disease itself, and in the next section, we will describe the steps forward …
One Person Can Change the World: Katalin Kariko
Throughout his career, ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine, PhD — aka “Dr. Bill” — has had the privilege of meeting and working with some of the biggest heroes in science. In his latest book, Science As A Superpower: My Lifelong …
Dr. Krishna Reddy Addresses Concerns About Covid-19 Vaccines at Government of Telangana Webinar
Dr. Krishna Reddy Nallamalla, President of the InOrder Institute and the Country Director of ACCESS Health India, participated in an elite panel of experts at a webinar that addressed thousands of students and households across Telangana on the importance of Covid-19 vaccination …
Preparing For A Global COVID 19 Vaccine Deployment: Health Futures Webinar
Media headlines are documenting the race for a Covid-19 vaccine. The scientific, political and media discourse is centered around questions of “When?” and “How good?” What is missing from this discussion is the question, “For whom?” How will the global public health …
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