French multiple sclerosis patients will be able to use Sativex, an oral spray
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The Waiting House: Caring for Burma’s HIV Patients
Following a half century of military rule, care for HIV/AIDS patients in Burma lags behind other countries. Half of the estimated 240,000 people living with the disease in Burma are going without treatment and 18,000 are dying …
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On deck for Tuesday: Experts say sub-Saharan Africa could produce a lot more wheat to improve food security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece and North Korea claims to have missiles capable of reaching the American mainland.
Stanching Syria’s Bleeding: Inside a Rebel Triage Unit
A medical student who has spent months saving lives in makeshift trauma stations shares his harrowing tale
A Year After Freedom: How to Heal South Sudan?
One year after its independence, the fledgling nation of South Sudan is torn by feuding factions, burdened by a sclerotic, likely corrupt government and forever in the shadow of war with Sudan to the north. All the while, its …