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Red Cross officials report that 80% of Tigray's 6 million people are unreachable. In the regional capital of Mekelle, which is now home to 250,000 displaced people, vaccines have expired and there are no longer any HIV or tuberculosis drugs.
2021-02-10

The Cook Islands Ministry of Health issues an edict mandating that all expatriate workers receive MMR vaccines, or risk losing their permits.
2020-01-24

The Cook Islands secretary of health, Josephine Herman, says that the country is holding and containing the latest outbreak of Dengue, which has killed 22 people and infected another 28.
2019-05-18

Anti-retroviral drugs reduce the risk of people spreading HIV to uninfected partners by 96%, according to a new study.
2011-05-12

Donald Elmer, the Chief Executive of a small U.S.–based pharmaceutical company, Koronis, said that he is looking to raise money through London's Alternative Investment Market, thus enabling the next stage of clinical tests for his company's anti-HIV product, KP-1461.
2011-03-13

German prosecutors investigate several companies for possible illegal sales of HIV drugs including those intended for use in Africa. [http:--www.ktuu.com-sns-bc-eu--germany-hivdrugfraud,0,5822480.story (AP via KTUU)]date=August 2019
2011-02-24

Pope Benedict XVI says his personal opinion is that condoms may be used "in exceptional cases" to combat HIV-AIDS, but the Vatican says it has not changed its policy on contraception.
2010-11-21

Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai sets the date for the upcoming 2010 general election for November 17th.
2010-08-13

The Pope encounters thousands of Facebook protesters after a seven-week online campaign against his views on contraception and HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-11

Washington, D.C. is to become the first American city to hand out free female condoms in the battle against HIV-AIDS.
2010-03-6