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June 20, 2011
New round of innovative HIV research awards announced

Geneva, Switzerland - The International AIDS Society (IAS), in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NIH-supported Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR), today announced the launch of a new round of the joint research grant programme,

Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research (CNIHR).

The CNIHR programme supports projects intended to advance the scientific
under...

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September 09, 2020
Half a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19

Half a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association...

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August 10, 2020
97,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in 2 weeks as more schools plan to reopen

Just as thousands more students return to classrooms this week, another study shows how easily children can get coronavirus...

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August 10, 2020
Coronavirus: Australia records deadliest day but fewer new infections

Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne...

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August 10, 2020
Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight?

It is little more than six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the arrival of a new virus a global emergency...

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August 07, 2020
Coronavirus: Asymptomatic cases 'carry same amount of virus'

People with symptomless Covid-19 can carry as much of the virus as those with symptoms, a South Korean study has suggested...

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August 04, 2020
Coronavirus: Millions return to lockdown in Philippines

Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse...

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August 04, 2020
Coronavirus: Melbourne police 'assaulted and baited' over lockdown rules

Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have warned of a "dangerous" rise in people resisting lockdown measures, sometimes violently.

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August 03, 2020
Coronavirus: How the travel downturn is sending jet planes to 'boneyards'

Hit by the collapse in demand for flights due to Covid-19 commercial airlines have parked their grounded fleet in some of the most remote locations in the world...

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August 03, 2020
China sends first Covid-19 medical testing team to Hong Kong

Seven health officials have arrived in Hong Kong from mainland China, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out Covid-19 testing...

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