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A round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

A Nobel Prize winner has called for global rollout of vaccines that protect against cervical cancer — a big killer in the developing world.

A second meeting of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnosis Innovation has cemented its plans for African health innovation.

Human rights campaigners have denounced the 'devastating' effect on women of the total ban on abortion issued by the Nicaraguan government in 2008.

Vaccines could curb infections that are claiming the lives of thousands of African children with sickle cell anaemia, say researchers.

Brazil's strategy for tackling HIV/AIDS — including the production of generic drugs — is an example to the developing world, say researchers.

Experts say that flu vaccination could cut pneumonia deaths in the developing world and stimulate the vaccine industry.

A new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.

India's vaccination policy should be based on robust scientific evidence, not the agendas of pharmaceutical companies, say experts.

A round-up of articles about the announcement of pandemic status, a cheap diagnostic test and the preparedness of poor nations.

Many global health programmes erroneously claim to strengthen national health systems, a study has found.

Poor countries need to improve their surveillance and research capacity to reduce the damage climate change will do to health, says a report.

Researchers have shown that killing young mosquitoes with larvicides curbs malaria rates — which could herald the comeback of the method.

Diarrhoea will continue to kill millions of children without research into why treatments aren't reaching the victims, experts have warned.

A new law forces celebrities to take responsibility for advertising a food product as part of a drive for food safety in China.

Researchers in India have found a link between vitamin B12 intake in women and diabetes in their offspring.

Tailoring health research so it targets the country's health needs is a major goal of a new project at Uganda's largest university.

The world's poor are likely to benefit from key science-related appointments in the president-elect's administration.

A radical new proposal for curbing HIV/AIDS has been met with concerns about its human rights implications.