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Did Lung 'Bug' Kill Confederate General?

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.10.2013 | Science

Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jac...

Childhood Immunization Leaves Adults Behind

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.18.2013 | Fifty
Michael Hodin

The global health community has barely begun to recognize how vaccination can enable a healthy, active aging process. This aha! moment had better come soon, because vaccination isn't just good health policy, it's great economic policy.

Spilled Milk: Brokeback Bethlehem

William Lucas Walker | Posted 02.22.2013 | Parents
William Lucas Walker

The 2005 Christmas pageant of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, for what I'm guessing was the first time in recorded history, Jesus had two daddies.

Ed Koch Scheduled To Leave Hospital Monday

AP | Posted 02.09.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — Former New York Mayor Ed Koch (kahch) has been released from a Manhattan hospital. Koch looked jovial as he spoke briefly Monday out...

Vaccination Options for Seniors This Flu Season

Jim T. Miller | Posted 01.29.2013 | Fifty
Jim T. Miller

Are there any new or different types of vaccines being recommended to seniors this flu season?

World Pneumonia Day's Humble Beginnings

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 01.14.2013 | Impact
Dr. Orin Levine

This year marked my first as Director of Vaccine Delivery at the Gates Foundation, where pneumonia has a dedicated team working to develop and deliver a comprehensive set of tools including improved diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for children and families in developing countries.

Turning the Tide Against Pneumonia

Her Highness Begum Inaara Aga Khan | Posted 01.12.2013 | Impact
Her Highness Begum Inaara Aga Khan

I had the privilege of meeting people working on the frontlines of the fight against pneumonia last week during a trip to Myanmar. The Princess Inaara Foundation and PSI are working together to bring pneumonia information and care to children and families, particularly in rural areas of the developing world.

Getting Meds to Sick Kids at the End of the Supply Chain

Joel Lamstein | Posted 01.09.2013 | Healthy Living
Joel Lamstein

For community case management to be truly effective, countries and partners must invest in supply chains so that they can forecast, finance, procure, and deliver life-saving medicines to community health workers.

U.S. Deaths Surpass 2.5 Million For The First Time

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.09.2012 | Healthy Living

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths surpassed 2.5 million for the first time last year, reflecting the nation's growing and aging population. ...

Celebrating International Children's Day

Dyness Kasungami | Posted 08.14.2012 | Impact
Dyness Kasungami

While great strides in child survival have been made in the past years, we also remember those children who do not live to see their fifth birthday -- the 7.6 million children who die of preventable causes each year.

U.S. Leadership at Home Is Saving Lives Around the World

Seth Berkley, M.D. | Posted 08.14.2012 | Impact
Seth Berkley, M.D.

For the first time in history, these new vaccines are also reaching people in the developing world soon after they're available in wealthier countries, eliminating what used to be a delay of 15 years or more.

Pneumonia: Chuck Brown's Condition, Explained

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 05.17.2012 | Healthy Living

The "Godfather of Go-Go" Chuck Brown has died at age 75 after battling pneumonia, according to news reports. The Associated Press reported that Bro...

Routine Vaccination Solutions for Nigeria Will Save Lives and Money

Tom Murphy | Posted 07.10.2012 | Impact
Tom Murphy

Nigeria is home to one out of every eight child deaths worldwide, and the Decade of Vaccines Economics projects 90 percent vaccine coverage can save 600,000 lives and $17 billion in Nigeria over the next 10 years.

Good Things Come in Different-Sized Packages

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 07.08.2012 | Impact
Dr. Orin Levine

Decisions around vaccine container size and type -- whether single-dose vial, multi-dose container or pre-filled syringe -- have important implications for a variety of stakeholders.

Global Motherhood: Perils And Promise In Ghana

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home
Dr. Orin Levine

In the United States, we can practically start planning our kids' birthdays from the day they come home from the hospital; deaths in childhood are quite rare. In Ghana, though, you can't take a child's fifth birthday for granted.

First Steps Toward the Last Mile in Nigeria

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 06.13.2012 | Impact
Dr. Orin Levine

Likewise, as one of only three remaining countries in the world with endemic polio transmission, they have recently ramped up efforts to eradicate polio from the country, and thereby, help rid it from the entire world.

Do You Need The Pneumonia Vaccine?

Posted 02.19.2012 | Fifty

Punxsutawney Phil's prediction at the beginning of the month promised six more weeks of winter, a time you're most likely to be suffering with the sni...

FDA Approves Prevnar Pneumonia Vaccine

Reuters | Anna Yukhananov | Posted 02.29.2012 | Healthy Living

By Anna Yukhananov (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators approved the expansion of Pfizer Inc's blockbuster Prevnar vaccine for use in adul...

Pneumonia: One Disease, Two Solutions

Kathy Bushkin Calvin | Posted 01.17.2012 | Healthy Living
Kathy Bushkin Calvin

Pneumonia inflicts a terrible toll on children around the world. Yet it doesn't have to. With your help, we can all breathe a little easier -- one vaccine and one clean cookstove at a time.

World Pneumonia Day -- Celebrating Interventions That Save Lives

Melinda Gates | Posted 01.14.2012 | Impact
Melinda Gates

A report released this week from Johns Hopkins University examines progress on several interventions in the 15 countries with the most child pneumonia deaths.

Remembering the Forgotten Killer

Mandy Moore | Posted 01.11.2012 | World
Mandy Moore

Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Yes, read that last line again.

5 Myths About Pneumonia

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 01.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Orin Levine

Despite renewed global attention and its dramatic toll, pneumonia remains one of the world's least-understood conditions. Let's tackle a few of the leading myths head-on.

Vaccines: The Biggest Bang for the Buck in Global Health

Seth Berkley, M.D. | Posted 12.19.2011 | Impact
Seth Berkley, M.D.

The power of vaccines is evident around the world, but nowhere will it be more so than in the over 30 developing countries that will begin -- for the first time -- to immunize their children with new rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines.

Progress That Demands Performance

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.27.2011 | Impact
Dr. Orin Levine

For someone who has worked diligently for over a decade to accelerate access to new life-saving pneumonia vaccines, announcements like this week's make it all seem worth it.

Vaccine Group Donates $1 Billion To Provide Shots For Needy Children

AP | Posted 11.27.2011 | Impact

LONDON -- A global health group says it will donate just over $1 billion to immunize children in 37 countries from life-threatening diseases. The Glo...