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american elderly accessING internet for healthcareResearchers Mary Schmeida, PhD and Ramona McNeal, PhD reported their findings in the Journal of […]

400 Vaccines In Development to Fight Infectious Diseases
400 Vaccines In Development to Fight Infectious Diseases

Critical challenges remain in the centuries-old battles against infectious diseases, particularly as bacteria and viruses mutate and as the threat of bioterrorism grows. More than 9.5 million people worldwide die each year from infectious diseases. Of particular concern today are virulent forms of ‘super bugs’ that have mutated and grown resistant to available antibiotics.

Health spending is rising in OECD
Health spending is rising in OECD

Expenses on heath in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has kept on growing faster than countries’ economies. OECD Health Data 2007 also notes that a growing share of the economy is devoted to health across OECD countries. Per capita health spending increased by more than 80% in real terms between 1990 and 2005 on an average in OECD countries, outpacing the 37% growth in GDP per capita.

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