German foundation helps women juggle science and family
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The German foundation, The Max Plank Society, offer a scholarship program for female scientists, aiming to lessen the burden of domestic chores and child care, responsibilities that fall to female scientists at home. The fellowship offers a monthly stipend of euro 400 that can be applied toward cooking and cleaning costs or additional childcare during evenings or conferences.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2006
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Patients flee, drawing attention to quarantine dilemma
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Numerous patients suffering from tuberculosis escaped and ran away from the Jose Pearson Hospital, where they were kept isolated from the outside world. The author stresses on the need of developing new quarantine plans to ensure the outbreak of such diseases in the country.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2008
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AIDS vaccine group expands operations in New York
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The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) group is planning to shift and expand its operations in a 36,000 square-feet facility AIDS Vaccine Development Laboratory in Brooklyn by early 2008.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2007
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