When good health is good business: the new head of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, argues that providing good health care can boost the bottom line

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Gro Harlem Brundtland is calling on governments and corporations to invest in health care programs to help alleviate destitution and suffering. She argues that such initiatives are good not only from a humanitarian perspective but also in terms of profitability because improving public health significantly cuts costs.

Social policy, World Health Organization, Brundtland, Gro Harlem

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Beating bacteria

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Drug researchers are trying new tools and sources for new treatments as pathogens increase their resistance to established treatment and medications. Attacking the genetic code of microbes, sourcing antibiotics from other living creatures, and examining the body's immune system are some of the new research areas.

Research, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Control, Pathogenic microorganisms

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Discerning CERN

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Completion of the world's largest particle accelerator, dubbed as Large Electron Positron (LEP) collider, is underway in Geneva, Switzerland. To be housed in the CERN particle physics laboratory, LEP is an instrument used in generating fast-moving, high-energy electron beams.

Usage, Europe, Switzerland, Science and technology policy, Nuclear research, Particle accelerators, Electron beams

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