Medical Students Aid Bedouin Villagers Without Access to Healthcare

Students at the collaborative Ben-Gurion University-Columbia University Medical School for International Health volunteer their time and skills to provide healthcare for a local Bedouin village in need.

Global Health Corps Seeking New Fellows Through March 1 Applications have opened for Global Health Corps Fellowships, Class of 2010-2011. Please register and select up to three positions from the list of available placements.

Drug Shows Promise Against River Blindness Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Senegal Confirms H1N1 Outbreak The Senegalese Minister of Health and Preventive Medicine, Modou Diagne Fada, confirmed that the country had been hit by the epidemic AH1N1 influenza. According to earlier reports, the first cases were detected in the religious city of Touba.

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