Opinion: What record-high funding for neglected diseases doesn’t tell us about R&D for them
Recent investments into neglected diseases research have provided many opportunities to save millions of lives and cast some of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases into the ash bin of…
In recent weeks, scientists have raced to understand the deadly new coronavirus and develop new tools to diagnose and contain it. As with past emerging threats, I’ve been impressed to see how this novel virus has mobilized collective action that transcends borders, sectors, and individual interests over such a short period.
During those same few weeks, more familiar pathogens have been quietly exacting a far heavier toll on human health and prosperity. like diarrheal illnesses, tuberculosis, malaria, and pneumonia kill thousands of people every day. But because they have been doing so for decades, they simply don’t catalyze the
