Microbiology
Lancet: Dozens of nations inflated vaccine numbers
IPN News coverage
IPN's Philip Stevens comments to the Associated Press on the news that dozens of developing countries exaggerated figures on how many children were vaccinated against diseases.
Attack on patents hurts the poor
IPN Opinion article
The 'patients not patents' campaign has a simplistic appeal but will only make things worse for the poor, as well as distracting attention from the real causes of ill health: poverty and corruption. Africans must not let their health and growth be damaged by populist propaganda.
AIDS: Away With Political Correctness
IPN Opinion article
The biennial AIDS conference ended in Mexico on 8 August with calls for more money and promises to spend it better but UC Berkeley's James Chin explains why much of that money will be wasted until the AIDS industry honestly accepts the facts: by targetting general populations at extremely low risk, AIDS programs are wasting money that should be spent on high-risk groups.
