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Bill Gates seeks to help the world’s poor with ‘next-generation condom’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering big bucks in hopes of spurring the development of a new condom for men or women, Fox News reported. The offer was made as part of Round 11 of the charity’s Grand Challenges Explorations Initiative, a program that seeks to help the…
Bill Gates: ‘I wouldn’t ever choose to run for political office’
Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates said Tuesday that he will focus on charity rather than running for US presidency. “I wouldn’t ever choose to run for political office,” said Gates at the annual Abu Dhabi Media Summit held in the Emirati capital. By running the Bill & Melinda…
11 more American billionaires join Gates, Buffett charity pledge
Eleven billionaires added their names Tuesday to the effort by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to donate half their fortunes to charity, bringing the total to 92. The newest members of the club include Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, and Charles Bronfman, the Canadian-born former head…
‘Promising’ step for world’s first malaria vaccine
WASHINGTON — The search for the world’s first malaria vaccine received a boost Tuesday with the release of early results from a major clinical trial showing it cut risk by about half in African children. The vaccine known as RTS,S is made by the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s lab in…
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