Gates Foundation awards millions for AIDS research grants
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced nearly 50 million dollars in AIDS related grants at Durban and more grants on Monday. Virginia researchers will accelerate microbicide research to protect against AIDS and other STDs using gels or sponges. EVMS leads the project through the Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research, aiming to test multiple products and push toward market readiness in four to five years.
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Norfolk, Va
Bill Gates’ Philanthropic Foundation
Virginia
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Durban
South Africa
Foundation
sub-Saharan
Africa
Asia
Gordon Perkin
Consortium For Industrial Collaboration
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Henry Gabelnick
EVMS
Gabelnick
Woman fakes labor in escape recaptured in Boston Dorchester
Cristal Campbell, 29, was arrested at a friend's apartment in Dorchester Boston after authorities said she faked labor claiming her water broke to avoid capture. A test confirmed she had been on the run since Friday while facing identity fraud charges and 50 outstanding warrants statewide. Campbell was held on $1,000 bail.
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Cristal Campbell
Boston
Dorchester Section
Fool
Massachusetts
Campbell
Three Captain D's workers shot dead in robbery
Three restaurant workers were killed in an apparent robbery after Captain D's closed at midnight near Nashville. William Troy Snell, 18, and manager Scott Myers, 42, died in a car outside a BigK store, with a third man found in a backroom cooler. Investigators review video tapes as families meet with police and counselors. Spokeswoman Betty Marshall called it a terrible tragedy.
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Captain D's
Scott Byers
Bigk Discount
Captain D’s Red Police
William Troy Snell
Scott Myers
Betty Marshall
Shoney's Inc
Interstate 24
Abe Hasan
Rene
McDonald's
Nashville
Reid
Tennessee
Wendy's
New York City
Three wounded in plant shooting in Florence
In Florence Alabama a shooting at a plant left three people wounded. Two were in stable condition and the third was treated and released.
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Florence
Ala
Robot performs first U S gallbladder removal by da Vinci system
In Richmond, Virginia, Dr. William E. Kelley Jr. used the da Vinci Surgical System to remove Kimberly Briggs's gall bladder, marking the United States first such operation after FDA approval for five hospitals. The robotic device, controlled by joysticks, provides a 3 D view and precise wrist-like robotic arms for less invasive surgery. Briggs said she felt great and could attend her son Mario's sixth birthday.
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Richmond
United States
da Vinci
Food and Drug Administration
William E. Kelley Jr
Kimberly Briggs
Henrico Doctors Hospital
Kelley
Briggs
Mario
Marc Katz
Katz
Europe
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Western Manor
Permian Insurance Agency
Patricia Chavez
Jennifer Carrasco
Fili Mexico Insurance Se
Habla Espanol
W. County Rd
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Amana
Whirlpool
Haat
Aban
Kowal Cid Ned der
Orig
SAE
Bealls
Haaks Stores
Music City Mall
Live Oak Plaza
One Energy Square
West County Plaza
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