Rx for Survival Film Screening

Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 24th, at 6pm in the Orange & Brew, we will be screening Deadly Messengers, part of the PBS documentary Rx for Survival.
Since the plague killed millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages, vector-borne diseases — those that rely on insects and animals to spread infectious agents — have posed [...]

Bill for Public Research in the Public Interest

September 29, Senator Leahy introduced the Public Research in the Public Interest Act of 2006 to the US Senate. This bill would allow the production of generic pharmaceuticals in lower- and middle-income countries before the patent life had expired. It has great potential to increase access to medicines for millions of the world’s [...]