Antibiotic production faces an urgent test

Collip’s chemistry helped turn an experimental extract into a useful clinical treatment.

The achievement involved the patient and researchers Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod.

A critically ill woman received a scarce supply of the antibiotic during a life-threatening infection.

Penicillin was flown to the hospital and delivered in time for Miller’s first dose.

Miller became one of the earliest US patients whose life was saved by penicillin therapy.

The founding constitution established an international body devoted to health as a fundamental human right.

WHO formally came into being as countries sought coordinated approaches to disease and health care.

The constitution described health as physical, mental and social well-being, setting an ambitious goal.

The annual observance recalls the day the WHO Constitution came into force.

Investigators reported that the inactivated vaccine had protected participants in a large trial.