Regulatory approval differs from equal access

The announcement opened a new phase of polio immunization, requiring manufacturing and access.

The findings followed participation by many families, healthcare workers and researchers.

The FDA approved Enovid for use as an oral contraceptive, expanding control over pregnancy.

The medicine made hormonal prevention of pregnancy available by prescription.

The development included trials among women in Puerto Rico and raises questions about consent and power.

Barnard led a large Groote Schuur Hospital team in the first human-to-human heart transplant.

The patient was given the heart of Denise Darvall, who had died after a road accident.

Nurses, surgeons, anesthetists, technicians and laboratory staff were needed for the procedure.

The surgery was performed in South Africa’s segregated medical system; its wider social context belongs in the history.

In animal tests, qinghao sample 191 inhibited malaria parasites in rodents with striking effectiveness.