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A new shortage of a type of penicillin crucial to the fight against syphilis is alarming infectious disease experts, who warn that a protracted scarcity of the drug could worsen the U.S. epidemic of the sexually transmitted infection. The shortage, announced by the drugmaker Pfizer in a letter last month, involves Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injectable antibiotic also known as penicillin G benzathine. The company cited significant increases in demand because of the rising rate of syphilis infect

News and Press Release in English on World about Health, HIV/Aids and Epidemic; published on 27 Apr 2023 by WHO

Work in 10 countries will integrate hepatitis C services into harm reduction programs and pilot underused products to reduce health risks of injection drug use

Sublicence agreements signed by the MPP and three generic manufacturers could enable millions to access a long-acting HIV medicine.

There is no conceivable way to include all the wonderful events in just one list, but the Gippsland Times has compiled a sneak peek into what to expect in the Wellington Shire region across the month of April.