HIV-Positive Mother Donates Liver To Save Her Child’s Life

South Africa has the world's largest HIV treatment programme

Faced with the only chance to save a child's life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first -- transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child, it was announced Thursday.

The doctors at the University of Witwatersrand reveal one year after the operation, the child may not have caught the virus from her new liver

Lilly’s Diabetes Drug Data Impresses, Hurts Rival Novo’s Shares

GLP-1 drug Trulicity contributed at least 38% to Eli Lilly and Co's total sales of US$6.36 billion in the latest reported quarter

Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday its new two-in-one diabetes drug was successful in lowering blood sugar and reducing weight, sending its shares to a record high and weighing on those of arch-rival Novo Nordisk.

UN Report Spotlights Government Inaction On Climate

With only one degree Celsius of warming so far, the world has seen a climate-change crescendo of deadly heatwaves, wild fires and floods, along with superstorms swollen by rising seas

Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores the failure of their governments to take stronger action on climate.

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