Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion
Annual spending at philanthropic organisation jumps to $6.7bn
Microsoft investigated Gates over alleged involvement with female employee
Software giant reviewed matter with the help of an outside law firm
Trump believed parody set up by man impersonating his family for months
Supporter (21) created Twitter accounts claiming to be US president’s relatives
WHO to offer 120 million cheap coronavirus tests to developing world
Alternative $5 antigen test confirms Covid-19 infection in as little as 15 minutes
World population set to shrink after 2064, claims new study
Research published in Lancet forecasts major shifts in population and economic power
Glimmers of hope as pharma groups race for Covid-19 vaccine
Cautious optimism that vaccine may be ready next year
Irish scientist instrumental in Covid-19 vaccine trial
Trial tests BCG vaccine’s potential to protect adults against the coronavirus
US steers clear as global Covid-19 pledging conference begins
Governments aim to raise at least €8bn for vaccine and treatments research into virus
Coronavirus: Irish scientist’s team leaps ahead in race to find a vaccine
Oxford professor Adrian Hill says first few million doses could be available by September
‘No one is safe until everyone is safe’: Global alliance formed to take on Covid-19
Pandemic Action Network formed to combat current global crisis and future pandemics
The science behind the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
‘It could be ready in 12 to 18 months. That is great if it happens’
Coronavirus: The race to find a vaccine against the world’s enemy
Main difficulties centre around demonstrating safety, efficacy and scaling up manufacturing
Coronavirus Tech Handbook guides you through the mayhem
Web Log: Online resource includes disease spread trackers and digital learning
Coronavirus: German vaccine developer rejects US buy-up bid
Donald Trump is reportedly trying to gain exclusive access to German firm’s reseach
University of Limerick Foundation appoints new chief executive
Harvey Duthie to take up role of chief fundraiser and also university vice-president
Rumours, mutation, bureaucracy, poverty . . . why polio is still around
When eradication campaign began in 1988, most expected battle to be over by 21st century
Child mortality rates drop, but survival still heavily depends on place of birth
In some parts of the world, children’s health has dramatically improved
Migrant crisis requires inequality to be tackled, EU expert says
Stefano Manservisi highlights ‘mismatch’ between precarious work and welfare states
Trump opens the Gates to universal flu vaccine
The US administration has presumably been getting its scientific and medical advice from Dr Seuss, the TV show Scrubs and the back of cereal boxes
Global alliance helping start-ups inject innovation into vaccine delivery
Innovation hub Infuse aims to be a beacon for tech start-ups looking to scale
Bill Gates brandishes jar of poo to showcase toilet revolution
Billionaire philanthropist kicks off Reinvented Toilet Expo in China
The Irish Times view on alcohol research: Heed the long-term dangers
The latest international study shows that cancers caused by alcohol can take years to develop
Irish women ranked in top 10 for alcohol consumption, study finds
Major report on alcohol consumption finds Irish habits are similar to other Europeans
Irish tech firms make their mark at the ever-growing SXSW event
Enterprise Ireland stand demonstrates potential of our country’s growing tech sector
Vaccine for bacteria carried by 20% of pregnant women ‘could prevent 100,000 baby deaths’
More than 21 million pregnant women carry streptococcus bacteria which used to be thought harmless
Alphabet science unit to target Zika carrying insects with 20m mosquitoes
Doctored mosquitoes will be released in bid to kill off disease-carrying cousin
Sheryl Sandberg donates $100m in shares to charity
Facebook billionaire has pledged to give away most of her wealth in her lifetime
Concern seeks to return to founding principles
Charity’s new five-year plan to focus on fragile environments and long-term poverty
The $2.6m ‘Buffett lunch’ with a difference
How much would you fork out to chew the fat with billionaire Warren Buffet?
Bill Gates cautions on unicorn valuations over short term
Says investors need to be ‘more discriminating’
Giving it away: The world’s top philanthropists
Their profile is changing: techies in their 30s made up half of the most generous US philanthropists last year
Saudi prince vows to give $32bn fortune to charity
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud’s ‘living will’ to go towards variety of global works
EU partners with Gates Foundation to end global undernutrition
‘Nutrition is an investment in our collective future, in the potential of individuals’
Coal company exploited Ebola crisis for corporate gain, say health experts
Peabody Energy criticised for promoting itself as solution to Africa’s public health crisis
Bill Gates swigs some ‘poop water’
Watching Mr Gates drinking ex-poop wasn’t an exercise in schadenfreude
Gates to Piketty: ‘I love your book but I don’t want to pay more tax’
A tax on wealth is one of French economist Thomas Piketty’s key recommendations for addressing inequality
Gates turns to Twitter for advice on how to give away $50,000
World’s wealthiest man was responding to an article on philanthropy
Who’s the world’s most powerful woman? Angela, of course
German leader tops Forbes list of most influential women, followed by Yellen, Gates
US health secretary exits after botched Obamacare rollout trips up White House
President nominates budget director as new health and human services secretary
World’s poorest countries will be ‘richer than China is now’ by 2035
Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, decries naysayers who claim world is getting worse
Seen and Heard: Google working with Ryanair on price comparison website
Project expected to go live by the end of March
It’s time for innovators to think big
Why not adopt a ‘Nobel Prize for Innovation’ and create a better way for investors to price a firm’s innovation efforts?
Gilmore to call for perpetrators of Syria gas attack to be tried
Tanaiste will tell UN general assembly that International Criminal Court should be used
Could support of Bill Gates be gateway to success for beleaguered security firm G4S?
London Briefing: The vote of confidence from the Gates foundation is welcome news for new G4S chief Ashley Almanza as he sets about restoring the company’s reputation
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