Global health research makes America richer and healthier
Global health research has proved to be a solid economic investment, in addition to helping make the world healthier. Noko LTD/E+ via Getty Images Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription. As I examined her eyes, she mentioned in passing the prescription medication she’d been using – ivermectin. This was the first I’d heard of this drug being used for itchy, uncomfortable eyes. I knew researchers had s
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