A vaccine developed in Franchini's NIH laboratory was tested on 16,000 high-risk patients in Thailand, and proved to be 31 percent effective in preventing the HIV infection that causes AIDS.

Tabaré Vázquez, an oncologist who became the first centre-left politician to be elected president of Uruguay and won popularity for a mix of pro-business policies and strong welfare programs ...

Tabaré Vázquez, an Uruguayan oncologist who rose from poverty to win two terms as the country’s first socialist president, died Dec. 6 at home in Montevideo, the capital. He was 80. Dr ...

Tabare Vazquez said he wanted " to be able to count on all Uruguayans" Uruguay's leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez has easily beaten rival Luis Lacalle Pou in a presidential run-off. Final results ...

Uruguayans have been mourning former President Tabare Vázquez, who died of lung cancer on Sunday. Vázquez was a cancer doctor who campaigned tirelessly against the tobacco industry during his ...

Uruguay president Tabare Vazquez says it would be "an honour" to receive Antoine Griezmann to his official residence in Montevideo, as an appreciation of the World Cup winner's long-standing ...

Tabare Vazquez easily won Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday, returning to power a left-leaning coalition that has helped legalize gay marriage and moved to create the world's first state ...

Former Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez died Sunday at the age of 80 from lung cancer, his family announced. "With deep pain we communicate the death of our beloved father," his sons Alvaro, ...

Tabare Vazquez, the president of Uruguay, has resigned from his own party after Socialists in congress voted to legalise abortion. Tabare Vasquez: A poll showed that 57 per cent of Uruguayans were ...

Uruguay's Jose Mujica and Broad Front candidate Tabare Vazquez cast their votes in presidential election. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).