FILE - In this Wednesday, March 23, 2011 file photo, Microsoft Corp. founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, right, and his wife Melinda Gates attend to a child as they meet with members of the Mushar community at Jamsot Village near Patna, India. The Gateses won the Lasker public service award "for leading a historic transformation in the way we view the globe?s most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world?s most vulnerable," the Lasker foundation said Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 23, 2011 file photo, Microsoft Corp. founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, right, and his wife Melinda Gates attend to a child as they meet with members of the Mushar community at Jamsot Village near Patna, India. The Gateses won the Lasker public service award "for leading a historic transformation in the way we view the globe?s most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world?s most vulnerable," the Lasker foundation said Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui, File)
NEW YORK (AP) ? The philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as five researchers, have won prestigious Lasker Awards for their contributions to medicine.
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced the recipients of the $250,000 prizes on Monday.
The Gateses were honored for their work on health problems around the world. The foundation said they have improved the lives of millions of impoverished people, through leadership and donations of more than $26 billion.
The other Lasker awards went to a pair of scientists who discovered details of how brain cells communicate, and three researchers who developed the modern cochlear (KAH'-klee-er) implant, a device that lets deaf people hear.
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