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China Lifts Travel Restrictions For HIV-Positive Visitors
Posted: April 30th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
On Tuesday, Chinese officials announced that the government on April 19 lifted a 20-year-old policy barring people with HIV/AIDS from entering the country, the AP/USA Today reports. The policy change precedes Saturday's opening of the Shanghai Expo, which is expected to draw millions of overseas visitors. The expo runs for six months (AP/USA Today, 4/28)... -
Newsweek Examines Advocates' Views Of PEPFAR Under Obama
Posted: April 30th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Newsweek examines HIV/AIDS advocates' concerns that the Obama administration's focus on the six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative (GHI) is compromising PEPFAR's reach. The GHI offers a "more pragmatic approach to U.S. global-health initiatives ... by diversifying the U.S... -
Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS Stigma In China; USAID; MDR-TB In Ethiopia; Zoonotic Diseases
Posted: April 30th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
IPS Reports On Stigma, Discrimination Among People Living With HIV/AIDS In China In follow-up coverage of the news that China lifted a decades-old HIV/AIDS travel ban, Inter Press Service reports that "erasing the stigma attached" to the virus is difficult in China... -
China Lifts Decades-Old HIV/AIDS Travel Ban
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Late Tuesday, China's State Council lifted a decades-old restriction that banned foreigners with HIV/AIDS from entering the country, Reuters reports (Buckley, 4/27)... -
Terrence Higgins Trust Welcomes China Lifting The Discriminatory Entry Ban On People Living With HIV
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
A statement released by the Chinese Government said the ban had been made with "limited knowledge about HIV/AIDS and other diseases." China has also reversed entry restrictions for people with leprosy and sexually transmitted infections... -
AIDS, ART And Cause Of Death
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
New research shows that Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) continues to dramatically reduce rates of mortality from HIV infection in high-income countries, such that non-AIDS-related deaths exceed AIDS deaths after approximately four years of taking ART... -
Nearly Half Of Washington, D.C., Area AIDS Cases Are In Suburbs, Study Finds
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Residents of the Maryland and Virginia suburbs account for nearly half of AIDS cases in the Washington, D.C., area, but suburban governments lag behind the district in efforts to slow the spread of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday by the Washington AIDS Partnership, the Washington Post reports... -
Report: Conditions In Zambian Prisons Fueling Spread Of HIV, TB
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
"Conditions in Zambia's prisons are so overcrowded and medical care so inadequate that they are breeding grounds for disease and pose a serious threat to public health, says a new report by Human Rights Watch, produced in association with the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa and the Prisons Care and Counselling Association," BMJ News reports... -
Also In Global Health News: HIV Prevention In Iran; Water Pricing; Malaria Control Challenges; Drought In Niger; MBAs
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
AP Examines Iran's Efforts To Curb Spread Of HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users The Associated Press reports that health experts participating at this week's International Harm Reduction Association conference in Liverpool are looking to Iran's methadone clinics and needle exchange programs as a possible model for other countries looking to stop HIV/AIDS transmission... -
Abbott Receives FDA Approval For Once-Daily Dosing Of Kaletra(R) ( Lopinavir / Ritonavir ) For Treatment-Experienced Patients
Posted: April 29th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved once-daily dosing of Kaletra® (lopinavir/ritonavir) for adult patients with HIV who have previously taken antiretroviral therapy. Kaletra once-daily dosing is already indicated for adult patients new to antiretroviral treatment... -
South Africa Launches Unprecedented Campaign For HIV/AIDS Treatment, Testing, Prevention
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday launched a national HIV/AIDS treatment, testing and prevention campaign, which United Nations officials are calling the largest and quickest expansion of HIV/AIDS services a nation has ever attempted, the New York Times reports. South Africa has the highest number of HIV-positive residents in the world at an estimated 5.7 million... -
State Round-Up: Federal Prosecutors Investigate Bid Rigging At New York Hospitals; Montana Prepares For Health Reform Implementation; More
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
The Wall Street Journal: "Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that bid rigging and fraud at Mount Sinai Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital resulted in the hospitals awarding contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to outside contractors. Purchasing officials at the hospitals ... -
Report Looks At HIV/AIDS Funding In Developing Countries
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
"A global pullback on commitments to fund and fight AIDS is resulting in restrictions on the number of people being enrolled into treatment programmes, more frequent drug shortages, and reduced national AIDS budgets," according to a report (.pdf) released Monday by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), BMJ News reports... -
Trade Negotiations Between EU, India Could Affect Access To Low-Cost Generic Drugs
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
The Associated Press examines the ongoing free-trade negotiations between the EU and India - a country that according to PricewaterhouseCoopers currently "makes one-fifth of the world's generics." The negotiations "could make it harder for millions ... across the developing world to get lifesaving drugs... -
Also In Global Health News: Medical Technology Network In N. Korea; MDR-TB Drug Maker Closes; Global Fund Financing; Zuma's HIV Test; HIV Vaccine; UNI
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
N. Korea Launches Medical Video Conference Network North Korea on Tuesday formally launched a medical video conference network "aimed at giving smaller, rural hospitals access to specialists in the capital Pyongyang," the Associated Press reports... -
Grant To Study HIV Prevention Gel
Posted: April 28th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) has received a $350,000 grant to study the safety of a gel designed to reduce the heterosexual transmission of HIV from the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a nonprofit global initiative to develop products to reduce HIV transmission, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Institute announced... -
Also In Global Health News: IDUs; Global Food Security; WHO Immunization Campaign; Clues For HIV Vaccine
Posted: April 27th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Reuters Examines HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies Targeting IDUs"Countries in eastern Europe and central Asia face spiralling AIDS epidemics if they fail to help people who inject drugs and stop the spread of infection, [Michel Sidibe,] the head of the United Nations agency for HIV/AIDS said on Friday," Reuters reports in a piece that examines Sidibe's comments on several HIV/AID... -
Research Documents Early Warning Signs Of Devastating Impact To Come From Flatlining And Cutting AIDS Funding
Posted: April 27th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Rationing Funds, Risking Lives: World Backtracks on HIV Treatment, the new report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), documents early warning signs resulting from the global pullback on AIDS commitment and funding: caps on the number of people enrolled in treatment programs, more frequent drug stock outs, and national AIDS budgets falling short. "AIDS is not over... -
South African President Zuma Says He Is HIV Negative, Massive Campaign
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 11:00am CDT
South African President Jacob Zuma announced to a surprised nation on Sunday that he is HIV negative: his announcement marks the launch of a massive HIV prevention and treatment campaign... -
Recent Releases In Global Health
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Lancet Editorial Argues Global Health Community 'Too Complacent' On Development Of An Effective, Affordable Malaria Vaccine "What is still needed [to fight malaria] is the only tool that has ever truly conquered any infectious disease: an effective and affordable vaccine... -
More Public Funding, Marketing Efforts Needed To Promote Female Condom Use, Opinion Piece States
Posted: April 25th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Health statistics "point to the urgency" of increasing use of the female condom, especially among black women, Yolanda Young, founder of the blog On Being a Black Lawyer, writes in a USA Today opinion piece... -
Also In Global Health News: Tweeting For Malaria; DDT; Water, Sanitation In Mozambique; Uganda's National Development Plan; Maternal Mortality In S. M
Posted: April 23rd, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Bill Gates, Colin Powell To Participate In Twitter Fundraiser For Malaria Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday will join former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan and a host of other Hollywood celebrities for the launch of a Twitter campaign to reduce deaths from malaria, Reuters reports... -
First Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings Start In Washington
Posted: April 23rd, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Representatives of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday began meeting with members of the Obama administration in Washington, as part of the first Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings, United Press International reports (4/21). "Over three days of meetings in Washington, the AU delegation will discuss the full range of U.S... -
Few Boys Receive Counseling On STIs, Contraception, Study Shows
Posted: April 22nd, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Between 2001 and 2002, fewer than one-fourth of boys ages 15 through 19 received counseling from a health care provider about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and fewer than one-fifth discussed contraception with a health care provider, a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows, the New York Times reports... -
Also In Global Health News: China's HIV Travel Ban; EU Aid; Water, Sanitation In Cambodia; Aid Transport; Maternal Mortality
Posted: April 22nd, 2010, 5:00am CDT
China Could Soon Lift HIV Travel Ban, State Media Reports "China could lift a longstanding ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the country as early as this month, state media reported Wednesday," Agence France-Presse reports. The country first introduced the ban in late the 1980s, the news service notes (4/20)... -
Mylan Announces Approval Under PEPFAR For Generic Version Of Videx(R) EC HIV Treatment
Posted: April 22nd, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) announced that its subsidiary Matrix Laboratories Limited has received final approval from the U.S... -
New Study Identifies, Quantifies And Characterizes MRSA's Prevalence
Posted: April 22nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
A multi-center study led by a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital has determined that long-term elder care, HIV-infected and hemodialysis patients are at increased risk of carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in their nose... -
Team Liberates Cellular Hostages By Silencing Toxoplasma gondii's Back-Seat Driving
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Scientists studying a cunning parasite that has commandeered the cells of almost half the world's human population have begun to zero in on the molecular signals that must be severed to free the organism's cellular hostages... -
A Selection Of Today's Opinions: AIDS Endures; Conservatives' Changing Views Of The Individual Mandate; Concerns For Doctors
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 7:00am CDT
With AIDS, Time To Get Beyond Blame The New York Times AIDS endures right here in the U.S.A.: our outpatient clinics are bursting at the seams, and new cases show up daily. A million domestic stories are languishing untold, but they are not the operatic tragedies we have grown used to (Dr. Abigail Zuger, 4/19). Conservatives Run From The Individual Mandate They Once Embraced U.S... -
Also In Global Health News: Developing Countries' Drug Demand; GHI Event; Kenya's HIV/AIDS Treatment; Zimbabwe's 30 Years Of Independence; TB Project
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Demand For Drugs In Developing Countries Will Continue to Grow, Report Finds "Drug sales may grow at least 5 percent worldwide in each year through 2014 as increasing demand in developing countries offsets price drops tied to generic competition, according to [the research company] IMS Health Inc.," Bloomberg/Business Week reports... -
The Source Of 'Noise' In HIV Identified By Researchers
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 6:00am CDT
New research identifies a molecular mechanism that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to utilize for generating random fluctuations called "noise" in its gene expression... -
Time To Move Beyond 'Language Of Blame' In Discussing HIV/AIDS, New York Times Column Argues
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 5:00am CDT
On the subject of HIV/AIDS, "the fact is that for most new infections, the language of culpability and blame simply no longer applies," infectious disease expert Abigail Zuger writes in a New York Times opinion piece. Although "[y]ou don't hear much about AIDS in America anymore," the disease "endures right here in the U.S.A... -
Also In Global Health News: Poverty In India; Measles Outbreak In Zimbabwe; Malaria Drugs In Uganda; Zambia's Cholera Outbreak; More
Posted: April 20th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
More Than 410M People Living In Poverty In India, Estimates Show Estimates released on Sunday show there are more than 410 million people living on less than $1.25 per day in India - "100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004," Reuters reports (Majumdar/Neogy, 4/18)... -
Opinions: PEPFAR; Private-Civil Society Partnerships In Africa; Global Maternal Mortality; SA HIV Testing Campaign
Posted: April 20th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Maintain Funding Commitments To PEPFAR "The Obama administration's new Global Health Initiative, designed to broaden and better integrate health programming overseas, deserves wide support... -
Terrence Higgins Trust Offers HIV And STI Testing To People In Aberdeen
Posted: April 16th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland (THT) has launched free and confidential HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis testing for people in Aberdeen. The charity is also offering free Hepatitis B testing and vaccination at the charity's centre in the city. The service is supported by a grant from the Gilead UK and Ireland Fellowship Programme... -
Could Heroin Hold The Clues For A New Protective Agent For HIV?
Posted: April 16th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
To their surprise, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have discovered that morphine (a derivate of the opium poppy that is similar to heroin) protects rat neurons against HIV toxicity - a finding they say might help in the design of new neuroprotective therapies for patients with the infection... -
Also In Global Health News: TB Research; MDGs In Africa; U.S. Aid To Pakistan; Sanitation In India, Kenya; TB Vaccine
Posted: April 16th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Dallas Morning News Examines UT Southwestern Medical Center TB Research The Dallas Morning News reports on the research of Tawanda Gumbo, a tuberculosis researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. "Gumbo's latest search has focused on the emergence of drug-resistant TB strains that require different medications to control the symptoms... -
International Microbicides Conference May 22-25 To Focus On HIV Prevention Research
Posted: April 16th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in Pittsburgh, May 22-25 to attend the 2010 International Microbicides Conference (M2010). Unlike previous meetings, M2010 will encompass a broader spectrum of HIV prevention research and related topics, hence the theme Building Bridges in HIV Prevention... -
Terrence Higgins Trust To Run New HIV Awareness Course In Brighton
Posted: April 15th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
From 21 May, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be running a new City & Guilds course in understanding HIV and AIDS. The course has already run successfully in Leeds, Manchester and London and is now launching in Brighton... -
STI, HIV Counseling Inadequate In Male Teens
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 10:00am CDT
Despite national guidelines aimed at improving sexual health services for teenagers, most sexually active boys - even those who report high-risk sexual behaviors - still get too little counseling about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during their visits to the doctor, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center... -
Also In Global Health News: TB Diagnostic Test; Haitian Government Response; HIV 'Quad' Pill; Health Services In Uganda; Malaria Photos
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Automatic TB Diagnostic Technology To aid with tuberculosis diagnostics, Guardian Technologies, a company that originally worked with airport X-ray scanners, "has developed a system that automatically scans microscope slides for the [TB] bacillus," the New York Times reports... -
Newsweek Examines Tech Startup's Tools To Fight Malaria
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Newsweek examines the work of Intellectual Ventures, a Seattle-based startup that is "trying to develop a computer model that could help eradicate malaria... -
Scientists Fear Prevalence Of HIV In Africa May Lead To New Strains Of Salmonella
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that dangerous strains of Salmonella are beginning to emerge in people infected with HIV in Africa... -
Gilead Initiates Phase III Clinical Program Evaluating Single-Tablet, Once-Daily "Quad" Regimen For HIV
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 5:00pm CDT
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that it has dosed the first patient in the Phase III clinical program evaluating its investigational fixed-dose, single-tablet "Quad" regimen of elvitegravir, cobicistat (formerly GS 9350), emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate... -
AP Examines Micro-Insurance In Africa
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
The Associated Press examines the growth of micro-insurance in Africa, "a product accessible to those earning less than $2 a day, who pay tiny weekly premiums of sometimes less than a cent." "The policies usually cover all conditions - including pre-existing illnesses like HIV/AIDS and maternity costs - and are written in language that is easy to understand," the news service writes... -
Opinions: African Aid; Aid To Haiti; DDT
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
In Africa, Aid 'Alone' Won't Relieve Poverty and Underdevelopment "There is a fashion that is half right in saying that aid is not the answer to Africa's plight. Where it is wrong is that aid - especially focused on the killer diseases, like HIV/AIDS or malaria - saves lives and has a real impact... -
Boston Globe Examines How PEPFAR Budget Pressures Are Affecting AIDS Clinics In Africa
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
"U.S. officials have asked some AIDS clinics overseas to stop enrolling new patients in a U.S.-sponsored program that provides lifesaving antiretroviral drugs, in a bid to stem the rising costs of one of the most ambitious US assistance programs, according to interviews with doctors and official correspondence," the Boston Globe reports... -
Also In Global Health News: Global Life Expectancy Increases; Polio Campaign In Afghanistan, Pakistan; Plumpy'Nut Patent; HIV Testing In SA
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Global Life Expectancy Is Up, U.N. Report Says "Global life expectancy increased sharply from 47 years in 1950-55 to 68 years in 2005-2010, the U.N. has said in a report," the U.K. Press Association reports... -
Terrence Higgins Trust To Run New HIV Awareness Course In Cardiff
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be launching a new City & Guilds course in understanding HIV and AIDS in Cardiff. The qualification, a Level 2 Award in Understanding HIV and AIDS VRQ, is designed for people who are interested in HIV and AIDS or working in a role where knowledge of the issue would be beneficial to their work... -
Maternal Mortality Rises In The USA, Canada And Denmark, And Falls In China, Egypt, Ecuador And Bolivia
Posted: April 13th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that many countries are making significant progress in reducing maternal mortality. These include China, Egypt, Ecuador and Bolivia. They are on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) (5.5 percent decline in maternal mortality ratio per year)... -
UNICEF Executive Director Visit To Zambia Focuses On The Impact Of HIV And AIDS On Children And Young People
Posted: April 12th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
On a two-day trip to Zambia, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman advocated for greater HIV and AIDS awareness and for scaling up voluntary testing. "Zambia, a land locked country in southern Africa, has been badly hit by the HIV and AIDS pandemic," said Veneman. "It is estimated that over 1 million people have died from AIDS-related diseases... -
Recent Releases In Global Health
Posted: April 12th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Partners In Health Co-Founder Lectures On Global Health Topics The Dartmouth reports on a recent talk by Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, co-founder of Partners In Health... -
$9.7 Million Stimulus Grant For New Research Center
Posted: April 10th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
With a goal of creating jobs and enhancing chronic disease studies, the federal government is awarding a $9.7 million grant of stimulus funds to the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) for the construction of a new Chronic Disease Clinical Research Center on its campus, David I. Meyer, PhD, the institute's president and CEO, have announced... -
Also In Global Health News: Hunger In Niger; Angola Doctor Shortage; Malawi HIV Transmission Law; Guinea Worm; Infant Mortality In India
Posted: April 9th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
U.N. Needs $133M To Combat Hunger In Niger "The U.N. says it needs $133 million to fight hunger in Niger after poor rainfall and harvests have led to serious food shortages in the West African nation," the Associated Press/Globe and Mail reports (4/7)... -
Miami Medicare Case Spotlights Federal Probes Into HIV Therapy Fraud
Posted: April 9th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
A new Miami Medicare fraud case spotlights federal investigations of massive scams using HIV therapies. The Miami Herald: Two Miami-Dade brothers, Ronald and Jose Nogueira, who have reportedly fled to Central America, have been charged "with submitting about $14 million in bogus bills to Medicare for HIV medical services that were never provided to patients, authorities said... -
Increase In Syphilis Leads To New Education Campaign In Cincinnati
Posted: April 8th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
In response to a jump in syphilis cases during the last few years, the Cincinnati Health Department is preparing to launch an education campaign about the sexually transmitted infection, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. In 2007, 56 people tested positive for syphilis at the health department. That number rose to 70 in 2008 and 171 in 2009... -
Urbanization, Health Tackled On World Health Day
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Several media outlets examine the health risks associated with rapid urbanization around the world - the theme of this year's World Health Day, to be marked on Wednesday... -
Also In Global Health News: E. Africa Counterfeit Drugs; CDC's EIS; HIV Antibodies; Measles In Zimbabwe; Agriculture In Rwanda; Recovered Global Fund
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
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Roll-Out Of Proven HIV/STD Risk-Reduction Intervention With Teens By Community Groups Successful
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
An approach designed to reduce HIV/STDs previously used exclusively by academic researchers has successfully been implemented by community-based organizations (CBOs), an important component in national strategies to curtail the spread of HIV, meaning far more "at risk" youths can be reached... -
Bridging The Gap Between Knowledge, Action With The Help Of New Global Health Initiative
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
UCSF and SEEK Development, a global health and development consulting group based in Berlin, Germany, have launched an international partnership that aims to improve global health by helping to turn scientific evidence into policy and action. The Evidence-to-Policy Initiative, or E2Pi, officially launches this week in San Francisco and Berlin, Germany... -
HHS Awards $1.84 Billion In Grants For HIV/AIDS Care And Medications
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of more than $1.84 billion to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS continue to have access to life-saving health care and medications... -
How A Novel Class Of Antibodies Inhibits HIV Infection
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified a set of naturally occurring antibodies that can block one of the key ways the AIDS virus gains entry into certain blood cells. They say the discovery, published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, expands traditional notions about how the immune system fights HIV and offers a potential new strategy for HIV vaccine design... -
Mass. Municipalities Could Be Hard Hit By Cadillac Tax
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
The Boston Globe: "Massachusetts municipalities that offer employees, retirees, and elected officials the most generous and costly health insurance plans will feel the squeeze of the new national health care law's tax on 'Cadillac' insurance plans. A family health plan that costs more than $27,500 would be subject to a 40 percent tax on every dollar spent above that threshold... -
60 Minutes Examines PEPFAR In Uganda
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
CBS News' 60 Minutes reports from Uganda about how PEPFAR has helped people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the country and the challenges Uganda still faces in fighting the spread of the virus... -
Also In Global Health News: Iraq's Health System; HIV Travel Restrictions; India Cholera Vaccine; HIV/AIDS Prevention In Indonesia; U.S. Federal Quara
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
IRIN Examines 'Long And Complicated' Process To Developing Iraq's Health System IRIN examines how decades of conflict in Iraq have stymied development of the country's health system... -
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Data From Newly Published Research Reinforcing Potential Of Targeting PS In HIV Infection
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) announced the publication of data showing phosphatidylserine (PS)-targeting antibodies can block one of the key ways the AIDS virus gains entry into certain blood cells. The data were generated by scientists at Duke University as part of their ongoing AIDS vaccine research... -
Structure Of Key Protein In Common HIV Subgroup Revealed By Caltech Scientists
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have provided the first-ever glimpse of the structure of a key protein - gp120 - found on the surface of a specific subgroup of the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1... -
NewsHour Examines Research Of HIV Positive Patients Who Can Suppress The Virus
Posted: April 5th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
PBS' NewsHour examines how a team of U.S. researchers is heading up a study in Lima, Peru, of patients living with HIV whose immune systems are able to suppress the virus... -
Recent Releases In Global Health
Posted: April 5th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Community Groups Offer Cost-Effective Mechanism For Reducing Maternal Mortality "Achieving the [Millennium Development Goal] MDG 4 target of reducing newborn and child mortality will require concerted efforts to scale up evidence-based interventions, especially community-based preventive and therapeutic strategies in primary care," according to a Lancet comment ... -
Donors Pledge $5.3B Over 18 Months To Help Rebuild Haiti
Posted: April 2nd, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Donors at a conference Wednesday pledged to provide Haiti with $5.3 billion over the next 18 months to help the country rebuild after the January earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports (Rhoads/Lauria, 3/31). "The amount exceeded by more than $1 billion the goal set ahead of a conference co-sponsored by the United Nations and the U.S. government... -
Bloomberg Examines Potential Benefits, Drawbacks To PrEP
Posted: April 2nd, 2010, 5:00am CDT
"Gilead Sciences Inc. may learn this year whether its drugs for treating HIV can also stop people from catching the virus in the first place," Bloomberg writes in a piece that examines the potential benefits and drawbacks to using low-doses of HIV/AIDS medications to reduce a person's risk of becoming infected with HIV... -
Teen Users Of Crack And Cocaine At Significant Risk For HIV
Posted: April 2nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Teens with a history of crack or cocaine use are significantly more likely to engage in unprotected sex than youth who have never used these drugs, putting themselves at increased risk for HIV, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse... -
Using Stem Cell Therapy To Tackle HIV
Posted: April 1st, 2010, 5:00am CDT
A novel stem cell therapy that arms the immune system with an intrinsic defence against HIV could be a powerful strategy to tackle the disease... -
Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS In Central Asia; Nigeria MDGs; Aid Transparency; Maternal Health In Peru
Posted: April 1st, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Aljazerra.net Examines Spread Of HIV/AIDS Along Drug Routes In Central Asia Aljazerra.net reports on the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout Central Asia along drug routes in the region...