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Synthetic anti-inflammatory substances related to marijuana may help fight HIV infection

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is notorious for hiding within certain types of cells, where it reproduces at a slowed rate and eventually gives rise to chronic inflammation, despite drug therapy.

2 May 2013

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Goosby to visit India this week

Ambassador Eric Goosby, head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Global Health Diplomacy and the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, "is travelling to India this week to recognize the successful health partnership between the two countries, an official statement said," the Press Trust of India/Business Standard reports.

2 May 2013

PEPFAR reauthorization 'rests with Congress,' OGAC official says

Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator Julia Martin said "[t]he decision about whether to reauthorize [PEPFAR] 'rests with Congress. ... Whether we move in that direction is yet to be fully determined but PEPFAR will continue at the will of Congress,'" CQ HealthBeat reports.

2 May 2013

Grand Challenges Canada funds innovative ideas to solve global health problems

"Grand Challenges Canada just announced grants of $100,000 for 102 imaginative new ideas to tackle health problems in resource-poor countries," Inter Press Service reports, noting, "Of these, 59 grants went to researchers in 13 low- and middle-income nations worldwide."

2 May 2013

New screening guidelines: An important shift in HIV testing

Beth Meyerson, health policy expert at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, said the new screening guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force represent an important shift in HIV testing and will result in more HIV screenings because they will now be reimbursable. But the availability of the tests remains a big unknown.

2 May 2013

Study: Self-collection of genital samples for HPV testing helps in early detection of cervical cancer

In Kenya, women face a cervical cancer mortality rate that is approximately 10 times as high as in the United States.

2 May 2013

HCV screening of prison inmate drug users: an interview with Dr. Arthur Kim, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Prisoners overall have a very high rate of past or present injection drug use, which is a major risk factor for HCV infection due to repeated exposures to needles.

1 May 2013

Continued work needed in vaccine development

Reflecting on World Immunization Week, April 21-28, Angeline Nanni, director of market access at Aeras, discusses the "remarkable results" of expanded immunization programs in a guest post on the Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog.

30 Apr 2013

At library dedication, U.S. presidents praise Bush for work on HIV/AIDS, malaria while in office

Last week, "[t]he George W. Bush Presidential Library dedication brought together five living presidents who have been at odds about much of the 43rd president's foreign policy legacy, particularly the Iraq war ... [b]ut they all agreed on, and offered effusive praise for, Bush's work on Africa," ABC News' "The Note" blog reports.

30 Apr 2013

Chart presents timeline of HIV prevention options

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog examines a chart, titled "HIV Prevention Options Timeline," which "was part of AVAC Director Mitchell Warren's presentation at a Jhpiego-sponsored" event on Thursday, titled "The Present and the Future of HIV Prevention."

30 Apr 2013

Al Jazeera programs examine vaccine funding, efforts to fight malaria, TB, HIV

Al Jazeera's "Inside Story" on Friday examined whether funding and political will can keep pace with efforts to vaccinate every child worldwide. The 25-minute video program, "with presenter Shiulie Ghosh, discusses with guests: Kate Elder from Doctors Without Borders; Adel Mahmoud, a global health specialist at Princeton University, and former president of Merck Vaccines," Al Jazeera writes.

30 Apr 2013

Colombian antenatal HIV testing rates reveal health insurance paradox

The introduction of subsidized health insurance for poor people in Colombia resulted in decreased access to HIV tests in antenatal care, research shows.

29 Apr 2013

Baby boomers need to get tested for hepatitis C

If you were born during 1945-1965, talk to your doctor about getting tested for hepatitis C. Baby boomers are five times more likely than other adults to be infected. In fact, 75 percent of adults with hepatitis C were born during these years.

29 Apr 2013

NIH halts large clinical trial of HIV vaccine candidate

"The National Institutes of Health on Thursday halted a study testing an experimental HIV vaccine after an independent review board found the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection and did not reduce the amount of HIV in the blood," Reuters reports (Steenhuysen, 4/25).

29 Apr 2013

DKT Ethiopia using GIS technology to improve family planning, HIV prevention programs

"In just six years, DKT Ethiopia has transformed its system for tracking contraceptive sales from pins and pencils to computers and satellites and, in the process, helped create a family planning and HIV prevention success story in the Horn of Africa," David Olson, a global development communications consultant, writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

29 Apr 2013

JHUSON opens registration for first-ever MOOC

Prospective students, lifelong learners, or anyone simply interested in patient safety can get a thorough overview of the topic and a taste of the Johns Hopkins educational experience beginning June 3.

29 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 26, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that some Democratic senators have concerns about the health law's roll out as well as other news about the measure's implementation.

26 Apr 2013

Obama administration loss in anti-prostitution pledge Supreme Court case would be 'victory for health and human rights'

"No one denies that prostitution can be dangerous, demeaning work. But health experts long ago recognized that sanctions and stigma make it far more harmful," MSNBC.com health policy reporter Geoffrey Cowley writes in an MSNBC.com opinion piece."

26 Apr 2013

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): an interview with Dr. Jennifer Cohn, Médecins Sans Frontières

MDR-TB is tuberculosis, a mycobacterial infection, that has developed resistance to two important and powerful first-line anti-TB drugs, INH and rifampin.

26 Apr 2013

Immudex signs agreement to provide MHC-peptide multimer and Elispot proficiency panel services

Immudex has entered into a strategic agreement with the US Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC) of the Cancer Research Institute, and the European Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT), under which Immudex will provide MHC-peptide multimer and Elispot proficiency panel services worldwide.

26 Apr 2013

HIV 1 News and Research

Synthetic anti-inflammatory substances related to marijuana may help fight HIV infection

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Goosby to visit India this week

PEPFAR reauthorization 'rests with Congress,' OGAC official says

Grand Challenges Canada funds innovative ideas to solve global health problems

New screening guidelines: An important shift in HIV testing

Study: Self-collection of genital samples for HPV testing helps in early detection of cervical cancer

HCV screening of prison inmate drug users: an interview with Dr. Arthur Kim, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Continued work needed in vaccine development

At library dedication, U.S. presidents praise Bush for work on HIV/AIDS, malaria while in office

Chart presents timeline of HIV prevention options

Al Jazeera programs examine vaccine funding, efforts to fight malaria, TB, HIV

Colombian antenatal HIV testing rates reveal health insurance paradox

Baby boomers need to get tested for hepatitis C

NIH halts large clinical trial of HIV vaccine candidate

DKT Ethiopia using GIS technology to improve family planning, HIV prevention programs

JHUSON opens registration for first-ever MOOC

First Edition: April 26, 2013

Obama administration loss in anti-prostitution pledge Supreme Court case would be 'victory for health and human rights'

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): an interview with Dr. Jennifer Cohn, Médecins Sans Frontières

Immudex signs agreement to provide MHC-peptide multimer and Elispot proficiency panel services

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