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Dartmouth’s professor shares news of DAR-901 TB vaccine development

Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide attributable to a single infectious agent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). With 8.8 million cases in 2010 and 95 percent of TB deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, the disease continues to be a major public health problem in the developing world. In a July address to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Dartmouth's C. Fordham (Ford) von Reyn shared news of a promising vaccine in the works.

24 Aug 2012

Religion not a barrier to HIV testing, treatment, study finds

"Preachers who promise divine healing have often been blamed for turning desperate HIV-positive people against their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) medication and risking their health, but recent research suggests that religious beliefs may not be a barrier to treatment after all," IRIN/Plus News reports.

24 Aug 2012

New disease causes AIDS-like symptoms but not spread through virus

"Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV," the Associated Press reports.

24 Aug 2012

Gates blog examines potential impact of improving access to contraceptives globally

In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Max Kamin-Cross, a self-proclaimed political junky and youth activist, writes that by improving access to contraceptives, "we could lift millions of people of all races and both genders out of poverty throughout the world," "we could significantly decrease the number of premature deaths, as well as the number of lives claimed by deadly infections like HIV," and "the quality of life for millions more people would be drastically improved."

24 Aug 2012

Food insecure HIV-infected poor people more likely to visit ERs

UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life.

23 Aug 2012

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announces HIV vaccine initiative awards

"Researchers at 14 institutions will explore new approaches to designing a vaccine against HIV with awards that are part of an anticipated four-year, $34.8 million initiative, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [NIAID] announced Tuesday," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

23 Aug 2012

Nearly half of Lesotho population faces food insecurity in coming months, Prime Minister warns

"Years of bad luck and record-breaking maize prices have led land-locked Lesotho into a crisis," the Devex "Development Newswire" reports. "Prime Minister Tom Thabane declared a food security emergency on August 10, and a national vulnerability assessment warns that nearly 45 percent of the nation's 2.2 million people will face moderate to severe food insecurity in the next few months," the news service writes.

23 Aug 2012

Aeras, IDRI announce start of first ID93 + GLA-SE Phase I trial for tuberculosis

Aeras and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) announce today the start of the first clinical trial of IDRI's novel tuberculosis vaccine candidate, ID93 + GLA-SE.

23 Aug 2012

Study identifies how RNA viruses hijack a host cell to multiply

By discovering how certain viruses use their host cells to replicate, UC Irvine microbiologists have identified a new approach to the development of universal treatments for viral illnesses such as meningitis, encephalitis, hepatitis and possibly the common cold.

23 Aug 2012

HIV-related stigma keeps Kenyan pregnant women from having babies in health-care facilities

The fear of being labeled HIV-positive is strong enough to keep mothers in one Kenyan province from having babies in health-care facilities, according to a study published online today in the journal PLOS Medicine. Communities there have come to see clinics and skilled care as mostly for HIV-positive women.

22 Aug 2012

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

A Lancet editorial discusses the agenda of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington last month and asks how the success of the conference will be judged at the XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), to be held in Melbourne, Australia.

22 Aug 2012

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Johns Hopkins researchers examine the 20-year decline in male circumcision rates and assert it could raise medical costs related to sexually transmitted diseases and other health problems.

22 Aug 2012

NIAID announces 14 grants for basic research to identify new HIV vaccine approaches

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded 14 grants totaling $7.8 million in first-year funding for basic research to identify new approaches for designing a safe and effective HIV vaccine.

22 Aug 2012

AIDS Healthcare Foundation announces acquisition of MOMS Pharmacy

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest nonprofit global HIV/AIDS organization, today announced that it has acquired MOMS Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy focused exclusively on providing medications and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS.

21 Aug 2012

Declining circumcision rates in the US raise healthcare costs and disease risk

A team of disease experts and health economists at Johns Hopkins warns that steadily declining rates of U.S. infant male circumcision could add more than $4.4 billion in avoidable health care costs if rates over the next decade drop to levels now seen in Europe.

21 Aug 2012

International community observes World Humanitarian Day

On World Humanitarian Day, recognized August 19, "United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the power of individual actions to spark global changes, and praised the work of humanitarian workers who provide assistance to vulnerable people around the world," the U.N. News Centre reports.

21 Aug 2012

Declining rates of circumcision in US infant males could add billions to health care costs

21 Aug 2012

New statistical model predicts global decline in working-age adults to support elderly people

A new statistical model predicts that by 2100 the number of people older than 85 worldwide will increase more than previously estimated, and there will be fewer working-age adults to support them than previously expected.

21 Aug 2012

HIV home test popular among men with high risk sexual practices

Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, many people who are at high risk of HIV infection cannot or will not adopt safer sexual practices, such as abstinence and condom use. This means there is room in the market for alternative methods to reduce either exposure to or transmission of HIV among these individuals.

21 Aug 2012

Infectious disease rates are high among homeless people

Rates of the infectious diseases HIV, Hepatitis C and tuberculosis among the world’s homeless people are many times higher than in the general population, according to a new systematic review of existing data published Online First in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

20 Aug 2012

HIV 1 News and Research

Dartmouth’s professor shares news of DAR-901 TB vaccine development

Religion not a barrier to HIV testing, treatment, study finds

New disease causes AIDS-like symptoms but not spread through virus

Gates blog examines potential impact of improving access to contraceptives globally

Food insecure HIV-infected poor people more likely to visit ERs

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announces HIV vaccine initiative awards

Nearly half of Lesotho population faces food insecurity in coming months, Prime Minister warns

Aeras, IDRI announce start of first ID93 + GLA-SE Phase I trial for tuberculosis

Study identifies how RNA viruses hijack a host cell to multiply

HIV-related stigma keeps Kenyan pregnant women from having babies in health-care facilities

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

NIAID announces 14 grants for basic research to identify new HIV vaccine approaches

AIDS Healthcare Foundation announces acquisition of MOMS Pharmacy

Declining circumcision rates in the US raise healthcare costs and disease risk

International community observes World Humanitarian Day

Declining rates of circumcision in US infant males could add billions to health care costs

New statistical model predicts global decline in working-age adults to support elderly people

HIV home test popular among men with high risk sexual practices

Infectious disease rates are high among homeless people

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