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Cheap And Accurate Tuberculosis Test Gives Results In Under Two Hours
A tuberculosis test, called Xpert® MTB/RIF, can successfully identify 98% of all culture-confirmed TB cases, including more than 90% of those with smear-negative disease, a study published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) reveals...
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HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, Volume 15, Number 1
HIV Surveillance Report Supplemental: HIV/AIDS Data through December 2007. In FY2009, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), for the third year in a row, used total counts of living cases of HIV and living cases of AIDS in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Program Parts A and B (formerly Titles I and II) allocation formulae.
Also In Global Health News: China's First HIV Discrimination Case; Congo Mass Rape; S. Sudan Flooding; Kenya's Population Growth; Family Planning
Court Accepts China's First HIV Discrimination Case, State Media Reports "A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday," the Associated Press reports (8/31)...
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Revaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children
HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. There remains no standard or official recommendation on revaccination of children receiving HAART, an effective intervention in reducing morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected children...
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After Needle Accidents, Hospitals Face Legal Dilemma If They Test Incapacitated Patients
Anaesthetists are calling for greater clarity on the legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses, after a survey found that this is often done following staff needlestick injuries, in possible breach of UK legislation...
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U.N. Secretary-General, UNAIDS Executive Director Highlight Role NGOs Can Play In Achieving MDGs
During the 63rd U.N. Department of Public Information/NGO Conference on Monday in Melbourne, Australia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "call[ed] on delegates to do more to save the lives of mothers and babies," the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Alexander/Rose, 8/30)...
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U.N.-NGO Conference On MDGs Kicks Off In Australia
Ahead of next month's U.N. Summit in New York, a joint U.N.-NGO conference tracking the world's progress toward reaching the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) kicked off in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, ABC News reports (8/30)...
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Also In Global Health News: GM Mosquitoes; Iodine Deficiency In Nepal; South African Health Workers Strike; Novartis To Build Vaccine Plant In Brazil;
Malaysia Considers GM Mosquito Release To Control Dengue Fever Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists," Agence France-Presse reports...
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Recent Releases In Global Health
Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflects On TB Diagnosis In Children "[N]ew diagnostic techniques [for tuberculosis] need to be studied in children," according to a Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection...
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Elsevier And KIT Sign MoU To Provide ScienceDirect And Scopus To 150 Developing Country Researchers
Elsevier and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam announced on 26th of August the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing 150 researchers working in least-developed and low-income countries (for example Benin, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Togo etc...
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Local MP Stephen Lloyd To Visit HIV And Sexual Health Centre In Eastbourne, UK
Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd will be visiting HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust's (THT) centre on Wednesday 1 September at 11am. During his visit, Stephen will meet staff and local service users to find out first hand about the issues facing people in the region when it comes to HIV and sexual health...
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HIV And Other Tests Will Be Offered At Free Health Clinic For Uninsured Gulf Coast Residents
Free HIV/AIDS tests, other significant tests and medical exams (including physicals) will be available to uninsured residents of the area when the National Association of Free Clinics holds a massive free clinic in New Orleans on Aug. 31 and Sept...
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THT Response To Verdict In Trial Of Nadja Benaissa, UK
German pop star Nadja Benaissa, on trial for reckless transmission of HIV to a former partner, has been given a two year suspended sentence. Lisa Power, Policy Director at Terrence Higgins Trust, responds: "It's vital that we stop the onward transmission of HIV, but we don't believe that prosecutions like this help...
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Scientific American Features Series On HIV/AIDS: Prevention Strategies, MSM, IDUs
A Scientific American series examines how recent scientific advances will guide future efforts to thwart HIV/AIDS and also looks at the epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs)...
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Also In Global Health News: Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sector; PEPFAR In Uganda; Malnutrition In Chad
IRIN Examines Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sectors IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors...
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Vitamin A Increases The Presence Of The HIV Virus In Breast Milk
Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk-thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the infection to the child, a pair of new studies suggest...
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To Reduce HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Better Interventions Are Needed
Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in comparison groups who did not receive the intervention suggesting that better methods for changing behaviors are needed...
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German HIV Pop Star Gets Two Year Suspended Sentence For Having Unprotected Sex
Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status...
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German HIV Pop Star Gets Two Year Suspended Sentence For Having Unprotected Sex
Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status...
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Also In Global Health News: U.N. Investigates DRC Rape Allegations; HIV Aid To Botswana; HIV Discrimination In Nigeria; Circumcision In Kenya; More
U.N. Sends Top Aides To Investigate Alleged Mass Rapes In DRC "The United Nations is investigating claims that rebel fighters raped more than 150 women and baby boys in the Democratic Republic of Congo," the BBC reports. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "sending two top aides" to the country and "also urged the Congolese government to investigate the attacks...
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- Yogurt cures AIDS? Probiotics study by AHF
- Remember PCP and KS ?
- Coming of Age in the Era of AIDS
- Forcing pregnant women to take HIV tests
- Delusions in HIV and cancer treatment
- Competing theories of AIDS: Is HIV irrelevant?
- Causes of death among children younger than 4
- Syphilis causes "HIV" viral load spike, and T-cell decrease
- Eating E numbers: What is behind them? - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Tuesday, 31 August 2010
- EU food-supplement directive to override consumer choice - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Tuesday, 24 August 2010
- Appeals Court Stays Proposition 8 Injunction
- WHO Says Swine Flu Pandemic Over - Health Supreme NewsGrabs Sunday, 15 August 2010
- A Flipping Point on Gay Marriage?
- Reason Morning Links: Parking Prices, a Border Bill, and the Big Baby Conspiracy
- Is It Crazy to Call Californians Irrational?
- Gary Johnson Distances Himself From Libertarianism
- Overreaching on Gay Marriage
- Characterization of vascular strain during in-vitro angioplasty with high-resolution ultrasound speckle tracking
- Dynamic models of immune responses: what is the ideal level of detail?
- Serotonin synthesis, release and reuptake in terminals: a mathematical model
- A novel approach to modelling water transport and drug diffusion through the stratum corneum
- Network, degeneracy and bow tie Integrating paradigms and architectures to grasp the complexity of the immune system
- Money from Bill and Melinda Gates will help beat Dengue fever in Australia
- Australian scientists win funds for new research
- South Carolina health coverage, cigarette tax bill stalls in state Senate
- Supporters, opponents of comparative effectiveness research 'gearing up' to clash over planned efforts, New York Times reports
- Survey examines wait times for appointments with specialists in 15 U.S. cities
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- HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, Volume 15, Number 1
- e-HAP Pubs August 17, 2010
- Poster: Communities in Crisis: Is There a Generalized HIV Epidemic in Impoverished Urban Areas of the United States?
- Factsheet: Projecting Possible Future Courses of the HIV Epidemic in the United States
- e-HAP FYI August 9, 2010
- Effect of Rifampicin on Efavirenz Pharmacokinetics in HIV-Infected Children With Tuberculosis.
- Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of HIV-1-Specific CD4+CD8+ Double-Positive T Cells in Early and Chronic HIV-1 Infection.
- Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection Does Not Influence the CD4 Cell Recovery in HIV-1-Infected Patients With Maximum Virologic Suppression.
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among HIV-Infected Persons.
- A Once-Daily Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Regimen Is Noninferior to Twice-Daily Dosing and Results in Similar Safety and Tolerability in Antiretroviral-Naive Subjects Through 48 Weeks.
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