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World Medical Association adopts climate change, task shifting resolutions

At its general assembly in New Delhi, India, the World Medical Association (WMA), "a conglomerate of medical associations around the world," approved a plan that aims "to minimise the risk of increased malnutrition deaths, diseases and injuries due to climate change," IANS/Thaindian News reports (10/17).

20 Oct 2009

TV viewing has no significant impact on people's perceptions of global warming

Worried about climate change and want to learn more? You probably aren't watching television then. A new study by George Mason University Communication Professor Xiaoquan Zhao suggests that watching television has no significant impact on viewers' knowledge about the issue of climate change. Reading newspapers and using the web, however, seem to contribute to people's knowledge about this issue.

20 Oct 2009

Also in global health news: Street pharmacies; China health care; Hospital safety; African cardinals; Cells phones for health

Agence France-Presse examines Adjegounle, the "drugs" district in Benin. Although some are able to support their families by selling drugs at "street pharmacies," a minimum of "250 deaths and 340 cases of chronic illnesses linked to such drugs were recorded between April 2007 and June 2008," according to a medical thesis, the news service writes.

19 Oct 2009

Opinions: Fighting hunger; property ownership, trade key to Africa's development

"For one billion people around the world, the daily effort to grow, buy or sell food is the defining struggle of their lives. This matters to them, and to all of us," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in a Times of India opinion piece.

19 Oct 2009

Climate change and health policy: Expert panel to guide health professionals in the run-up to Copenhagen

Join Ian Roberts, Mike Gill and Mala Rao for an examination of health policy in relation to climate change, both in the developed and developing world, and the crucial role that health professionals have to play in the run-up to Copenhagen. They will provide practical guidance on how to influence everything from international policy to community health strategies, and you will have the opportunity to have your questions answered by our expert panel.

14 Oct 2009

Fraunhofer CSE opens new PV module laboratory

This afternoon, Fraunhofer USA, Inc.'s Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) officially opened its first laboratory, a PV module innovation facility at a high-profile ribbon-cutting ceremony headlined by German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth and Massachusetts Energy Secretary Bowles.

14 Oct 2009

Global food price increases are 'realistic possibility,' FAO says at high-level forum

There is a "realistic possibility" that the world could see a repeat of the 2007-2008 upsurge in food prices that "caused a sharp rise in the number of hungry people around the world," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday at a forum of experts who are meeting in Rome through Tuesday, Reuters reports. "Food commodities prices are likely to stay high and volatile in the medium term," according to the FAO.

14 Oct 2009

Massive mismanagement leads to catastrophic decline in freshwater biodiversity

The world will miss its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, according to experts convening in Cape Town for a landmark conference devoted to biodiversity science.

13 Oct 2009

Public lecture at UC Riverside to focus on the evolutionary struggle for cancer

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Our evolutionary struggle with this disease is the focus of a free, public lecture at UC Riverside.

13 Oct 2009

New U.S. agricultural research institute launched; global food aid examined

The Obama administration recently launched the National Institute of Food (NIFA), "a new agricultural research institute ... but farm lobbyists and others warned that its success depends on whether Congress agrees to substantially increase funding for farm research," Government Executive reports.

12 Oct 2009

Agriculture investment in developing countries must increase by 50% to feed 9.1B people by 2050, FAO report says

Developing countries need agriculture investments of $83 billion per year to meet the food needs of a projected

9 Oct 2009

Destination Cellars supports skin cancer awareness campaign

Destination Cellars, the first and only luxury destination wine club, today announced that it is helping to raise awareness for early detection of and finding a cure for melanoma -- one of the nation's most deadly, fastest growing cancers.

9 Oct 2009

Experts to develop effective surveillance system to monitor emerging infections at global level

Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans.

8 Oct 2009

Reuters examines health effects of climate change in Africa

Reuters examines how floods, droughts and rising temperatures, thought to be caused by climate change, are compromising African farm lands and leading to health problems for already vulnerable populations - a topic discussed at the "first pan-African climate hearings."

7 Oct 2009

Biofuels are regulated under the Renewable Fuel Standard

Climate change legislation should not subject biofuels to double jeopardy in greenhouse gas emission regulation, since they are already regulated under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

6 Oct 2009

Genzyme named to the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Genzyme Corporation announced today that it was included on both the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North American Index. This marks the fifth consecutive year Genzyme has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index and the first year the company has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

5 Oct 2009

International conference addresses impact of global recession on food supply

Leading experts from international agencies, NGOs, the food industry and academia will meet at McGill University, in Montreal, Oct. 5-7 to discuss the increasing challenges relating to food security in the world.

5 Oct 2009

Opinions: Bridging the divide to stop the spread of HIV; ending future world hunger

"With less than half the people who need treatment having access and with each day more people becoming infected with HIV than are started on treatment, we are mortgaging our future. But we are also exposing a fundamental social injustice - between the privileged and the forsaken - a divide we can bridge," Michael Sidibe, the executive director of UNAIDS, writes in a Daily Nation opinion piece.

1 Oct 2009

Reports: Climate change effects could increase hunger in developing countries by 2050

By 2050, climate change could lead to decreased outputs of corn, rice and wheat across the developing world resulting in price increases and hunger, according to an International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study, Bloomberg reports (Ruitenberg, 9/30).

1 Oct 2009

Trichodesmium has important role in nitrogen cycle and carbon sequestration

A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old mystery about the source of an essential nutrient in the ocean.

1 Oct 2009

Climate Change News and Research

World Medical Association adopts climate change, task shifting resolutions

TV viewing has no significant impact on people's perceptions of global warming

Also in global health news: Street pharmacies; China health care; Hospital safety; African cardinals; Cells phones for health

Opinions: Fighting hunger; property ownership, trade key to Africa's development

Climate change and health policy: Expert panel to guide health professionals in the run-up to Copenhagen

Fraunhofer CSE opens new PV module laboratory

Global food price increases are 'realistic possibility,' FAO says at high-level forum

Massive mismanagement leads to catastrophic decline in freshwater biodiversity

Public lecture at UC Riverside to focus on the evolutionary struggle for cancer

New U.S. agricultural research institute launched; global food aid examined

Agriculture investment in developing countries must increase by 50% to feed 9.1B people by 2050, FAO report says

Destination Cellars supports skin cancer awareness campaign

Experts to develop effective surveillance system to monitor emerging infections at global level

Reuters examines health effects of climate change in Africa

Biofuels are regulated under the Renewable Fuel Standard

Genzyme named to the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

International conference addresses impact of global recession on food supply

Opinions: Bridging the divide to stop the spread of HIV; ending future world hunger

Reports: Climate change effects could increase hunger in developing countries by 2050

Trichodesmium has important role in nitrogen cycle and carbon sequestration

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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