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International AIDS conference kicks off in Washington, D.C.

The XIX International AIDS Conference opened in Washington, D.C., on Sunday and "is expected to draw 25,000 people, including politicians, scientists and activists, as well as some of the estimated 34 million people living with HIV who will tell their stories," Agence France-Presse reports.

24 Jul 2012

Sex workers hold AIDS 2012 'hub' conference in Kolkata, India

"Hundreds of sex workers from around the world who said they were denied visas to attend an international AIDS conference in the United States began their own meeting in Kolkata on Saturday in protest," Agence France-Presse reports.

24 Jul 2012

Watching YouTube videos may help treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Watching videos on YouTube may be a new way to show the treatment for a common cause of vertigo, which often goes untreated by physicians, according to a study published in the July 24, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

24 Jul 2012

AVAC, amfAR release action agenda to end HIV/AIDS epidemic

AVAC, previously known as the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, and amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, "have published 'An Action Agenda to End AIDS' -- a combination of short- and long-term goals … to bring an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic," VOA News reports, noting, "The report is being released ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington."

24 Jul 2012

Health law's under-26 provision applies to same sex partners' children

On Friday, adminstration officials published a proposed rule to this effect. Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is questioning the Obama administration's decision to allow temporary firefighters to gain access to health insurance through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.

24 Jul 2012

Community worker assisting with polio campaign in Pakistan shot, killed

In a statement on Saturday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said "a local community worker who helped an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan has been shot and killed in Karachi -- days after two of its staff were injured in a shooting in the city," the Associated Press reports.

24 Jul 2012

New York Times examines debate surrounding China's family planning laws

The New York Times reports that "recent reports of women being coerced into late-term abortions by local officials have thrust China's population control policy into the spotlight and ignited an outcry among policy advisers and scholars who are seeking to push central officials to fundamentally change or repeal a law that penalizes families for having more than one child."

24 Jul 2012

New FDA guidelines on HIV And TB drug doses may not apply to African and Asian patients

In January, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidelines on dosing of an HIV medication used to treat people infected with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) because of a potential interaction between two of the main drugs used to treat each disease.

24 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 24, 2012

Today's headlines include news from the campaign season as well as reports from the international AIDS conference currently taking place in Washington, D.C.

24 Jul 2012

Associated Press examines HIV/AIDS in Uganda, effects of PEPFAR funding

The Associated Press on Saturday examined the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda, where "[a] new government report says the prevalence of HIV in this East African nation increased from 6.4 percent in 2004 to 7.3 percent in 2011, a shocking statistic for a country once praised for its global leadership in controlling AIDS."

24 Jul 2012

Premature babies more likely to survive in high-level NICUs than previously reported

Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported.

24 Jul 2012

Cost of HIV drugs cost less than previous thought, Clinton Foundation study says

"Lack of money can no longer be considered a reason -- or an excuse -- for failing to treat all those with HIV who need drugs to stay alive, following game-changing work about to be published by the Clinton Foundation that shows the real cost is four times less than previously thought," the Guardian reports.

24 Jul 2012

International Antiviral Society-USA calls for treatment for all who test HIV-positive

"An international group of scientists on Sunday called for all adults who test positive for HIV to be treated with antiretroviral drugs right away rather than waiting for their immune systems to weaken," Agence France-Presse reports.

24 Jul 2012

UCSD Health System's hospitals and facilities ranked among 'Health Care's Most Wired'

University of California, San Diego Health System's hospitals and facilities are among "Health Care's Most Wired," according to the 14th annual survey conducted by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

24 Jul 2012

Weekend events discuss AIDS issues ahead of international conference in Washington

Noting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for an AIDS-free generation last November in a speech at the National Institutes of Health, GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports on a discussion held Saturday at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), during which "several AIDS experts and U.S. officials gave their views on what it meant to reach an AIDS-free generation -- and when it would happen."

24 Jul 2012

U.S. legislators appeal to U.N. to take greater role in addressing Haiti's cholera outbreak

"U.S. legislators are appealing to the United Nations to take a greater role in addressing Haiti's cholera outbreak, now in its third year and which has left thousands dead," Inter Press Service reports. "In a letter addressed to U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, 104 U.S. members of Congress urged Rice to help step up U.N. concern over the outbreak," the news service writes.

24 Jul 2012

Global Humanitarian Assistance Report says 38% of U.N. appeals went unfunded in 2011

Calif. Medi-Cal payments could be hurting patient access; Kansas Medicaid struggles with waiting lists for developmentally disabled

Shortcomings are examined in programs in California, where low reimbursements are discouraging doctors, and Kansas, where there's a large waiting list for developmentally disabled care.

24 Jul 2012

Health Care News and Research

International AIDS conference kicks off in Washington, D.C.

Sex workers hold AIDS 2012 'hub' conference in Kolkata, India

Watching YouTube videos may help treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

AVAC, amfAR release action agenda to end HIV/AIDS epidemic

Health law's under-26 provision applies to same sex partners' children

Community worker assisting with polio campaign in Pakistan shot, killed

New York Times examines debate surrounding China's family planning laws

New FDA guidelines on HIV And TB drug doses may not apply to African and Asian patients

First Edition: July 24, 2012

Associated Press examines HIV/AIDS in Uganda, effects of PEPFAR funding

Premature babies more likely to survive in high-level NICUs than previously reported

Cost of HIV drugs cost less than previous thought, Clinton Foundation study says

International Antiviral Society-USA calls for treatment for all who test HIV-positive

UCSD Health System's hospitals and facilities ranked among 'Health Care's Most Wired'

Weekend events discuss AIDS issues ahead of international conference in Washington

U.S. legislators appeal to U.N. to take greater role in addressing Haiti's cholera outbreak

Global Humanitarian Assistance Report says 38% of U.N. appeals went unfunded in 2011

Corporate leaders call on 46 countries to lift travel restrictions for people living with HIV

Rep. Burgess offers bill to extend Medicare doc pay another year; House panel approves more pediatric residencies

Calif. Medi-Cal payments could be hurting patient access; Kansas Medicaid struggles with waiting lists for developmentally disabled

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