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South Africa announces rollout of new single-dose ARV therapy

"South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Monday the launch of a new single-dose combination antiretroviral drug that will cost just 89 rand a month ($10) per patient, potentially revolutionizing AIDS treatment in the country," Salon reports (McDonough, 4/9).

11 Apr 2013

Continued support of Global Fund is worthy investment

Writing in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines why the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a good investment.

10 Apr 2013

Global Fund aims to raise $15B to fight infectious diseases in 2014-2016 period

"The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has set the target of raising $15 billion to help countries fight the three infectious diseases in the 2014-2016 period, its Executive Director Mark Dybul said ... on Monday," Xinhua reports.

10 Apr 2013

Pope Francis's pledge to poor can translate into social action

Writing in a SciDev.Net feature article, journalist Imogen Mathers examines what the election of the new pope will mean for the development sector.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated that methods for reliably detecting software bugs and ultimately verifying software safety can be applied successfully to this breed of robot.

10 Apr 2013

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune function -- may help solve the mystery of how this single-celled parasite establishes life-long infections in people.

10 Apr 2013

Opinion pieces, blogs address World Health Day

To mark the anniversary of the founding of the WHO in 1948, the international community on April 7 observed World Health Day. This year's theme was high blood pressure, or hypertension.

9 Apr 2013

Blog summarizes discussion on HIV treatment for children under PEPFAR

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog describes "a public discussion [last] week of the Institute of Medicine's report" on PEPFAR, during which some experts raised the issue of HIV treatment for children.

9 Apr 2013

Untested products sold in stores during patent medicine era, study shows

Scientists provided a glimpse today based on an analysis of a museum collection of patent medicines used in turn-of-the-century America.

8 Apr 2013

Student coalition ranks research universities' spending and activities on neglected diseases, other illnesses

"A first-time ranking of 54 top research universities in the United States and Canada has found that a miniscule percentage of funding goes to neglected diseases, despite the outsized influence that public universities play in developing medicines for illnesses often ignored by the private sector," Inter Press Service reports.

6 Apr 2013

Public health leaders file amicus brief in Supreme Court case challenging 'anti-prostitution pledge'

"The case of the 'anti-prostitution pledge' heading for the Supreme Court this month focuses on whether the requirement that groups funded by [PEPFAR] create policies 'explicitly' condemning prostitution is compatible with the First Amendment," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

6 Apr 2013

Ending poverty within a generation may prove tougher than tackling AIDS, World Bank president warns

"The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling AIDS, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth," The Guardian reports.

6 Apr 2013

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

A raft of lawsuits filed Thursday against St. Jude Medical Inc. over an implanted heart device could challenge the broad liability protection that medical-device makers have enjoyed since a key Supreme Court ruling in 2008.

6 Apr 2013

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

In this study published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, researchers analyzed the 1997 Children's Health Insurance Program to evaluate the potential changes in physicians' work hours in response to a large expansion in coverage.

6 Apr 2013

Advocates, community leaders to participate in Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS March and Rally today

Hundreds of advocates and community leaders are expected to participate in the "Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS" March and Rally on Saturday, April 6th beginning at 12:00 noon in Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn, New York.

6 Apr 2013

Johns Hopkins scientist awarded Ho-Am prize for discovery of myostatin

South Korea's Ho-Am Foundation announced that Johns Hopkins researcher Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D., has won this year's Ho-Am Prize in Medicine.

5 Apr 2013

Metallothioneins play major role in virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Metallothioneins, proteins able to capture metal ions, play a major role in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen which causes severe infections in immunodeficient and immunocompetent individuals (AIDS patients, transplant receivers, etc.)

5 Apr 2013

To meet TB treatment goals, latent TB cases must be diagnosed

"If everyone in the world were tested for latent infection with tuberculosis (a status that predisposes people to develop active disease) today, at least one billion people would be positive," Ray Chambers, U.N. special envoy for health financing, writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

4 Apr 2013

Researchers identify vulnerability of lung-cancer cells that can be exploited for new therapies

Physician-researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a vulnerability of certain lung-cancer cells - a specific genetic weakness that can be exploited for new therapies.

4 Apr 2013

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

"If individuals, families, and communities don't have access, then they don't have the opportunity for a better life," asserts University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Dean Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN.

3 Apr 2013

AIDS News and Research

South Africa announces rollout of new single-dose ARV therapy

Continued support of Global Fund is worthy investment

Global Fund aims to raise $15B to fight infectious diseases in 2014-2016 period

Pope Francis's pledge to poor can translate into social action

Researchers develop verification method to detect software bugs in surgical robots

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

Opinion pieces, blogs address World Health Day

Blog summarizes discussion on HIV treatment for children under PEPFAR

Untested products sold in stores during patent medicine era, study shows

Student coalition ranks research universities' spending and activities on neglected diseases, other illnesses

Public health leaders file amicus brief in Supreme Court case challenging 'anti-prostitution pledge'

Ending poverty within a generation may prove tougher than tackling AIDS, World Bank president warns

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

Advocates, community leaders to participate in Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS March and Rally today

Johns Hopkins scientist awarded Ho-Am prize for discovery of myostatin

Metallothioneins play major role in virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

To meet TB treatment goals, latent TB cases must be diagnosed

Researchers identify vulnerability of lung-cancer cells that can be exploited for new therapies

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

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