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Revamped South African National AIDS Council begins work reviewing national plan

South Africa "recently unveiled" a "newly reformed" South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), "coinciding with the announcement that the country has achieved universal access to HIV treatment," PlusNews reports.

11 Oct 2012

Blog interviews medical researcher about proposed blueprint for AIDS-free generation

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog interviews Kenneth Mayer, founding medical research director of Fenway Health, as part of its "Blueprint" series, which examines issues surrounding the creation of a blueprint for an AIDS-free generation commissioned by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July.

11 Oct 2012

Gender Action report examines international bank spending on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

Gender Action recently released a new report, titled "Banking on Health: World Bank and African Development Bank Spending on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa," according to the organization's website.

11 Oct 2012

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

Xenex Healthcare Services, the world leader in UV room disinfection systems, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, making it even easier for federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs hospital systems) to purchase Xenex's room disinfection systems.

11 Oct 2012

New mechanism may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with collaborators from Harvard University, the University of Madrid, Princeton University, and the University of Zurich, have discovered a new mechanism that may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus.

11 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Wis. Senate candidates Thompson, Baldwin offer competing views of health law; 'Disturbing lack' of oversight of compounding pharmacies

The meningitis outbreak that has sickened at least 119 people and killed 11 of them has laid bare a disturbing lack of regulatory oversight of pharmacies that mix drug compounds and ship them around the country. Unless Congress passes legislation to strengthen the hand of the Food and Drug Administration, the public will continue to be at risk from contaminated products.

11 Oct 2012

No link between HPV vaccination and increased sexual activity in adolescent girls

A study published in Vaccine reveals that contrary to recent discussions, the HPV vaccination does not increase sexual activity in adolescent girls.

10 Oct 2012

U-M researchers to better understand HIV virus on a molecular level

A new $21-million grant will help researchers at the University of Michigan Health System better understand the HIV virus on a molecular level, potentially paving the way for new treatment approaches to AIDS and other diseases.

10 Oct 2012

Meningitis outbreak fuels calls for more oversight

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, eight people have died and 105 people in nine states have been sickened by a type of fungal meningitis they were exposed to when they received tainted spinal steroid injections.

10 Oct 2012

Letters to U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator address global AIDS blueprint

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports on a letter sent by 12 organizations and institutions to U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, detailing the ways a U.S. global AIDS blueprint, proposed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the XIX International AIDS Conference in July, can address the concerns of key populations, such as injection drug users and men who have sex with men.

10 Oct 2012

GlobalPost blog examines issue of HIV/AIDS in U.S. presidential election

GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog examines the issue of HIV/AIDS in the presidential election, writing, "This campaign season, the fight against HIV/AIDS has been absent from the press materials released by both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney -- as well as from the conversation."

10 Oct 2012

Pakistan to become first south Asian country to introduce pneumococcal vaccine

"Pakistan is set to become the first country in south Asia to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine to protect children against pneumonia, one of the biggest killers of children under five in the developing world," the Guardian reports.

10 Oct 2012

UNICEF, Syrian government agree to expand humanitarian operations to conflict areas

UNICEF and the Syrian government have agreed to expand humanitarian efforts in the country, where tens of thousands of people have been killed and up to one million people displaced since the beginning of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad 18 months ago, Reuters reports.

10 Oct 2012

IspH protein accepts two completely different classes of molecules as partners

The iron-sulfur protein IspH plays a central role in the terpene metabolism of several pathogens. The mechanism of the reaction provides an approach for developing new antibiotics, particularly against malaria and tuberculosis. While researching this enzyme, biochemists at the Technische Universitat Munchen discovered a previously unknown reaction: IspH accepts two completely different classes of molecules as partners.

10 Oct 2012

GSK, Aeras to advance clinical development of TB vaccine

Aeras announces that it has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, S.A. (GSK) to jointly advance the clinical development of an investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine containing GSK's proprietary M72 antigen and AS01E adjuvant.

10 Oct 2012

Roundup: Labor activist's work for Blue Shield raises conflict concerns; R.I. to mandate flu shots for health workers; Minn. safety net hospitals brace for cuts

At a time when public-sector unions across the country are fighting to hold on to generous retirement and health benefits, one of the loudest voices standing up for their rights is Dave Low. A longtime labor activist, Low carries considerable clout as executive director of the California School Employees Assn., a 215,000-member union that represents bus drivers, custodians and other school workers.

10 Oct 2012

T2R38 taste receptor regulates immune defense of the human upper airway

The immune system protects the upper respiratory tract from bacterial infections, but the cues that alert the immune system to the presence of bacteria are not known. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Noam Cohen at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated that the bitter taste receptor T2R38 regulates the immune defense of the human upper airway.

9 Oct 2012

Outreach through social media can encourage condom use in young adults

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention messages delivered by Facebook can be effective in promoting condom use among young adults in the short term, a new study has found. Few students and young adults receive comprehensive sexuality education or guidance on HIV and other STI risks.

9 Oct 2012

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

Foreign Policy reports on "a recent study by Ashley Fox of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine [that] compares rates of HIV infection across 170 regions in 16 sub-Saharan African countries."

9 Oct 2012

Polio vaccination campaign in Darfur shows immunizations possible in 'emergency and conflict settings'

In an Inter Press Service opinion piece, Siddharth Chatterjee, chief diplomat and head of strategic partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Sam Agbo, an independent public health adviser in the U.K., write about the unstable situation in Darfur, Sudan, in 2004, and how "UNICEF and WHO in Sudan along with important NGO partners started planning with local authorities on how best to immunize all children in Darfur."

9 Oct 2012

Disease/Infection News

Revamped South African National AIDS Council begins work reviewing national plan

Blog interviews medical researcher about proposed blueprint for AIDS-free generation

Gender Action report examines international bank spending on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

New mechanism may alter principle understandings of molecular interactions within a cell's nucleus

Viewpoints: Wis. Senate candidates Thompson, Baldwin offer competing views of health law; 'Disturbing lack' of oversight of compounding pharmacies

No link between HPV vaccination and increased sexual activity in adolescent girls

U-M researchers to better understand HIV virus on a molecular level

Meningitis outbreak fuels calls for more oversight

Letters to U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator address global AIDS blueprint

GlobalPost blog examines issue of HIV/AIDS in U.S. presidential election

Pakistan to become first south Asian country to introduce pneumococcal vaccine

UNICEF, Syrian government agree to expand humanitarian operations to conflict areas

IspH protein accepts two completely different classes of molecules as partners

GSK, Aeras to advance clinical development of TB vaccine

Roundup: Labor activist's work for Blue Shield raises conflict concerns; R.I. to mandate flu shots for health workers; Minn. safety net hospitals brace for cuts

T2R38 taste receptor regulates immune defense of the human upper airway

Outreach through social media can encourage condom use in young adults

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

Polio vaccination campaign in Darfur shows immunizations possible in 'emergency and conflict settings'

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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