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South Africa 'witnessing first steps of AIDS-free generation'

In this Business Day opinion piece, Donald Gips, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, examines progress made in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS, writing that, through the coordination of governments, civil society, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, and researchers from around the world, "we now have the tools that allow us for the first time to set the goal of achieving an AIDS-free generation -- when virtually no children are born with the virus; we have effective and comprehensive education and prevention strategies that help to reduce risk; and those who are infected with HIV have access to treatment that helps prevent them from developing AIDS and transmitting the virus."

1 Dec 2011

NIAID director Fauci discusses moving forward in AIDS fight

In this interview with GlobalPost's John Donnelly, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, discusses "his perspective of the fight against AIDS at this moment, and how discoveries by scientists can now be best used."

1 Dec 2011

Inadequate mask and respirator use put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection

Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

1 Dec 2011

TB Research Movement formed to drive progress

Christian Lienhardt of the Stop TB Partnership and colleagues examine the research necessary to stop tuberculosis (TB) and introduce the TB Research Movement, which aims to "boost TB research and accelerate progress in TB control towards international targets," in this PLoS Medicine article.

1 Dec 2011

Xinhua examines HIV/AIDS in China

Xinhua posted several articles examining HIV/AIDS in China. The first looks at HIV/AIDS among the general population. The article notes that 346,000 people are living with HIV in China, and the "number is predicted to hit 780,000 by the end of 2011, according to an expert panel ... consisting of members from China's Ministry of Health (MOH), the World Health Organization and UNAIDS," the MOH reported in a statement released on Tuesday.

1 Dec 2011

Prioritizing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment

In his ForeignPolicy.com column, Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation, writes that despite an "abundance of tools to fight the global AIDS epidemic," including male circumcision and treatment as prevention, "the breakthroughs don't amount to a global reprieve."

1 Dec 2011

Study to explore food safety practices in domestic kitchens across UK

Researchers at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Newcastle have been commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to look at food safety practices in UK kitchens.

1 Dec 2011

AIDS 'tipping points' could prompt discussion on effectiveness, efficiency

In this post on the Center for Global Development's "Global Health Policy" blog, Jenny Ottenhoff, policy outreach associate at the Center, examines the prospects for U.S. spending on global AIDS programs.

1 Dec 2011

NTD awareness during the 2012 elections

Peter Hotez of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Karen Goraleski of the Sabin Vaccine Institute write in this PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) editorial, "In the next year leading up to the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, the global NTD community has an important opportunity to present the case for NTD funding to remain as an essential component of U.S. international development assistance."

1 Dec 2011

Statens Serum Institut, Aeras initiate new candidate TB vaccine Phase I trial

Statens Serum Institut and Aeras today announce the initiation of the first Phase I clinical trial of a new candidate TB vaccine designed to protect people latently infected with TB from developing active TB disease.

1 Dec 2011

Treatment cost savings under PEPFAR can be re-invested to increase ARV reach

In this post in the "Health Affairs Blog," Matthew Kavanagh, director of U.S. policy and advocacy at Health Global Access Project (GAP), and Marguerite Thorp, a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, examine how HIV/AIDS treatment funding under PEPFAR has "fallen significantly since 2008 in both absolute dollars and as a portion of total budgets -- just at a pivotal moment when investment could change the course of the epidemic."

1 Dec 2011

GlobalPost examines U.S. response to HIV/AIDS 'scientific advances, economic realities'

GlobalPost examines the "collision of scientific advances vs. economic realities" in the fight against HIV/AIDS in a special report as part of its "Healing the World" series.

1 Dec 2011

Medical websites provide harmful information about postherpetic neuralgia treatments

Health information is plentiful on the Internet and many Web surfers consider medical advice they find online to be a cheaper alternative to visiting a doctor, according to some studies. However, the risk of obtaining useless or even harmful medical information from some websites is high for patients with postherpetic neuralgia, a common complication of shingles, according to new research reported in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society.

1 Dec 2011

U.N. progress report on AIDS stresses advances in treatment, prevention, warns about declining funding

"Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term," according to a new report from the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS, which also "indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15 percent reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years," a WHO press release reports.

1 Dec 2011

Scientists identify 700 anti-bacterial substances from nine species of odorous frogs

Some of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists are reporting.

1 Dec 2011

Number of new HIV cases in Saudi Arabia declined by 9% in 2010 from previous year, Health Ministry official says

"The number of new HIV cases in Saudi Arabia declined by 9 percent to 1,121 in 2010 from the previous year, the official Saudi Press Agency said, citing a Health Ministry official," Bloomberg reports.

1 Dec 2011

Researchers identify first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores

A team of researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts has identified the first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores.

1 Dec 2011

Researchers reveal stress-induced machinery of protein synthesis involved in bacterial cell death

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna have revealed for the first time a stress-induced machinery of protein synthesis that is involved in bringing about cell death in bacteria.

1 Dec 2011

Scripps scientist receives NIH grant for HIV/AIDS research

A scientist at The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded $3.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the mode of action and the therapeutic potential of a new compound that blocks a step of HIV replication not targeted by current therapies.

1 Dec 2011

PLoS, PEPFAR, UNAIDS publish collection of articles examining voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention

This post in the "PLoS Blog" announces the publication, in conjunction with UNAIDS and PEPFAR, of a collection of articles titled, "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: The Cost, Impact, and Challenges of Accelerated Scale-Up in Southern and Eastern Africa."

30 Nov 2011

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South Africa 'witnessing first steps of AIDS-free generation'

NIAID director Fauci discusses moving forward in AIDS fight

Inadequate mask and respirator use put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection

TB Research Movement formed to drive progress

Xinhua examines HIV/AIDS in China

Prioritizing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment

Study to explore food safety practices in domestic kitchens across UK

AIDS 'tipping points' could prompt discussion on effectiveness, efficiency

NTD awareness during the 2012 elections

Statens Serum Institut, Aeras initiate new candidate TB vaccine Phase I trial

Treatment cost savings under PEPFAR can be re-invested to increase ARV reach

GlobalPost examines U.S. response to HIV/AIDS 'scientific advances, economic realities'

Medical websites provide harmful information about postherpetic neuralgia treatments

U.N. progress report on AIDS stresses advances in treatment, prevention, warns about declining funding

Scientists identify 700 anti-bacterial substances from nine species of odorous frogs

Number of new HIV cases in Saudi Arabia declined by 9% in 2010 from previous year, Health Ministry official says

Researchers identify first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores

Researchers reveal stress-induced machinery of protein synthesis involved in bacterial cell death

Scripps scientist receives NIH grant for HIV/AIDS research

PLoS, PEPFAR, UNAIDS publish collection of articles examining voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention

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