500 Days And Counting: Critical Steps In The Countdown To Achieving MDG 6
Editor’s note: For more on global health, see the September issue of Health Affairs.
We are now less than 500 days away from December 31, 2015, the target date for reaching the world’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This includes MDG 6, the goal of combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases.
Astonishing progress has been made to date (as mentioned previously in our Health Affairs Blog post): AIDS-related deaths have fallen 35 percent since their peak in 2005; global mortality from tuberculosis has fallen by 45 percent since 1990; and global malaria mortality rates dropped 42 percent globally between 200...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 6, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Deb Derrick and Peter Yeo Tags: All Categories Global Health Public Health Source Type: blogs
2014 PhRMA Research and Hope Awards Celebrate Groundbreaking Achievements in HIV/AIDS, While Recognizing the Continued Work Needed for a Cure
Last night, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) honored individuals and organizations for their work in the field of HIV/AIDS at the 2014 PhRMA Research and Hope Awards. The event served as both a celebration of groundbreaking achievements as well as a call to continue the hard work that is still required to put an end to HIV/AIDS.
The evening featured a conversation with President George W. Bush and PhRMA president and CEO, John Castellani. During President Bush’s time in office he launched an initiative to combat AIDS in Africa called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...
Source: Policy and Medicine - September 11, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
No #AAAS and ASM you do not deserve good PR for freeing up a few papers on Ebola
Saw a PR from AAAS about how they were freeing up all of ~ 20 papers on Ebola In light of what has become the largest Ebola outbreak on record, Science and Science Translational Medicine have compiled over a decade's worth of their published news and research. Researchers and the general public can now view this special collection for free.OK. More access is good. But alas, they did not even free up all papers in #AAAS journals with Ebola in the Title or Abstract.And then I started thinking. What about HIV? TB? Malaria? And as I started Tweeting about this, I saw that ASM also was hopping on the "free Ebola" bandwago...
Source: The Tree of Life - August 20, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Voices for Vaccines: 11 Facts Show How it’s a Propaganda Ploy for Emory University, CDC, and Big Pharma
Conclusion
The Voices for Vaccines program at the Task Force for Global Health may be administered by a few mothers, but they are not the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes. The information in this article reveals who keeps the lights on for the website and the Task Force organization as a whole.
Furthermore, the past, present and future relationships with the Centers for Disease Control, Emory University, and pharmaceutical companies should immediately raise a red flag for any parent. Especially when the message calls for you to blindly trust doctors injecting dangerous chemicals into your child.
If you want to ta...
Source: vactruth.com - February 19, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jeffry John Aufderheide Tags: Jeffry John Aufderheide Top Stories Alan Hinman Deborah Wexler Emory University Paul Offit Stanley Plotkin Task Force for Global Health U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Voices for Vaccines Source Type: blogs
Iowa Professor Cops To Faking Results Of Big-bucks Aids Vaccine Research
Dong-Pyou Han, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences, resigned after owning up to tampering with rabbit blood to get desired outcomes in research animals, according to the Des Moines Register . RELATED: HIV REMOVED FROM MOUSE CELLS WITH ENZYME: REPORT Federal documents released Monday show that Hans flimflam was presented at science conferences over the years. Suspicious researchers finally nailed him after they were unable to produce the same results. Han mixed human blood components with the bunny blood to get desirable results from his experiments, said James Bradac, who oversees AIDS vaccine grants for the Nati...
Source: aids-write.org - December 30, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
Iowa Professor Cops To Faking Results Of Big-bucks Aids Vaccine Research
Suspicious researchers finally nailed him after they were unable to produce the same results. Han mixed human blood components with the bunny blood to get desirable results from his experiments, said James Bradac, who oversees AIDS vaccine grants for the National Institutes of Health. RELATED: HIV TRIAL IS ‘BREAKTHOUGH’ OF 2011 Anna Rise/Getty Images/iStockphoto Professor Dong Pyou-Han mixed rabbit blood with that drawn from people who had developed antibodies to HIV, making it seem like his vaccine was helping the animals build up a defense against the disease. The scientist drew blood from people whose bodies...
Source: aids-write.org - December 29, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
IFPMA Millennium Development Goals
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out in motion a landmark political agenda from the highest levels of national governments to be achieved by 2015. Through eight overarching goals, governments and international organizations committed to improving the social and economic conditions especially in the world's poorest countries. A recent report from the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) looked at several of these goals, which strongly relate to life science companies. Specifically, the report looked at goals related to:
Reducing child mortality
Improvi...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 24, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Infected Porn Stars Say The Outbreak Of Hiv Infections Shows The Industry Needs To Get Serious About Condoms
RELATED: VACCINE CURED MONKEYS OF AIDS-CAUSING VIRUS: SCIENTISTS Damian Dovarganes/AP “I do know for a fact that condoms will work, have worked, do work,” Rod Daily said at Wendesday’s news conference. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has long pushed for the porn industry to require actors to use condoms while on set, but Kink.com founder Peter Acworth says that the responsibility lies with the porn stars. “All of our models are informed that they request a condom at any time, that they can stop a shoot at any time, and that they control the scene… We take consent and safety seriously,” Ac...
Source: aids-write.org - December 15, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Spanish Scientists Find Way to Stop HIV/AIDS from Reproducing
While progress has been made since the AIDS/HIV epidemic began in the early 1980s in treating the disease and there is some promise of a vaccine, an outright cure has eluded researchers. That is, possibly, until now.Contributor: Mark WhittingtonPublished: Dec 08, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
TWiV 260: Badgers go viral
On episode #260 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent visits the University of Wisconsin, Madison and speaks with Tom, Tony, and David about their work on virus discovery at the AIDS Vaccine Research Laboratory.
You can find TWiV #260 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 24, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology 454 AIDS discovery dna sequencing HIV Illumina siv uganda vaccine viral virus Wisconsin Madison Source Type: blogs
Taking Care of yourself with HIV
How can you take care of yourself?
Prevention from acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus basically revolves around knowledge about the disease. Knowing things about it for instance what it is, how it is acquired, who are at risk, how it is prevented, and where you can get it are some of the “must knows” in preventing yourself from having the disease. Once you know the things that you need to know about HIV then you are equipped to prevent yourself and maybe other people you know from having it by haring the information to them.
One of the major things that you need to know by heart with regards to HIV is...
Source: aids-write.org - November 4, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: featured article Source Type: blogs
Development of HIV/AIDS Vaccine Proceeds Apace
SyFy Dvice reports that an HIV/AIDS vaccine called SAV001-Hhas passed a phase one clinical trial. That means that it seems to work in real live human test subjects without any accompanying adverse effects.Contributor: Mark WhittingtonPublished: Sep 10, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - September 10, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Everyday miracles: A day in the life of a special needs mom
Patience is passion tamed. (Lyman Abbott)My third daughter was born on a Monday, after a long and exhausting labor. Her appearance was a little shocking: she had large olive-colored eyes and a rug of dark blond hair sticking straight out from her head."Monday's child is fair of face." Yes, she was a little beauty and drew admiring remarks from many strangers as an infant. You could tell just by looking at her that she had a mind of her own - from the very day of her birth. As soon as I saw her, I thought there was something special about this baby. For three years, I marveled at her tenacity, her passion, and her precociou...
Source: Turquoise Gates - August 12, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: vaccine related encephalitis special needs mothering homeschool 1000 gifts learning Source Type: blogs
TWiV 244: Back in the CVVR
Episode #244 of the science show This Week in Virology was recorded before an audience at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where Vincent and Alan spoke with Dan and Jeff about AIDS vaccines.
You can find TWiV #244 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 5, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology adenovirus AIDS HIV human immunodeficiency virus innate immunity poxvirus STEP trial Thai trial vaccine vector viral Source Type: blogs
The Situation of Secret Pleasures (more on Dan Wegner’s Work)
This excerpt, which highlights some of the remarkable work by the late Dan Wegner, comes from an article written by Eric Jaffe in a 2006 edition of the APS’s Observer:
“Freud’s Fundamental Rule of Psychoanalysis was for patients to be completely open with a therapist no matter how silly or embarrassing the thought,” says Anita Kelly, a researcher at the University of Notre Dame who published one of the first books on the formal study of secrets, The Psychology of Secrets, in 2002.
Only since the late 1980s and early 1990s have researchers like Daniel Wegner and James Pennebaker put Freud through the empirical r...
Source: The Situationist - July 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Emotions Life Morality Social Psychology Source Type: blogs
