Swaziland makes progress in quest to eliminate malaria
An international health expert says Swaziland could eliminate malaria by the end of 2016 or in early 2017, likely making it...
View ArticleADB Grant to Support Efforts Against Malaria Spread in Lao PDR (ADB - Asian...
(Source: ADB - Asian Development Bank) VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) today signed...
View ArticleHIV is no longer always a death sentence
Charlie Sheen is one of 35 million people living with the virus and treatments mean he is likely to be able to keep illness at bay...
View ArticleYou Can't Kill Terrorism With Kindness or Aid That Comes With An Agenda
Humanitarian aid to the developing world got started in the ’60s, and since then it has become more and more a part of the establishment it once opposed. Shop ▾ Once aid is political, once it is no...
View ArticleCan Charlie Sheen really have doctor-approved unprotected sex?
Charlie Sheen did more than merely announce he’s HIV-positive on this morning’s “Today” show — he brought the disease and its myriad treatment methods straight to breakfast tables nationwide. In...
View ArticleAyotte, Kaine Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Funding for Substance Abuse...
(Source: Kelly Ayotte) WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) recently led a bipartisan letter to Senate appropriators to request that any final appropriations package...
View ArticleInvest More in Sanitation to Save Mothers and Children, Amref Health Africa...
(Source: AMREF - African Medical & Research Foundation) On November 19, 2015, Amref Health Africa joins the rest of the world in marking the UN World Toilet Day. The theme for this year is...
View ArticleManchin Urges Funding for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Services...
(Source: Joe III Manchin) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) recently sent a bipartisan letter to Senate appropriators to request that any final appropriations package include necessary...
View ArticleRare disease proves tough to diagnose
Drug-resistant pediatric tuberculosis a growing global health threat affecting young children When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, US doctors suspected tuberculosis even though...
View ArticleSwaziland Making Progress in Effort to Eliminate Malaria
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG— Swaziland could eliminate malaria by the end of 2016 or in early 2017, likely making it the first mainland country in sub-Saharan Africa to get rid of the deadly disease,...
View ArticleCould This Alcoholism Drug Cure HIV?
A drug used to fight alcohol abuse also brings dormant HIV out of hiding. Shop ▾ A drug used to treat alcoholism is likely a “game changer” in the fight to cure HIV. According to a study published...
View ArticleHartford and Tolland County Families to Have Thanksgiving Dinner with Turkey...
(Source: UnitedHealth Group Inc) More than 1,200 families in Hartford and Tolland counties will be able to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the generosity of Hartford employers and residents...
View ArticleAfrica faces up to obesity epidemic
Unintended side-effect of continent’s growing prosperity is rising levels of obesity, with South Africa leading the trend...
View ArticleRare TB case shows diagnosing, treating children is tough
When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It would take three months to confirm she had an extreme form of the...
View ArticleHow Africa is Hacking Its Energy Crisis
At a small dispensary in a village just outside Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I stared in disbelief as I watched health care provider, Recho Mengo, expertly balance a cell phone in her mouth so that she...
View ArticleWHO groups recommend trial of malaria vaccine
Chair of MPAC, Professor Fred Binka, said the meeting was “a historic meeting with two of WHO’s major advisory committees working together to consider current evidence about this vaccine.” He said the...
View ArticleRare TB case shows difficulty diagnosing, treating children
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It would take three months to confirm she had an extreme...
View ArticlePregnant? Get a Flu Shot! (CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
(Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) If you're pregnant, a flu shot is your best protection against serious flu illness. A flu shot can protect pregnant women, their unborn...
View ArticleOmnyx, LLC Joins the White House and the American Society for Clinical...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnyx, LLC, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), has joined with the White House Office of Science and...
View ArticleSan Francisco Is Open for Business: Bank of America Survey Finds That Hiring...
(Source: Bank of America Corporation) Small business owners in the Bay Area are overwhelmingly optimistic, according to the fall 2015 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, a semi-annual study...
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