The yearly influenza vaccine that health officials urge people to get each fall might also offer certain individuals some cross protection against the H5N1 virus commonly known as bird flu, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The investigators found that the virus protein N1, one of two or more proteins present in the annual influenza shot, can act as a vaccine itself and trigger some cross protection against H5N1...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy on Wednesday examined PreventionWorks! -- a privately funde...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
The World Bank plans to provide Thailand with a $750,000, three-year grant aimed at providing HIV-positive people with increased access to antiretroviral drugs, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, program director for international health policy at the country's Ministry of Public Health, said recently, Thailand's Nation reports. Mor...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
The World Food Program has resumed its programs providing people living with HIV and tuberculosis in Cambodia with access to food after receiving aid from Spain and the U.S., the agency said on Thursday, the ...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
The $463 billion spending resolution (HJ Res 20) for fiscal year 2007 passed last week by the House contains a provision that cancels funding for a program aimed at supporting state-level efforts to provide HIV prevention, early diagnosis, and counseling services to pregnant women and infants, CongressDaily reports (Cohn, CongressDaily, 2...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Friday plans to sign an agreement to provide $1.5 billion to develop vaccines for diseases -- including HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria -- that largely affect developing countries, the government of Italy announced on Tuesday, ...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Increasing numbers of young people in the Czech Republic are not protecting themselves against HIV transmission, according to the Czech daily newspaper Mlada Fronta, the Prague Daily Mo...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV and those who developed AIDS in Japan in 2006 reached record highs of 914 and 390, respectively, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Japanese AIDS Surveillance Committee, the Kyodo/Yahoo! Asia News reports (Kyodo/Yahoo! ...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Officials from a group of wealthy nations on Friday launched a $1.5 billion plan to provide and develop vaccines for diseases -- including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -- that largely affect developing countries, the New York Time...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Some HIV/AIDS advocacy groups last week called on finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations, meeting on Friday in Germany, to fulfill commitments made by the Group of Eight industrialized nations at its 2005 summit regarding aid to Africa, including HIV/AIDS funding, South Africa's ...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]