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Children in Philippines Receive Vaccines Against Measles, Polio
The Government of the Philippines with support from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners recently announced a mass campaign to vaccinate more than 30,000 children against measles and polio in typhoon-hit Tacloban. They also received Vitamin A supplements to help improve their immunity against infections. More than 5,000 people were killed and more than 1,600 people are missing two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines. More than a million homes Read More >
Obama Launches Initiative Aimed at Curing HIV
Today, the Obama administration announced that it is shifting $100 million into research efforts aimed at curing HIV. The initiative is aimed at developing new therapies. “The United States should be at the forefront of the discoveries how to put HIV in long-term remission without requiring lifelong therapies. Or, better yet, eliminate it completely,” President Obama said. The president was less specific about support for programs aimed at treating and preventing HIV/AIDS globally. The U.S. Read More >
World AIDS Day: Act Aware
World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) is focused on education on HIV/AIDS awareness and applying this knowledge to encourage protection from HIV infection. Many Read More >
The Arrival of Actionable Personalized Medicine
The pace of implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in a clinical context, which almost rivals the development of the technology over the past decade, is driving the cost of a full genome sequence down to just a few thousand dollars. Diagnostic companies and medical centers are now routinely offering comprehensive genome analysis, as evidenced by the recent report from Baylor College of Medicine in the New England Journal of Medicine on the first 250 patients Read More >
Sequester Threatens FDA Mission
One aspect of sequestration isn’t doing anything to reduce the deficit, but could be delaying patient access to new drugs and medical devices, according to the FDA’s Janet Woodcock at a House subcommittee hearing on Friday. The FDA is being denied access to some of the user fees paid by the drug and device industries, which are intended to fund FDA’s review and oversight programs and ensure timely patient access to new and effective treatments. Read More >
