Florida Officials Meet To Discuss High Black Infant Mortality Rates The Black Infant
Health Practice Initiative in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Wednesday held a town hall meeting to examine why the rate of infant mortality among blacks in the county is twice as high as that of whites, the Miami Herald reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Finds Foreign Brides In Taiwan Unfairly Treated More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in
health care and social inclusion.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStandards In Stem Cell Research Standards in stem cell research help both scientists and regulators to manage uncertainty and the unknown, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Efforts to standardise practices across different labs is, however, a balancing act where the autonomy of scientists and fragility of living material need to be weighed against the need for comparable data.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Comments On NIAID Decision Not To Move Forward With PAVE 100 Trial The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) has urged Dr. Anthony Fauci and the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to act swiftly to clarify the path ahead suggested by the announcement that NIAID would not go forward with the proposed PAVE 100 AIDS vaccine trial but would, instead, consider a smaller trial of the same candidate.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate Passes PEPFAR Reauthorization Legislation The Senate on Wednesday voted 80-16 to approve legislation that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at almost $50 billion over the next five years, "rejecting efforts to pare down the bill's" spending levels, the Washington Post reports (Kane, Washington Post, 7/17).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHouse Veterans' Affairs Committee Approves Veterans' Health Care Bills The House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved several bills related to
health care services for veterans, CQ
HealthBeat reports. One of the bills (HR 1527), sponsored by Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDeveloping Countries Should Pass HIV/AIDS Policies That Respect Human Rights, Encourage HIV Testing, Treatment, Australian Judge Says Developing countries should pass HIV/AIDS policies that respect human rights and encourage people at risk of HIV to be tested for the virus and receive treatment if necessary, Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby said Tuesday at the International Criminal Law Reform Conference in Dublin, Ireland, the Canberra Times reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBaltimore Sun Examines Use Of Blogs In Helping Couples Discuss Struggles With Infertility The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday examined the increasing popularity of blogs that detail the experiences of attempting to have children among the more than seven million people in the U.S. affected by infertility. The blog "Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters" serves as the "infertility blogging community's central meeting place and clearinghouse," the Sun reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCongo To Provide No-Cost Malaria Drugs, HIV Tests To Children, Pregnant Women, Official Says The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin providing no-cost malaria
drugs to children younger than age 15 and pregnant women,
Health Minister Emilienne Raoul announced Tuesday, BBC News reports. The country also will provide no-cost HIV tests to children through the campaign, Raoul said (BBC News, 7/16).
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