AllInOneNews: aids

World AIDS Day, December 1, "The End Is In Sight"

Sun Nov 27 13:00:00 CST 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] Michel SidibÃ©, Executive Director of UNAIDS, says that this coming AIDS day, December 1st, will be unique in that health care professionals, health authorities and scientists may be able to say with confidence that the end of AIDS really is in sight. Collective international actions have resulted in solid achievements in the fight against AIDS...

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Tue Feb 07 12:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] President, Founder and CEO of Black AIDS Institute, Phill Wilson, released a letter in light of the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, stating that the Institute will be releasing their 8th annual State of AIDS in Black America Report. He comments that "It will highlight a reality that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Wilson continues: "We are at a deciding moment in the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic; we now possesses the tools we need to the the AIDS epidemic...

AIDS PEI appealing to province for funding

Wed Feb 01 11:40:57 CST 2012

[The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

AIDS PEI is asking the provincial government for what it says is much-needed funding.

World Briefing | Africa: Congo: 15,000 Will Die of AIDS Waiting for Drugs, Group Warns

Wed Jan 25 21:05:08 CST 2012

[The New York Times] Doctors Without Borders in their report said that Congo's government had given little priority to fighting AIDS, and that donors had withdrawn.

Rendezvous Blog: Gates Foundation Moves to Close $750 Million Gap in Global AIDS Fund

Thu Jan 26 07:15:50 CST 2012

[The New York Times] Aiming to counter shortfall from governments, Bill Gates announces donation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

15 000 Aids victims likely to die in Congo, says MSF

Thu Jan 26 04:05:00 CST 2012

[Mail & Guardian Online] An MSF report claims 15 000 Aids victims in Congo will likely die waiting for ARVs in the next three years because of "horrific" health care access.

Bill Gates pledges $750 million to troubled AIDS fund

Wed Jan 25 22:25:57 CST 2012

[Reuters] DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.

Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria

Thu Jan 26 13:35:04 CST 2012

[CNN.com International] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.

Bill Gates gives $750 million to fight AIDS

Thu Jan 26 05:48:09 CST 2012

Tech is key to Philips' healing

Sun Jan 29 11:08:22 CST 2012

[BBC News] Healing technology aids financial health

AIDS Prevention Inspires Ways to Simplify Circumcision

Fri Feb 03 10:30:06 CST 2012

[The New York Times] Donors are pinning their hopes on several devices being tested in efforts to increase speed and reduce pain.

Restaurant owner refuses Tenn. lawmaker

Wed Feb 01 06:06:19 CST 2012

[CNN.com International] Martha Boggs on refusing to serve Tenn. State Senator Stacey Campfield after his comments on homosexuals and AIDS.

VIDEO: Cancer overshadowed in DR Congo

Mon Feb 06 10:45:09 CST 2012

[BBC News] The Democratic Republic of Congo faces so many challenges battling diseases such as malaria, AIDS and cholera that cancer has been pushed off the radar.

AIDS work earns Moncton family national award

Fri Feb 10 11:21:23 CST 2012

[The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

The Wartman family, of Moncton, is receiving a national award for its HIV/AIDS activism.

Bill Gates pledges $750m at Davos

Thu Jan 26 04:04:58 CST 2012

[BBC News] The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commits a further $750m (£479m) to a global fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Gates lends Global Fund a helping hand

Thu Jan 26 05:35:00 CST 2012

[Mail & Guardian Online] Bill Gates has rescued a beleaguered health fund by pledging $750-million to fight three of world's killer diseases -- Aids, malaria and TB.

In Ohio, Gingrich hits Romney on contraception

Tue Feb 07 10:46:17 CST 2012

[Associated Press] CINCINNATI (AP) -- Newt Gingrich is criticizing both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's records on requiring Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances....

Cost-Cutting Aids Whirlpool's Profit

Wed Feb 01 06:39:42 CST 2012

[WSJ.com, The Wall Street Journal] Whirlpool's profit jumped 20% as the appliance maker cut costs and saw improved sales activity in North America, which helped offset softer sales globally.

Global Fund chief quits after funding cuts

Wed Jan 25 07:22:38 CST 2012

[Reuters] GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the Global Fund, the largest backer of the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, will step down in March after a misuse of funds led it to cut back on new grants to battle the diseases.

AP Enterprise: War experience aids hostage rescues

Thu Feb 02 07:49:18 CST 2012

[Associated Press] NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Thanks to improved technology and a decade of wartime experience, U.S. special operations forces are compiling a string of successful hostage rescues....

Global Fund phases out China projects due to finance shortfalls

Tue Jan 31 19:14:48 CST 2012

[China News.Net] China is set to lose more than $600 million in external funding for its fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by June next year, as a major international financer cut short its grants to ...

Sarah Jessica Parker headlines celeb-filled gala (+photos)

Thu Feb 09 22:54:38 CST 2012

[New Zealand Herald] A chance to kiss the buff, shirtless Richard Gere of the early 80s? Sold, for US$20,000!It wasn't exactly a time machine that was auctioned off at the annual amfAR AIDS charity gala kicking off New York Fashion Week this week. Rather,...

Art In Review: 'Anonymous Tantra Paintings' at Feature Inc.

Fri Feb 03 15:27:14 CST 2012

[The New York Times] With their simple geometric shapes and quirky details, the small works in 'Anonymous Tantra Paintings' at Feature Inc. are not intended foremost as art but as aids to meditation rituals.

Art Review: 'Gran Fury: Read My Lips' at 80WSE

Fri Feb 03 16:25:01 CST 2012

[The New York Times] 'Gran Fury: Read My Lips,' an exhibition at New York University's 80WSE gallery, recalls when members of a collective of AIDS activists channeled their outrage through art.

Gates donates $750M to fight disease

Thu Jan 26 05:48:09 CST 2012

Gates donates $750 million to fight diseases

Thu Jan 26 07:00:31 CST 2012

[CNN.com International] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Thursday.

Rendezvous Blog: Gates Foundation Moves to Close $750 Million Gap in Global Fund

Thu Jan 26 11:01:20 CST 2012

[The New York Times] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday that it was committing an additional $750 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Identification Of Entry Point For Hepatitis C Infection

Thu Jan 26 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A molecule embedded in the membrane of human liver cells that aids in cholesterol absorption also allows the entry of hepatitis C virus, the first step in hepatitis C infection, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine...

Medication Errors In Hospitals Reduced By e-Prescribing

Wed Feb 01 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that commercial electronic prescribing systems (commonly known as e-prescribing, in which prescribers use a computer to order medications for their patients through a system with the help of prompts, aids, and alerts) could substantially reduce prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients...

Alarming rate of HIV/AIDS infection among young women

Fri Feb 10 23:00:00 CST 2012

[Jamaica Gleaner] There is a worrying trend of younger females contracting HIV/AIDS, with the 10-29 and 15-19 age groups accounting for the majority of the increase.Four times as many young women in these age groups have been reported with AIDS than young men...

For some black women, economy and willingness to aid family strains finances

Sun Feb 05 20:19:00 CST 2012

[The Washington Post] The Great Recession carried special pain for black women like Jane Ladson.She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn't hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room for her nephew when her brother died of AIDS. And even now in her 50s, she took in a baby that wasn't her own.Read full article >>

Bill Gates donates $750M to fight diseases

Thu Jan 26 07:00:31 CST 2012

Global Financial Crisis Hits Disease Prevention Funding

Thu Nov 24 12:00:00 CST 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] It seems that every day another area of the economy is depressed because of the global financial crisis in the banks and governments around the world. This time it's The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, which has announced it will make no new grants until 2014; and there is a possibility of some existing projects being cut...

A Path To The Brain Through The Nose Aids Schizophrenia Research

Fri Jan 27 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in basic cellular neuroscience now suggest that, for some purposes, cultured neural stem cells may be studied in order to research psychiatric disease mechanisms...

Gingrich hits Romney, Obama, on Catholic rights

Tue Feb 07 11:32:09 CST 2012

[Associated Press] CINCINNATI (AP) -- Newt Gingrich thrust the reproductive rights issue into the GOP campaign spotlight on Tuesday, criticizing both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's records on requiring Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances. Rick Santorum vowed to make the issue a central part of his struggling campaign....

Merkel's machinations and the death of democracy

Thu Jan 26 03:35:43 CST 2012

[New Europe News, Belgium] Consider this question about Zimbabwe. Roughly one-tenth of the $330 million debt it “owes” the UK relates to the supply of British-made Land Rovers to the Zimbabwean police. Rates of infection for HIV in Zimbabwe have begun to decline in recent years due to a scale-up in antiretroviral treatment, according the latest United Nations World AIDS Day report. Should patients now forgo life-saving medical care so that bills can be paid back to the former colonial overlord?read more

Study Finds E-Prescribing To Be More Effective Than Typical Prescribing Methods

Tue Jan 31 16:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A recent study published in the journal PLoS Medicine has found that there are substantially fewer errors with the use of electronic prescribing systems (e-prescribing) compared to typical prescribing methods. E-prescribing - as it is commonly known - is where prescribers order medications for their patients on a computer with the help of additional aids and prompts...

India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say

Fri Feb 10 12:56:55 CST 2012

[The Washington Post] NEW DELHI ' Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India's production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. Read full article >>

Bill Gates gives $750M to the Global Fund

Thu Jan 26 07:19:22 CST 2012

[Bizjournals] Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates is giving $750 million to the Global Fund, the Switzerland-based foundation combating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.The Financial Times reports Gates' donation is unique, because the money can be used upfront to match funds pledged by donors before the Global Fund actually receives the pledge money.