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Michel Lotrowska, a Brazil representative for Medecins Sans Frontieres \' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines , said that an estimated 23,400 people in Brazil use Kaletra, making it the ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

Newly diagnosed syphilis cases in San Francisco are down sharply in 2005, with 27% fewer cases reported the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2004, ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

Actress and human rights advocate Doris Roberts will be honored at the 12th annual Angel Awards, hosted by Project Angel Food on Saturday, August 20, in Los Angeles. Project Angel ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

Case Details Libya\'s Supreme Court, which in March opened a hearing on the case of the health care workers, in May postponed the trial until Nov. Bulgaria Refuses Libya Request ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

For the second time in three years, a Wisconsin teenager claims a business discriminated against her because she is HIV-positive. In a federal lawsuit filed in Madison Friday, 19-year-old Korrin ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

People who use the drug speed alter their brain\'s structure so it may not work as well as it should, US researchers believe. Taking speed 'dulls the brain' ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

Radio, television, newspapers and billboards will carry messages against discrimination, said Faith Hamer, a health Ministry official. Jamaica ad campaign aims to end stigma against people with HIV/AIDS ... Last Modified: August 19, 2005, 7:56 pm

(Georgetown University Medical Center) Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have successfully tested a genetic strategy designed to improve treatment of human infections caused by the yeast Candida albicans, ranging from diaper rash, vaginitis, oral infections (or thrush which is common in HIV/AIDS patients), as well as invasive, blood-borne and life-threatening diseases.

Background: On October 8, 2005, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hit the Northern parts of Pakistan. In the post-earthquake scenario, overcrowding, improper sewage disposal, contamination of food and drinking water, hasty surgical procedures, and unscreened blood transfusions to earthquake victims most likely promotes the spread of infections already prevalent in the area. Objective: The objective of the study reported here was to determine the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency and Hepatitis C viruses (respectively, HIV and HCV) in the earthquake-affected communities of Pakistan. The samples were analyzed 2 months and then again 11 months after the earthquake to estimate the burden of HIV and HCV in these areas, and to determine any rise in the prevalence of these viral infections as a result of the earthquake. Methods: Blood samples were initially collected during December, 2005 to March 2006, from 245 inhabitants of the earthquake-affected areas. These samples were screened for HCV

(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Can biofuels produced from non-food plant products ever become a commercial reality? Can plants be engineered to grow vaccines or anti-cancer drugs? These and other questions were explored by researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Arkansas Bioscience Institute at a symposium today at WPI. The answer to these questions may soon be "yes" and teams from WPI and ABI are advancing the science and technology needed to reach those ends.