health - "national hiv"

Pharmaceutical companies, which 'have been waging war against inexpensive generic drugs for years at the national level,' are now 'taking their fights to the states, promoting proposals that would' bar pharmacists from automatically replacing prescriptions for brand-name drugs with generics, the Baltimore Sun reports.

New data indicates that more than one in four adult Americans without medical insurance have a mental illness or substance use disorder, or both. But many state healthcare initiatives intended to cover the uninsured are neglecting these conditions, according to a report by the national Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the national Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (National Council). The report is available at

In a petition generated by MoveOn.org recently presented to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), advocates asked him to override seven Republican senators, led by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who are blocking a vote on measures (HR 5501,

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The best strategy for keeping up your exercise routine as the temperature climbs is, in a nutshell, acclimatization, the national Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) advises.

NPR's 'Tell Me More' on Thursday included a discussion with Brazil's HIV/AIDS program director Mariangela Simao. Simao discussed progress in Brazil's no-cost antiretroviral program and the country's efforts to collaborate with Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa on hiv prevention.

Holidays are often tough on pets, but the Fourth of July, with the loud crack of firecrackers and harsh odor of gunpowder, is the least favorite national holiday for many dogs and cats.

Hong Kong - Gay men in Hong Kong are accelerating the spread of hiv by having sex with men they meet over the internet or going to sex parties, a government doctor warned Tuesday. Studies by the city's Department of health discovered clusters of case...

Unsafe blood transfusion services and medical practices in Central Asian countries are contributing to the spread of hiv and other infectious diseases in the region, according to a report recently released by the World Bank, Kazakhstan Today/Gazeta.kz reports.

Children who lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS are unlikely to remain in School and finish their education, Robert Greener, senior economic adviser at the United Nations Development Programme, said at the World Bank's Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in South Africa recently, the

The sponsors of a South Carolina bill that would modify regulations concerning hiv-positive students in the state have said that they will attempt to override a recent veto by Gov. Mark Sanford (R) when the General Assembly meets later this month, the Columbia State reports (Smith, Columbia State, 6/13).