health - "national hiv"

Hiv has burrowed into the Deep South, feeding off some of the most impoverished people in the nation and creating a health catastrophe, according to a report being released Monday in Birmingham.

Just file this one under the ridiculous and bizarre . Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-NC, officially requests the 'Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria ...

Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:08 am Press Release: United Nations New United Nations policy addresses special needs related to migrants and HIV/AIDS 16 July 2008 – The United Nations has developed a new ...

UC Davis researchers have found, that despite results to the contrary in adults, average cholesterol profiles in young children with hiv do not worsen when they are put on highly active antiretroviral therapy ...

The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Promega Biotechnology Research Award has been presented to David J. Lipman, Director, national Center for Biotechnology Information, national Library of medicine, national Institutes of health, Bethesda, Maryland. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the application of biotechnology through fundamental microbiological research and development. Dr. (Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today)

American Society for Microbiology honors Steven A. Rosenberg The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology was presented to Steven A. Rosenberg, Chief of Surgery, national cancer Institute, Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the health Sciences, and Professor of Surgery, George Washington University School of medicine and Health Sciences.

An hiv-positive Winnipeg man has been convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault after a judge rejected his claim he informed two girlfriends of his health status before having unprotected sex with ...

New data indicates that more than one in four adult Americans without medical insurance have a mental illness or addiction disorder, or both. Many state healthcare initiatives that intended to cover the uninsured are neglecting these behavioral health 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

Admiral Nurses welcome the key areas identified within the End of Life Care Strategy, which echo many of the overarching principles contained in the recently launched national Dementia Strategy consultation, and welcome, in particular, in both strategies the specific recognition of the needs of carers.

At Florida State University, the collective strength of biomedical research and the scientists who lead it has earned a $2 million High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant from the national Institutes of health (NIH). The one-year award will help FSU buy a state-of-the-art robotic electron microscope to advance cutting-edge studies of HIV/AIDS, heart disease, hypertension and cancer. FSU will have $4.8 million in total funding after it matches the $2 million NIH award with $2.