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AIDS and HIV in the United States: AIDS is the No. 1 killer of black women between the ages of 25 and 34, says a new report by the Center for American Progress, released to mark World AIDS Day.

Criminalizing HIV: With the high rates of people infected with HIV, many sub-Saharan African countries have passed criminal laws to try to prevent further spread of the virus. A report from the U.N.'s Integrated Regional Information Networks' PlusNews service discusses the existing and proposed laws and their impact. More than 10 countries in West Africa have passed laws concerning HIV.

Obama National Security Team Announced: Calling this "a new dawn of American leadership," President-elect Barack Obama announced more key administration posts on Monday when he named six people to his national security team. Sen. Hillary Clinton will serve as secretary of state while Robert Gates will continue as secretary of defense. Former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will head the Department of Homeland Security, and Susan Rice was named ambassador to the United Nations.

Caring for children with AIDS: new challenges for medicine and society.

Cooper ER. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, Mass.

Caring for HIV-infected children under 13 years of age poses a serious and steadily increasing challenge to our society. Children with AIDS face devastating medical and psychosocial problems. Because of the unique implications for the entire family when a child is found to be HIV-infected, the health care profession is obliged to confront complex legal and psychosocial issues heretofore unparalleled in modern medicine. Decisions that concern schooling and daycare for the asymptomatic but HIV-seropositive individual are often influenced more by public frenzy than scientific information. Issues regarding reproductive choice and responsible parenthood are all confounded by debilitating and eventually fatal illness in infected parents. Problems of custody and foster care require innovative strategies to avoid further burden to an already stressed system. AIDS has become a disease for which research is standard of care. Access to experimental protocols is complicated by geographic location, public funding, and complexities of informed consent. The responsibility of the physician to an individual patient must be considered, and must be given its proper place within the broader responsibility to science and society.

The IAVI Mission

IAVI’s mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. IAVI is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. Founded in 1996, IAVI researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, and serves as an advocate for the field with offices in Africa, India, and Europe. IAVI supports a comprehensive approach to HIV and AIDS that balances the expansion and strengthening of existing HIV prevention and treatment programs with targeted investments in new AIDS prevention technologies. As the world’s only organization focused solely on the development of an AIDS vaccine, IAVI also works to ensure a future vaccine will be accessible to all who need it.

Please visit the links below to learn more about IAVI’s activities.

Research and Development Partnering with Developing Countries Public Policy and Advocacy
IAVI in Africa IAVI in Europe IAVI in India

The release of zinc ions from and cytocompatibility of two zinc oxide dressings.

M S Agren, U Mirastschijski Department of Surgery K, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

OBJECTIVE: These in vitro studies examined the release of zinc ions from and the response of human dermal fibroblasts to two zinc oxide-medicated dressings: one with zinc oxide in an ointment base and one using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), a hydrophilic polymer for the binding of zinc oxide particles. METHOD: Zinc release from the dressings in buffered-saline (pH 7.4) was studied through a high-pore-density membrane (pore size, 0.40 microm) in a two-compartment model at 37 degrees C for three hours. Cytocompatibility of the dressings and 500 micromol/l of zinc ions was assessed using the MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay after exposure to monolayers of confluent normal human dermal fibroblasts to the dressing extracts for four hours. RESULTS: The zinc release rate from PVP-bound zinc oxide was more than two-fold higher than from zinc oxide in the ointment. Extract of the zinc oxide ointment, containing 150 micromol/l solubilised zinc, elicited a cytotoxic reaction, while the zinc oxide-PVP extract, containing 410 micromol/l solubilised zinc, and 500 micromol/l zinc chloride were non-cytotoxic to the fibroblasts. CONCLUSION: Zinc release in a simulated wound milieu appears to be inhibited when zinc oxide is incorporated in a lipophilic vehicle. It is hypothesised that the ointment vehicle induced cytotoxicity rather then the solubilised zinc oxide.

H1N1 vaccine trials possible within a few months.

Written by Anna Bratulic
Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:04
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci stated Wednesday that human trials for a vaccine against the influenza A H1N1 virus may begin within "a couple of months." Anne Schuchat, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's interim deputy director for science and public health programmes, suggested that the first doses of vaccine could be available by September "under the best case scenario." Fauci indicated that reference strains for the virus are being distributed to vaccine makers and a development process is under way to produce pilot batches of the drug. Officials did not speculate on how long it would take to produce enough vaccine to conduct mass inoculations. At the moment, health officials are still in the process of determining whether such a vaccine would be developed as a separate product or if it would be part of the seasonal influenza vaccine for the 2009-2010 season, according to Richard Besser, the acting director of the CDC.
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:09
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On the Swine Flu

Written by Nutty Professor
Tuesday, 28 April 2009 09:08
From Dr. Allen Allen For those of you who weren't around in 1976 when a national campaign to vaccinate everyone against the swine flu backfired, don't expect the government to repeat that mistake. Also, if you haven't read the literature, you need to know that the antivirals for influenza aren't all that effective even against susceptible strains and those drugs have been around long enough that new strains may be resistant. The upside is that when healthy young adults die of influenza (as is happening in Mexico), it's because of the inflammatory response of the immune system. Physicians who specialize in emergency medicine know how to treat that but they're in short supply and could be overwhelmed if there's an epidemic. You can protect yourself with some simple steps according to the CDC (for more information go to www.cdc.gov/swine_flu):
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Walk for Hunger! Please Join Us!

Written by Nutty Professor
Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:56
Today, 522,000 people are struggling to put food on the table. High food prices, combined with the current economic crisis have caused food insecurity and hunger to increase dramatically. In low-income communities throughout the state, one child in three is hungry or at risk of being hungry. But you can make a difference. Join 40,000 friends and neighbors for Project Bread’s 2009 Walk for Hunger on Sunday, May 3! Go to our Libraries for a complete set of related documents. 1-800-645-8333.
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