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Obama Signs Pandemics and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2013

The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) of 2013 was signed into law yesterday by President Barack Obama. The legislation reauthorizes provisions of the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 and the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) of 2006 … Continue reading →

March 14, 2013
| Filed under Policy & Initiatives and Public Health
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Nipah and anthrax cause infections in Bangladesh

The Nipah virus killed a boy in Magura, Bangladesh, on Sunday, while four people were infected with anthrax in Sirajganj. The two-year-old boy died at the Jessore General Hospital on Sunday morning in the Ghosgati village in the Shalikha upazila … Read More…

March 12, 2013
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Current HIV screening guidelines are too conservative

(Northwestern University) Two Northwestern University researchers report that the CDC’s current HIV screening guidelines are too conservative and that more frequent testing would be cost-effective in the long run for both high- and low-risk groups. The researchers performed a mathematical modeling study to assess “optimal testing frequencies” for HIV screening in different risk groups. They Read More »

March 12, 2013
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Political strife undermines HIV treatment

(Brown University) Among other tragedies in countries with HIV epidemics, political violence can have the additional long-term consequence of an increase in viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure, say the authors of a new paper in AIDS Reviews. The researchers, who have studied post-strife treatment failure and resistance in Kenya, argue that officials Read More »

March 12, 2013
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Ebola: the next global epidemic?

(TheBoar) HIV is a pandemic significantly affecting regions such as India, China and Africa. In Africa alone, the AIDS death toll is expected to reach up to 100 million by 2025 – a similar number of deaths to those caused by both World Wars. There are many viruses around today that have the capacity to Read More »