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New push for public health, AIDS spending at African Union summit

Activists hope this weekend's African Union (AU) summit will net commitments to boost government spending ...ns of orphans are also likely to be discussed at a summit session devoted to the fight against AIDS on the world's poorest continent, home to nearly two-third...

A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development

...,and will consider the new plan at its forthcoming summit meeting in theUnited Kingdom this July. Thecoordinating committee of the plan reads like a "who's who" of globalAIDS experts, including Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the NationalInstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes...

Researchers discover underwater volcano

...tists uncovered a submarine volcano growing in the summit crater of another larger underwater volcano, Vailu...cades, continued growth of Nafanua could bring the summit of this volcano from its current depth of 600 meters to a depth of approximately 200 meters-close en...

Low oxygen likely made Great Dying worse, greatly delayed recovery

...evel would have been like trying to breathe at the summit of a 9,200-foot mountain today. By the early Triassic period, sea-level oxygen content of less than 12 percent would have been the same as it is today in the thin air at 17,400 feet, higher than any permanent human habitation. That means even animals...

Scientists reveal the shape of a protein that helps retroviruses break into cells

...evel would have been like trying to breathe at the summit of a 9,200-foot mountain today. By the early Triassic period, sea-level oxygen content of less than 12 percent would have been the same as it is today in the thin air at 17,400 feet, higher than any permanent human habitation. That means even animals...

Malaria killing a million a year

...ment Goals (MDGs), a set of targets agreed at a UN summit in 2000 to halve or eliminate many socio-economic ills, would halt or reverse the spread by 2015, while WHO's Roll Back Malaria partnership, founded in 1998, aims to halve the burden by 2010, despite a serious lack of funds. Only $600 million was co...

A New Era Of Hope For Neglected Diseases

...leneagles Communiqué arising out of this year's G8 summit specifically called for increased investment to encourage the development of tools for neglected-disease control. Citation: Moran M (2005) A breakthrough in R&D for neglected diseases: New ways to get the drugs we need. PLoS Med 2(9): e302. http...

Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries

...ia said. Vitória said many discussions at the WHO summit centered on which settings would best benefit from preventive cotrimoxazole treatment given their health care infrastructure and ability to monitor and respond to possible side effects. The WHO updated recommendations -- scheduled to be released ear...

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