President Clinton and Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury Announce New Agreement to Lower Price of Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- President Bill Clinton, Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury and Matrix Laboratories Founder and Vice Chairman N. Prasad today announced an important agreement to enable better, more affordable treatments for patients on "second-line" antire...

Health Care Without Harm Partners With Clinton Climate Initiative to Help Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Reduce Environmental Impact

Partnership to Focus on Energy Conservation and Facility Retrofitting ARLINGTON, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) has entered into an agreement with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, to...

President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Address at 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, November 10, 2009, Washington, D.C.

NaviNet, Healthcare Communications Leader, Named as Lead Educational Underwriter WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT 5.0), in conjunction with NaviNet, (formerly NaviMedix), America's largest real-time healthcare commu...

Career Step Partners with Clinton Community College to Help Students Gain Careers in Secure Healthcare Industry

Career Step has partnered with Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh, N.Y. to offer training to individuals interested in pursing careers in medical transcription and medical coding and billing. Provo, Utah (PRWEB) June 1, 2009 -- Career Step, a leading healthcare ed...

RBC Life Sciences Promotes Industry Veteran John W. Price to CEO; Company Founder, Clinton Howard, Will Remain Chairman of the Board

IRVING, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RBC Life Sciences (OTC Bulletin Board: RBCL) announced today that it has elected current president, John W. Price, to CEO effective January 1, 2009. Company founder, Clinton Howard, who is currently CEO, will remain as chairman of the board of dire...

Bill Clinton and Other Leaders Call For 'Renewal of Battle Against AIDS' in the United States at Democratic Convention

Advocates disappointed that Obama failed to address the issue DENVER, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaking at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, Former President Bill Clinton called for a reinvigorated response to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States...

Voting for Clinton Evokes Deep-Seated Feelings of Insecurity

Study finds wide gap between stated and unstated feelings about Clinton BOSTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voting for Hillary Clinton makes people feel more "insecure" than they are typically willing to admit, according to newly released data from Emotion Mining Company. In addit...

William Jefferson Clinton TED Prize Wish Update

AMD, Nokia and Sun Microsystems Collaborate to Fulfill Former President's 2007 TED Prize Wish of Expanding Healthcare in Rwanda MONTEREY, Calif., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading technology companies AMD, Nokia and Sun Microsystems, in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, Partners In...

The American Nurses Association Endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)

SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The ANA represents the interests of the nation's 2.9 million registered nurses. "Too many Americans must do without high quality health care,...

Long Term Care Leader Applauds Clinton for Bringing Critical Issue of Senior Care into the Presidential Debate

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement of Bruce Yarwood, President and CEO, American Health Care Association & National Center for Assisted Living: "On behalf of the entire long term care profession and the frail, elderly and disabled who receive care and services in our nat...

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GAA Calls on Secretary Clinton to Speak Out Against Gender-Based Violence During Her Africa Trip

WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Global AIDS Alliance executive director Dr. Paul Zeitz issued the following statement today on the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's departure for a seven-nation tour of Africa: "We applaud Secretary Clinton's decision to ...

NOVAVAX Featured at Clinton Global Initiative 2008 Annual Meeting

Company recognized for pursuit of cost-effective and rapidly deployed vaccine solution for avian and seasonal flu ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today its recognition at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiati...

Hillary Clinton Pledges Bold Approach to Stopping HIV/AIDS & Global Poverty

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Senator Hillary Clinton pledged that, if elected US President, she will deliver on a range of bold, new policies to address global HIV/AIDS, the plight of orphaned children, women's rights, and related issues. Religious and community leader...

President Clinton Highlights MWW Group at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative for its 'Stop Neglected Tropical Disease' Campaign

Agency's Pro Bono Initiative Aims to Mobilize $25 Million to Eliminate Diseases of Poverty Afflicting the Poorest of the Poor EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MWW Group (http://www.mww.com ), one of the nation's top ten public relations firms, was highlighted...

Insmed Initiates Clinical Study for Follow-on Biologic Version of Neulasta(R)

... expiration of the original product's patent. A recent econometric study by economist Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, former Under Secretary of Commerce in the clinton Administration, found that "...generic versions of the top 12 categories of biologic treatments with patent protections that have expired or that are ...

Unprecedented 8th Year Start Up of National Direct AmeriCorps Program Access to Care Through Service (ACTS) Parent, Lead Organization The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium and World Health Care Infrastructures

...Martin Luther King said over 30 years ago, "Everyone can be great because everyone can serve." In past years dignitaries ranging from President Bill clinton to Governor Edward Rendell to Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll have inaugurated new ACTS members. Tomorrow, the common expectation and common...

Clinton Global Initiative Announces BD's Commitment to Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital

... NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The clinton Global Initiative recognized BD (Becton, Dickinson...capacity to monitor immune systems. We applaud the clinton Global Initiative for building widespread public a...g occupational safety and lab systems. About the clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Established in 2005 as a...

NCPS Outraged at HIV/AIDS Medi-Cal Cuts

... a person living with HIV/AIDS. Many of these are people of color who live in underserved areas of major cities in California. Former President Bill clinton recently noted that "our country is experiencing the biggest increase in income inequality since the 1920s and that American families are struggling w...

Insmed CEO to Present at Congressional Briefing on Follow-On Biologics

... expiration of the original product's patent. A recent econometric study by economist Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, former Under Secretary of Commerce in the clinton Administration, found that "...generic versions of the top 12 categories of biologic treatments with patent protections that have expired or that are ...

Insmed Announces First Human Bioequivalence Data for a Follow-on Biologic by a U.S. Company

... expiration of the original product's patent. A recent econometric study by economist Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, former Under Secretary of Commerce in the clinton Administration, found that "...generic versions of the top 12 categories of biologic treatments with patent protections that have expired or that are ...

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Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

...n personnel with the anthrax vaccine . It began in earnest in 1997 by the clinton administration . Thereafter it ran into a few FDA and judicial obstacles ...also 4 External Links History In 1998 , the clinton administration required the inoculation of all military members [2] [3] , ...

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Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities, says CU-Boulder study

...species richness declined at noisy sites, the bird nesting success was higher there than in the nearby quiet sites, said CU-Boulder doctoral candidate clinton Francis, lead author on a study published online July 23 in Current Biology . "This is the first study to show that noise pollution causes changes...

US-Mexico border wall could threaten wildlife species

...est concern is that this barrier will break small populations of animals into even smaller pieces that will result in fewer animals interacting," said clinton Epps, a wildlife biologist at Oregon State University and co-author on the study. "A major barrier such as this could lead to significant degradation ...

Male impotence drugs may deserve a second look in women

...on't fully understand the swing, the unique female response likely provides more evidence that sexual function is more complex in females, says Dr. R. clinton Webb, chair of the MCG Department of Physiology and a study author. Scientists define female sexual dysfunction as a multifaceted disorder that includ...

Reforming defense department acquisition policy: UM expert

...ansler, who testified today before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gansler directed the Defense Department's acquisition operation during the clinton administration and has served as a consultant for the Pentagon in intervening years. http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/gansler.html ...

Prominent climate researcher to speak at UH on global warming March 5

...omputer modeling of the climate, has served in a number of advisory roles to U.S. presidents and the federal government. Beginning in 1995, President clinton appointed him to two six-year terms on the National Science Board that helps oversee the National Science Foundation and advises the executive branch ...

Statin therapy ineffective in breast cancer prevention

... mixed results when examining breast cancer. Scientists under the auspices of the NCI, including Ronald Lubet, Ph.D., an NCI program director, and clinton Grubbs, Ph.D., director of the Chemoprevention Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham conducted laboratory work in animals to determine if ...

Resilience in an aging society: GSA showcases cutting-edge meeting topics

...athleen Francovic, PhD, CBS News director of surveys; and Chris Jennings of Jennings Policy Strategies, former senior health policy advisor during the clinton Administration. Congressional Briefing on Civic Engagement Tuesday, November 25, at 8:30 a.m. Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC Both pre...

New center will focus environmental debate and produce solutions for action

.... Top of the agenda for the center are these projects, which have already begun: Green Museum Initiative. Working in collaboration with the clinton Climate Change Initiative and the Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Sustainability, the center is spearheading efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of ...

Experts discuss climate change during UH lecture series

...uction efficiency; TBD Nov. 10: Architecture building efficiency; Leonard Bachman, associate professor of architecture at UH, and Brian Yeoman, the clinton Climate Initiative city director for Houston Nov. 17: Transportation (vehicle efficiency); Karl Pepple, the city of Houston's environmental programm...

NTDs burden in Latin America and the Caribbean may exceed that of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

...ors of the analysis Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). On Friday, September 26 during the closing session of the clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Dr. Hotez will discuss this new analysis as well as recent news from the NTD community: on Monday, UK government off...

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President Bill Clinton to Speak at the Ethanol Summit in Brazil

SAO PAULO, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will participate as one of the main speakers at the Ethanol Summit 2009, to be held between June 1 and 3 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event is organized by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) and is one of the mo...

Mylan's Matrix Selected by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative and UNITAID as the Primary Supplier of Five Second-Line and Seven Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatments

PITTSBURGH, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary in which it holds a 71.2% controlling interest, has been selected by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) under its UNITAID-funded projects as t...

Brown engineering professor wins prestigious White House award

...w breakthroughs and discoveries and help us use science and technology to lift up our nation and our world." The awards, established by President clinton in February 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected o...

Walsh College and Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services Team Up To Offer New Series of 'Take Charge' Workshops for the Unemployed

...ion undergraduate and graduate business and technology degree and certificate programs to 4,600 students at locations in Troy, Novi, Harper Woods, and clinton Township, as well as online. For more information, please visit www.walshcollege.edu . AboUT Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services...

POET to Outline Cellulosic Ethanol's Present, Future at Brazil's Ethanol Summit 2009

...hanol. The event features specialists, researchers, leading business executives and government officials from around the world. Former President Bill clinton will be a keynote speaker at the event. The summit takes place June 1-3. To download a photo of Doug Berven, go to http://www.poet.com/news/showR...

Synthetic Biology: The Next Biotech Revolution Is Brewing

... held a variety of posts in the federal government, including Assistant Director for Environment in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the clinton administration, and Chief Democratic Counsel for the U.S. Congress House Committee on Science and Technology. From 1976 through 1984, he was an attorn...

Energy Leaders Gather in Houston; Call for Balanced, Careful Approach to Energy Policy

...ioned Washington to tread carefully when putting together U.S. energy policy. White, who was previously the deputy secretary of energy during the clinton administration, urged that an integrated view of energy be taken, or the nation could face unintended and potentially dire consequences. "W...

Greater Houston Partnership to Lead Energy Security Discussion

...dvanced fuels, nuclear and solar power and traditional fossil fuels. Houston Mayor Bill White, formerly the Deputy Secretary of Energy during the clinton administration, will serve as the luncheon speaker. He will make his first formal remarks on the current administration's energy policy and his vision...

Napo Pharmaceuticals Will Provide Pediatric Formulation of Crofelemer at Cost to Developing Nations to Help Treat Life-Threatening Diarrhoel Diseases (Subject to FDA Approval)

...or more information, please visit http://www.DirectRelief.org About the clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Established in 2005 as a project of the non-partisan William J. Clinton Foundation, the clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global leaders to devise and implement inn...

Insmed Partners With Bill Thomas, Former House Ways and Means Chairman, as Strategic Advisor

... expiration of the original product's patent. A recent econometric study by economist Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, former Under Secretary of Commerce in the clinton Administration, found that "...generic versions of the top 12 categories of biologic treatments with patent protections that have expired or that are ...

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Human Genome Project

...d in 2000 (announced jointly by US president Bill clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on J...release its findings to the public after President clinton announced that that the information could not be p...esources for Science Educators. ERIC Digest. clinton Tries To Take Credit For Celera's Achievement by ...

Stem cell

... a human embryo. Privately funded research led to the breakthrough which made embryonic stem cell research possible in 1998 , however, prompting the clinton Administration to develop federal regulations for its funding. Preparations for this funding were completed in 2001 . President George W. Bush an...