WHO :: UN health agency stresses multi-disease prevention strategy
The United Nations health agency outlined its ambitious goals of expanding the integrated delivery of immunization and preventive treatment against a whole host of diseases.
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Cervical Cancer :: Young English women avoid smear test for cervical cancer
Thousands of young women are failing to have cervical smear tests, figures for England have revealed by the NHS Cancer Screening Programme.
Bird Flu :: South Korea Bird flu outbreak update
A bird flu outbreak is reported in a poultry farm in Chonan, 90km south of the capital Seoul in South Korea. Experts have not determined if it is the H5N1 strain.
Bird Flu :: Egyptian woman dies from bird flu
An Egyptian woman died from bird flu on friday. The bird flu virus has killed 11 people in Egypt, which has the largest cluster of human bird flu cases outside Asia.
Cervical Cancer :: Girls should receive cervical cancer vaccine
Girls should get the new vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV) at age 11-12, the American Cancer Society says in new guidelines issued Friday.
Bird Flu :: Bird flu mutation in Egypt has not increased transmissibility between humans
Despite two cases of genetic mutation in bird flu in Egypt that moderately reduced the effectiveness of oseltamivir, the most strongly recommended drug, the United Nations health agency is not changing its recommendation because the level of resistance is not yet well established and the virus has not become more easily transmissible between humans.
HIV :: Will Synthetically Engineered Immune Cells Stop AIDS?
Twenty years after its introduction, gene therapy still holds great promise as a way to harness the insidious power of viruses such as human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). But scientists have yet to solve a vexing problem: developing an efficient transport system that is capable of delivering therapeutic payloads to specific cells.
Bird Flu :: Moderately Tamiflu resistant bird flu in Egypt – WHO
Viruses with a genetic mutation, linked in laboratory testing to moderately reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir, have been discovered in two persons previously reported with H5N1 infections in Egypt. Both patients had been on treatment with oseltamivir for two days before the clinical samples that yielded the viruses were taken.
HIV :: New amfAR research grants aim to advance understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded nearly $1 million for eight new research grants and fellowships aimed at increasing understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR’s vice president of research announced today.
Genome :: Microbiologists crack genome of a parasite that causes a common STD
Scientists at UCLA and NYU have deciphered the genome of the parasite causing trichomoniasis, and their research may lead to new approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this common sexually transmitted disease. Trichomoniasis affects an estimated 170 million people a year, with more than five million cases reported in North America.