Joint Effort with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Will Improve Access to Health Care for Children with HIV/AIDS The Abbott Fund joined representatives from the U.S. government, Baylor College of Medicine, the government of Tanzania and other partners today at a U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) news conference to announce a joint [ Read More ]
Archive for August, 2008
Advocates disappointed that Obama failed to address the issue 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. In praising Presidential nominee Barack Obama, Clinton said, “He will continue and enhance our nation’s commendable global leadership in an [ Read More ]
Atlanta-based WellCentive (www.wellcentive.com) today announced that it has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an approved vendor for payment for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). PQRI is a voluntary CMS program that provides a financial incentive to physicians and other eligible health care professionals who successfully report [ Read More ]
Scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), located in Edgewood, MD, working with scientists at the University of Montana and industry partners Bee Alert Technology, Inc. and BVS, Inc. have discovered in U.S. honeybees a virus only before identified in European honeybees. The invading bee virus newly discovered in the U.S. is called Varroa [ Read More ]
Pfizer Limited has launched Toviaz(R)(Black Triangle Drug) (fesoterodine fumarate), a new once daily treatment for the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB). OAB is a condition which affects an estimated 4.9 million people in the UK(1) (more than twice the number of people with diabetes(2)) and has been shown to have a serious and detrimental effect [ Read More ]
Public Health Advocates Deliver Demand during the Democratic National Convention Calling on Senators Barack Obama and John McCain to Support a Comprehensive National AIDS Strategy In a historically unprecedented move, over 30 national HIV/AIDS organizations and leaders representing African-American, Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Asian & Pacific Islander communities have joined forces in an urgent [ Read More ]