Three U.S. Senators introduced new legislation last week in an effort to bolster treatment innovation by pharmaceutical companies for rare and neglected pediatric diseases. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Al Franken (D-MN) proposed The Creating Hope Act of 2010 (S. 3697) in a bipartisan effort that builds on the FDA Amendments Act […]
HIV
The following is a guest post by Mitchell Warren of AVAC This year’s annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day arrives Saturday at a promising and also perilous […]
Tuberculosis
In sub-Saharan Africa where the odds of dying within a year of starting treatment for HIV can still hover close to one-in-10, diagnosing and treating TB […]
Research & Development
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Heather B. Davis, MPH, and Emily A. Bobrow, PhD, MPH, of MEASURE Evaluation Who has a strategic interest in […]