The 76 Crimes blog, which is included on Science Speaks’ blog roll, tracks human rights abuses and responses in 76 countries criminalizing homosexuality and has been a valuable resource for this blog. It is now more helpful than ever for those wanting to stay on top of recent developments in Uganda and Nigeria. The blog […]
A U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Releations hearing on the nomination of Dr. Deborah Birx to be the next Ambassador at Large and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator has been scheduled for March 6, at 2 p.m. Birx, who now heads the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control’s Global AIDS Program and previously headed the U.S. […]
When police seized Paul Kasonkomona outside a Zambia television station last April, he had been arrested before and was ready to be arrested again. Kasonkomona, who had fought to make second line treatments for HIV accessible to all who needed them in his country, and who had stood up for the rights of the poorest […]
When clinicians and researchers from around the world gather in Boston to share findings, methods and questions from their ongoing work to fight HIV, AIDS and related illnesses next week, Science Speaks will be there, and post highlights here. Highlights will include news on clinical trials, the impact of advanced diagnostic tools on tuberculosis death […]
HIV
The goals of controlling HIV sound like a straight forward series of three consecutive steps, one following another, when discussed in global and domestic epidemic-ending plans. […]
Tuberculosis
The announcement Wednesday of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of pretomanid, a new tuberculosis drug that has been part of a ground-breaking treatment regimen against […]
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
With a report showing that 2018 yielded the highest case numbers seen so far of a paralyzing condition largely among children who had been sick with […]