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 U.S. Department of State today issued an expression of concern over Tanzanian government actions targeting its LGBT population, noting that the violence, oppression and intimidation […]
Tuberculosis
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – New results from the ongoing Nix-TB trial continue to confirm a short-course treatment regimen of bedaquiline – one of the two newest […]
Research & Development
A trial to test the safety of, and immune response prompted by, the latest candidate for a vaccine to protect against Zika virus infection has begun […]
Policy
Declining rates of malaria infection and deaths since 2010 are leveling off, with the highest burden countries seeing increased case numbers, and dropping donor funding, according […]