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    Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle

    India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines.
    India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Chemical Industry, HIV, Novartis AG

  2. Jul 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. 2012 AIDS meeting: Early treatment is key, experts say

    Treat HIV now, don’t delay: That’s the new advice from the International Antiviral Society-USA,  in a shift from earlier recommendations that called for waiting until a patient’s immune system showed serious damage.
    Los Angeles Times
    Treat HIV now, don’t delay: That’s the new advice from the International Antiviral Society-USA,  in a shift from earlier recommendations that called for waiting until a patient’s immune system showed serious damage. Studies show that...

    Tags: Immune System, Allergies, Environmental Illness, Substance Abuse, Pharmaceuticals

  4. Jul 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Treating HIV and preventing it at the same time

    Treatment drugs can do more than improve the health of people with HIV: If administered early, medications can also reduce the spread of the disease to sexual partners and may help stem the AIDS epidemic. But many logistical hurdles stand in the way of making this strategy feasible, affordable and effective, according to experts writing in Tuesday's edition of the journal PLoS Medicine.
    Treatment drugs can do more than improve the health of people with HIV: If administered early, medications can also reduce the spread of the disease to sexual partners and may help stem the AIDS epidemic. But many logistical hurdles stand in the way of...

    Tags: Immune System, Allergies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals

  6. Nov 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  7. Magic Johnson looks at Penn State's firing of Joe Paterno

    Lakers Blog
    Magic Johnson offers some unique insight on Penn State's decision to fire Joe Paterno....
  8. Nov 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  9. World can beat AIDS but funding must increase, U.N. says

    World Now
    The world can beat AIDS, the United Nations says, but funding must increase. UNAIDS reports global AIDS-related deaths have fallen 21% from their 1997 peak, but sub-Saharan Africa is still hardest hit with a million deaths a year....
  10. Sep 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Lady Gaga, Usher, Bono to play Clinton Foundation concert

    Pop & Hiss
    Lady Gaga, Usher, U2’s the Edge & Bono slated to perform at a concert celebrating 10 years of the William J. Clinton Foundation....
  12. Jun 6, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  13. AIDS at 30: A reality check

    Opinion L.A.
    On the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of identifying AIDS, we’ve been reading personal stories by people whose lives were changed by the disease. Among them is a Sunday Op-Ed by Fenton Johnson, whose partner died from AIDS in 1990.......
  14. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Dr. Ruth H. Singer

    Dr. Ruth H. Singer, a retired physician who was a state health administrator and later worked in AIDS and HIV treatment at Chase Brexton Health Services, died of pancreatic cancer May 27 at her North Baltimore home. She was 69.
    Dr. Ruth H. Singer, a retired physician who was a state health administrator and later worked in AIDS and HIV treatment at Chase Brexton Health Services, died of pancreatic cancer May 27 at her North Baltimore home. She was 69. "What one loved about Ruth...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Carroll County (Maryland), Bronx (New York City), Baltimore Museum of Art, Health and Safety at Work

  16. May 19, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune
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  18. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. Arundel council votes to oust health officer Wakhweya

    In a meeting that drew a standing-room-only crowd to its chambers, the Anne Arundel County Council voted Tuesday to support a recommendation by State Department of Health and Human Hygiene Secretary Joshua M. Sharfstein to remove the county's health officer, Angela S. Wakhweya.
    In a meeting that drew a standing-room-only crowd to its chambers, the Anne Arundel County Council voted Tuesday to support a recommendation by State Department of Health and Human Hygiene Secretary Joshua M. Sharfstein to remove the county's health...

    Tags: Elections, Racism, Civil Rights, Health, Justice and Rights

  20. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  21. The graying of HIV: Hurdles, hope for older adults

    Chicago artist Curtis Bewley is the increasingly common face of HIV. At 58, he's lived with the virus for 15 years.
    Chicago artist Curtis Bewley is the increasingly common face of HIV. At 58, he's lived with the virus for 15 years. Despite being on his fifth treatment regimen, he enjoys an active and healthy lifestyle, working as an advocate for other folks with HIV,...

    Tags: Orlando Magic, Medical Procedures and Tests, High Blood Pressure, Psychology, Menopause

  22. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| Daily Press
  23. FDA approves FIRST drug for the PREVENTION of sexually acquired HIV

    On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name <strong>Truvada</strong>) for daily use by <strong>uninfected</strong> adults<strong> to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV.</strong>&nbsp;
    On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name Truvada) for daily use by uninfected adults to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. ...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis, Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals

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