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Time for change Discrimination against women and girls occurs in many different forms, across the world. These include laws that limit women’s sexual and reproductive rights, criminalize people for their gender identity or sexual orientation, or for transmitting HIV. UNAIDS has outlined several societal changes that need to take place, to end discrimination and help in the fight against AIDS. These include ensuring equal participation of women in political life, uphold human rights for women, and guaranteeing them economic justice, which includes ending the ongoing gender pay gap. Violence against women must end, and laws that protect women form violence must be put in place and respected, with policies to support and protect survivors of violence. Health care must be available, without any stigma, discrimination or barriers, and care for women must respect their autonomy, with guaranteed sexual and reproductive health and rights. Any age of consent for health services should ...

As Mississippi continues to experience high HIV/AIDS infection rates, a federal grant aims to support the state in fighting the epidemic. Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Mississippi $2.5 million to focus on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment as part of nation-wide efforts to curb new HIV infections in America by 90% in the next ten years. Despite forming 38% of the total U.S. population, the South accounts for more than half of new HIV cases, a 2017 study from the Centers for Disease Control found. Mississippi currently has the 9th highest rate of new HIV infections. In 2016, the state experienced the 8th highest death rate due to AIDS. A recent study on HIV clustering in the state found that residents of the Delta, southern Mississippi, and the greater Jackson area are at especially high risk for contracting the disease. Jackson has one of the highest new and existing HIV and AIDS infection rates in the country. A 2018 report from the CDC f...

Those of us who care for pets can get unexpected comments from people, including family members and close friends, that our pet companions are covered in germs, vermin and disgusting diseases. They are talking about the pets we hug, kiss, share our food with, watch movies with, happily spend undisclosed amounts of money on and occasionally give up some of our bed space for them when they sleep next to us. These are the pets we typically consider our family members, closest friends and saviors. OK, maybe some people’s pets are carriers of grossness but not ours, and besides, don't children, food, door handles and hotel beds have a share of the germ and pestilence market? The sharing of diseases between humans and other animals is called zoonosis and the list changes and grows with our traveling society, food and water shortages, climate change, increasing human populations in previously wild areas and the nature of mutating viruses. Zoonotic diseases are a large focal point of t...

South America’s huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is the Western Hemisphere’s most endangered large land mammal, a fleet-footed Patagonian deer. The species once enjoyed broad distribution, but its numbers have been fractured into roughly 100 small disconnected populations, with huemul totals likely less than 1500 individuals. Historically, the huemul was diminished by habitat destruction, poachers, livestock competition and alien predators (especially dogs). More recently climate change may be playing a role, hammering Patagonian coastal fisheries, so possibly causing local villagers to increase hunting pressure on the Andean mountain deer. The huemul also suffers from being an unsung species. Unlike the polar bear or rhino, it lacks a broad constituency. If it is to be saved, the species requires broad recognition and support beyond the scientific community. This story is the first in a series by biologist Joel Berger in an effort to make such animals far better known. This post is...

Doctor examining chest x-ray film of patient at hospital REDMOND, Wash. -- About 150 vendors for Microsoft will require TB testing after one vendor was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis, according to King County Public Health. Here's what the public health agency had to say about tuberculosis and how it spreads: TB is not easy to spread TB is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that are passed from person to person through the air. TB is not easily spread; it’s much harder to spread than the cold or flu. It typically takes repeated and prolonged exposure in a confined indoor space to become infected with TB. Even in households with a person with contagious TB disease, only about 1-in-3 close household contacts become infected. Active disease different from latent TB Unlike active TB disease, people with latent (or dormant) TB infection can’t spread it to others and are not ill with the disease. Approximately 100,000 people in King County have latent TB infe...

Those of us who care for pets can get unexpected comments from people, including family members and close friends, that our pet companions are covered in germs, vermin and disgusting diseases. They are talking about the pets we hug, kiss, share our food with, watch movies with, happily spend undisclosed amounts of money on and occasionally give up some of our bed space for them when they sleep next to us. These are the pets we typically consider our family members, closest friends and saviors. OK, maybe some people’s pets are carriers of grossness but not ours, and besides, don't children, food, door handles and hotel beds have a share of the germ and pestilence market? The sharing of diseases between humans and other animals is called zoonosis and the list changes and grows with our traveling society, food and water shortages, climate change, increasing human populations in previously wild areas and the nature of mutating viruses. Zoonotic diseases are a large focal point of t...

Recently, I had the honor of speaking to a group of LGBTQ+ youth about perseverance and bravery in the face of intolerance. Though generational experiences differ, we found commonalities between our cohorts. One topic we talked about was HIV and AIDS, and I related growing up during the peak of the epidemic in the 1980s and '90s, the immense loss of life that the disease inflicted, and the panic and lack of public empathy that followed. In those days, contracting the virus was a veritable death sentence, as no true treatment options existed. Today, more options exist to control the lethality and spread of the virus. Still, hundreds of Clevelanders suffer infection every year, and the risks are highest for young men of color and LGBTQ+ youth. Those who cannot access medication often do not survive. Thus, the question still remains: Can Cleveland see an end to AIDS in our lifetime? Perhaps one of the most promising research studies in HIV/AIDS prevention is Case Western Reserv...

A new monitoring approach could help improve treatment of patients with tuberculosis, researchers say. TB is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs. Treatment involves multiple pills or injection drugs daily for at least six months. Successful treatment depends on the medications reaching pockets of TB bacteria in the lungs. Researchers have developed a system using CT and PET scans to see whether a key medicine called rifampin is reaching those lung areas of TB bacteria. "Up until now, the only way we've known that rifampin sometimes does not reach the bacteria inside cavities has been by examining portions of lungs surgically resected [removed] from patients for whom standard anti-TB therapy failed," said study lead author Dr. Alvaro Ordonez, a research associate in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. The noninvasive imaging technique is called dynamic 11C-rifampin PET/CT. A trial in 12 TB patients is described in a study publishe...

Open source In January 2020, AIDS took the lives of 176 people in Ukraine. At the same time, the worldwide death toll made 32 million people since the epidemic began. The Centre for Public Health of Ukraine reported that on Facebook. "1,268 new cases of HIV-infection were officially registered in Ukraine in January 2020. 322 patients were diagnosed with AIDS, and 176 people died of AIDS", reads the message. Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, 74.9 million people got infected with AIDS, and 32 million succumbed to the diseases caused by the syndrome.  Related: Anti-AIDS campaign launched in Ukraine Despite the reduction of the number of new cases of HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths over the last few years, many people don't have access in terms of preventive therapy. And those living with HIV do not always have the access to the treatment.  In December 2019, over 1,600 new cases of HIV infection were observed in Ukraine; 228 people succumbed to AIDS. ...

Sydney Gray 11:12 pm, Feb 27, 2020 Contributing Reporter Wikimedia Increased rates of sexually transmitted infections in Texas are associated with high levels of shale drilling activity, according to findings in a recent Yale study. In early January, researchers at the School of Public Health published a study on the reported rates of STIs and the number of active shale wells in Texas, North Dakota and Colorado. Investigators found increased rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea in Texas counties during years of high drilling activity. Still, the study shows no statistically significant relationship between the prevalence of STIs and drilling in North Dakota or Colorado. This was the first multi-state, multi-region analysis of shale drilling activity and STI rates in the United States. “Previous studies have examined the relationship between shale drilling activity and rates of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis in counties throughout the eastern [United States]. Our intent was to as...

Montana Farm Bureau members were back in the nation’s capital February 20-21, this time for American Farm Bureau’s Issues Advisory Committee meetings as well as meeting for the second time in two weeks with legislative offices and agencies. The IAC meetings at the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. brought farmers and ranchers together from across the state to discuss issues of concern. MFBF had members on five committees: Animal Care, Environmental Regulations, Farm Policy, Federal Lands and Water. Tonya Liles, a cattle rancher from Terry, explained to the Animal Care Committee strong concerns regarding feral hogs’ entry into Montana. She discussed bison and the threat of brucellosis to Montana cattle across the state if a “wild” or “free-roaming” herd is ever established outside Yellowstone National Park.” There was talk about the Hours of Service/Electronic Logging Devices to include a 150-mile exemption not only from the beginning of a haul but 150 miles from the des...

DUBLIN , Feb. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "China Animal Vaccine Industry Report, 2019-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. China Animal Vaccine Industry Report, 2019-2025 highlights the following: Animal vaccine market in China and beyond (market size & structure, import & export, competitive landscape, and development tendencies) Environments (policy climate and social environment) for the development of China's animal vaccine industry Animal vaccine market segments in China 16 Chinese animal vaccine companies (operation, revenue structure, gross margin, R&D costs, animal vaccine business, etc.) Chinese animal vaccine industry showed a CAGR of 8% between 2013 and 2017, but it was depressed by the outbreak of African Swine Fever in 2018 with the market size edging down 2.5% on an annualized basis. As estimated, the animal vaccine market would plummet by 5.4% and stand at RMB11.2 billion in 2019. Meanwhile, the de...

By Jacy Gomez Scotch Plains police officers just seized 132 animals from an illegal puppy mill operation in Union County. These pets, which are currently housed across more than a dozen shelters in the area, are the lucky ones. After they receive the proper care, many will begin their search for forever families. But millions more remain imprisoned in puppy mills across the nation. They’re psychologically terrified, trapped in pitch-black spaces less than two feet wide, and are unable to access clean food or water. They need our help. In a nutshell, puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities that frequently sell dogs to pet stores, flea markets, and online marketplaces. More than 2 million puppies sold each year come from puppy mills. These outfits disregard animal welfare to earn a quick buck, subjecting dogs -- and other common household pets -- to heinous living conditions in the process. There are an estimated 10,000 active puppy mills across the country....

IMAGE:  Professor Philip Hill (front row, second from left) and Professor Katrina Sharples (back row. fourth from left) with other international leaders in the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership... view more  Credit: University of Otago Otago researchers are playing a leadership role in an Euro €4.8 million international project to conduct the world's first trial attempting to prevent tuberculosis in people with diabetes. Every year, more than 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis (TB) and more than 1.4 million die from the disease. In recent years it has become clear that diabetes is an important factor driving the global tuberculosis epidemic. University of Otago McAuley Professor of International Health, Professor Philip Hill, explains that diabetes not only increases the risk of tuberculosis, but also leads to more severe and recurrent disease and more deaths from tuberculosis. "Globally, there are now an estimated 425 mil...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC: * GSK SAYS GLOBAL COLLABORATION LAUNCHED TO DEVELOP TREATMENT REGIMENS FOR TUBERCULOSIS * GSK-COLLABORATION AIMS TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL “PAN-TB” DRUG REGIMENS FOR TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS READY FOR PHASE 3 DEVELOPMENT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Video Player Close ABUJA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has the highest number of tuberculosis infection within the African region, and among the top ten countries globally, according to data by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. The infectious disease causes over 1.5 million global deaths annually, said Tereza Kasaeva, a representative of WHO in Africa, when she led a delegation to the president of the Nigerian Senate in Abuja. "Just a few facts for your attention about tuberculosis globally: it is an old disease but still number one infectious disease killer in the world," Kasaeva said. Based on the data, Kasaeva called on the Nigerian government to make additional investments in primary healthcare services through urgent interventions by the National Assembly. She said such additional investments in tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases will be needed from the domestic source. "And we quite clearly understand the challenges in the country, th...

A year ago, Moroccan veterinary authorities identified a new strain of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus, a highly contagious animal disease, by using nuclear derived technologies. The use of this technology led to successful vaccination campaigns in the country, and Morocco is now celebrating a year without any case of FMD. This was achieved with the support of the IAEA, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).   FMD affects cattle and ruminants, both domesticated and wild. It is highly contagious and often fatal to the animal, and it can severely impact food security and the economy. Morocco has 29 million heads of cattle, sheep, goats and camels, and its livestock sector contributes nearly 13% of agricultural GDP. In January 2019, Morocco experienced FMD outbreaks in several provinces. Herds were rapidly infected in five localities. For each case confirmed, all livestock within a three-kilometre radius was slaughtered, and a...