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U.S. global AIDS coordinator Debbie Birx was named as Vice President Pence's point person on the coronavirus response on Thursday. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Riccardo Savi/Getty Images U.S. global AIDS coordinator Debbie Birx was named as Vice President Pence's point person on the coronavirus response on Thursday. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images Updated at 12:45 p.m. The White House sought to show it was shoring up its efforts to corral the spread of coronavirus on Thursday, naming an internationally recognized HIV/AIDS expert as its new coronavirus response coordinator. Debbie Birx is a State Department ambassador-at-large who works on global health diplomacy issues. Vice President Pence said Birx would be detailed to his office. President Trump put Pence in charge of the response after the stock market plunged and federal health officials warned that Americans should prepare for disruptions if the new COVID-19 coronavirus worsens i...

WHEELING — The James T. McClure Respiratory Symposium will offer a health care review from 5-9 p.m. March 11. The event will take place in the White Palace ballroom at Wheeling Park. The Tuberculosis Association of Ohio County and the Wheeling Area Continuing Medical Education Consortium are presenting the symposium. There is a cost to attend, with a lower rate for students. Registration is requested by March 4. To register or obtain more information, contact the Tuberculosis Association, 90 16th St., Wheeling, or call the organization at (304) 233-0640. After a dinner buffet, participants will be welcomed by Dr. William Mercer, medical director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department. The first session features an update on tuberculosis in West Virginia, focused on epidemiology and new health care worker screening guidelines. The presenter will be Suzanne Wilson, who serves as director of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Program for the state Bureau of Public Healt...

ASA's Ana Herrera On February 21, AIDS Services of Austin announced a merger with Vivent Health , a national HIV/AIDS services nonprofit. The announcement came at ASA's annual fundraising luncheon, Building Healthy Futures , at the Downtown Sheraton. ASA, the largest and oldest HIV/AIDS nonprofit in Central Texas, provides direct medical care and supportive services to those living with HIV through its myriad programs, including the Moody Medical Clinic, the Jack Sansing Dental Clinic, and housing assistance. Vivent Health began in much the same way as ASA, as the AIDS Resource Center of Wis­con­sin in Milwaukee, but has expanded its national reach in recent years through mergers with service providers in other states, including Rocky Mountain CARES in Denver and the St. Louis Effort for AIDS . In those states, Vivent Health is a federally certified HIV medical home – the only one in the country, according to a letter from ASA CEO Paul Scott that first announced the po...

Express News Service VIJAYAWADA:  The distribution of the recently-announced health cards for livestock will begin by May-end, and it will be done with the help of village volunteers through the 11,158 Rythu Bharosa Kendras that will be built across the state. In an interaction with TNIE, Animal Husbandry director Dr M Srinivas Rao said all health-related services including de-worming, breeding, brucellosis vaccination, foot and mouth disease control, entertoxemia disease (ETD) control and sheep packs would be covered under the scheme. Vaccination and de-worming programmes would be conducted twice a year across the state.  The scheme will also compensate for the loss of cattle under the livestock loss compensation provision.“While Rs 30,000 will be given for the loss of a country-bred (fine quality) bovine, Rs 15,000 will be given for country-bred (common variety) cattle. An amount of Rs 6,000, which can be extended up to Rs 1,20,000 for 20 animals of each owner, will ...

Express News Service VIJAYAWADA:  The distribution of the recently-announced health cards for livestock will begin by May-end, and it will be done with the help of village volunteers through the 11,158 Rythu Bharosa Kendras that will be built across the state. In an interaction with TNIE, Animal Husbandry director Dr M Srinivas Rao said all health-related services including de-worming, breeding, brucellosis vaccination, foot and mouth disease control, entertoxemia disease (ETD) control and sheep packs would be covered under the scheme. Vaccination and de-worming programmes would be conducted twice a year across the state.  The scheme will also compensate for the loss of cattle under the livestock loss compensation provision.“While Rs 30,000 will be given for the loss of a country-bred (fine quality) bovine, Rs 15,000 will be given for country-bred (common variety) cattle. An amount of Rs 6,000, which can be extended up to Rs 1,20,000 for 20 animals of each owner, will ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: The related video was published regarding a new clinic location opening to help with HIV care and prevention. The City of Austin will soon be receiving a federal grant of $750,000 to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Texas, according to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. This funding comes from the Department of Health and Human Services' "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America – Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program." The program aims to reduce new HIV infections across the nation. “The scourge of HIV/AIDS continues to cause tremendous pain for too many Texans and their families,” said Sen. Cornyn. “I commend the Trump Administration for prioritizing the health of Texans as well as local leaders in Austin for securing the funds to fight this deadly disease.” RELATED:  Texas Health Action opening a third Kind Clinic in Austin Facebook removes misleading HIV drug ads after backlash from LGBTQ activists An Austin nonprofit that houses people wit...

Dr. Mark Kline, who founded an international pediatric HIV/AIDS program credited with saving tens of thousands of lives, has abruptly stepped down from leadership posts at that organization and two elite Houston medical institutions. Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine Wednesday jointly announced the departures, which come less than a year after the hospital nominated Kline for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care and treatment. Kline was president of the initiative. He also resigned as physician-in-chief at Texas Children’s and chairman of the department of pediatrics at Baylor, according to a Texas Children’s news release and an email to the Baylor community from school President Dr. Paul Klotman. The documents gave no reason for the resignations and Kline could not be reached for comment. Neither document thanked Kline for his nearly 30 years of service at the two i...