Tag Archives: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AIDS: ARV Optimism Tempered by Home Truths

By Jill Wechsler | Published: August 1, 2012

The prospect that antiretroviral drugs could prevent HIV infection in high-risk populations was the big news emerging from last month’s International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. But the news raises the tricky ethical question of whether the US should spend $11,000 per patient to keep uninfected individuals healthy, when funds are lacking to provide life-saving treatment [...]

Posted in FDA, Guest Blog, healthcare | Also tagged AIDS, antiretroviral, antiviral, ARVs, FDA, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health | Leave a comment

WHO Pushes H1N1 Flu to Pandemic State

By George Koroneos | Published: June 11, 2009

Image by Quiplash! via Flickr The Word Health Organization just bumped the H1N1 influenza to pandemic alert phase 6 (the highest alert level), making it the first worldwide pandemic in 41 years. According to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, 30,000 cases of the swine flu have been reported in 74 countries, but there is a very good possibility [...]

Posted in Manufacturing, Safety | Also tagged H1N1, Health, Influenza, Influenza pandemic, Margaret Chan, Oseltamivir, Swine influenza, United States, WHO | 1 Comment