Hepatitis C Allies of Philadelphia ACT UP Philadelphia CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update 03/15/2013 UNITED STATES: "Many Poor Heterosexuals in U.S. Cities at Risk for HIV" Reuters (03.14.13):: Julie SteenhuysenPoor heterosexuals in U.S. cities with high HIV incidence—including Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles—have a much higher risk of HIV exposure from new sexual partners than people in other parts of the United States, according to Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Approximately two percent of 8,500 poor heterosexuals living in 12 major cities tested positive for HIV and almost half (45 percent) of those diagnosed reported they had never been tested for HIV before. Eighteen percent of HIV-infected people in the overall U.S. population do not know they are infected.Researchers analyzed 2010 data from 8,500 heterosexuals in neighborhoods with high HIV incidence in 21 U.S. cities.
Krokodil: The drug that eats junkies - Europe - World Half an hour later, after much boiling, distilling, mixing and shaking, what remains is a caramel-coloured gunge held in the end of a syringe, and the acrid smell of burnt iodine in the air. Sasha fixes a dirty needle to the syringe and looks for a vein in his bruised forearm. After some time, he finds a suitable place, and hands the syringe to Oleg, telling him to inject the fluid. He closes his eyes, and takes the hit. 2013 update: Has krokodil - the horrific street drug that rots the flesh of addicts – made the switch from Russia to the US? Russia has more heroin users than any other country in the world – up to two million, according to unofficial estimates. The home-made drug that Oleg and Sasha inject is known as krokodil, or "crocodile". It is a drug for the poor, and its effects are horrific. "If you miss the vein, that's an abscess straight away," says Sasha. "She won't go to hospital, she just keeps injecting. Some of the names in this story have been changed
(1) HIVptn (HPTN) LSPPPO|HEALTHCARE NEWS|March 14, 2013 April 17, 2014 View Previous Issues - Healthcare News Archive DNA Alternative to Pap Smear Sparks Medical Debate A high-tech screening tool for cervical cancer is facing pushback from more than a dozen patient groups, who warn that the genetic test could displace a simpler, cheaper and more established mainstay of women's health: the Pap smear. Source: Top of Page Blood Glucose Monitoring Test Systems for Prescription Point-of-Care Use; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Extension of Comment Period The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to May 7, 2014, the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of January 7, 2014 (79 FR 830). Source: Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Extension of Comment Period Source: EU Eyes Genetic Test Regulation
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Body's anti-HIV 'training manual' offers vaccine hopes 3 April 2013Last updated at 13:00 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The body's own "training manual" for attacking HIV has been recorded by US scientists and it is hoped it can be used to design vaccines. HIV mutates in order to survive the onslaught of a patient's immune system. However, some patients develop highly effective antibodies that can neutralise huge swathes of HIV mutants. A North Carolina team analysed the arms race between body and virus, published in the journal Nature, and has shown how these antibodies are made. When someone is infected with HIV, their body produces antibodies to attack it. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote What we were able to do was map out the arms race of both virus and antibody” End QuoteProf Barton HaynesDuke University However, after about four years of this struggle some patients hit on to a winner by targeting something the virus finds harder to change - an Achilles heel. Super antibody
Stop and search - Consultations This consultation seeks views on the police powers of stop and search, specifically under the following legislation: section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 It concerns those powers used in relation to street crime, burglary, antisocial behaviour, and public order offences such as riots and violent protests. The aim of the consultation is to understand how the public and those involved in policing view the use of these powers. The Home Office has already asked Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) to examine how police forces use stop and search. The consultation period has been extended and now runs until 24 September 2013. Please send us your comments by using our online form. Alternatively, you can email your response to: Stopandsearch@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Or write to:
Overdose Prevention Alliance The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet - Bruce Schneier Technology companies have to fight for their users, or they'll eventually lose them. It turns out that the NSA's domestic and world-wide surveillance apparatus is even more extensive than we thought. Bluntly: The government has commandeered the Internet. Most of the largest Internet companies provide information to the NSA, betraying their users. Some, as we've learned, fight and lose. Others cooperate, either out of patriotism or because they believe it's easier that way. I have one message to the executives of those companies: fight. Do you remember those old spy movies, when the higher ups in government decide that the mission is more important than the spy's life? We're already starting to see that. It will be the same with you. This is why you have to fight. Already companies are taking their data and communications out of the US. The extreme case of fighting is shutting down entirely. But they can fight. If this is happening to your company, do what you can to isolate the actions.
Breaking The Taboo - Watch Free Documentary Online - Sam Branson, Cosmo Feilding Mellen, Fernando Grostein Andrade (director), Morgan Freeman (narrator) Description The War on Drugs has failed. After 50 years of prohibition, illicit drugs are now the third most valuable industry in the world after food and oil, all in the control of criminals. Drugs are cheaper and more available than ever before. Narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, "Breaking the Taboo" is produced by Sam Branson's indie Sundog Pictures and Brazilian co-production partner Spray Filmes and was directed by Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Fernando Grostein Andrade. Tags Sam Branson, Cosmo Feilding Mellen, Fernando Grostein Andrade, Breaking The Taboo, documentary, free, watch, online, film, download, bill clinton, jimmy cart, drug policy, drug, global commission, war, policy, sundog pictures, breaking the taboo, taboo, morgan freeman