Dec 01 Watch When Will We See an AIDS-Free Generation? On World AIDS Day, President Obama pledged Thursday to provide HIV treatment for millions more around the world. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the epidemic with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, clinic director Dr. Patricia Nkansah-Asamoah and… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Obama Pledges More Support for HIV Treatment President Obama marked World AIDS Day Thursday by pledging a stepped-up effort to reach more victims of the pandemic that began 30 years ago and has since infected an estimated 66 million people worldwide. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Dec 01 For HIV Advocates, ‘Unprecedented’ Moment Collides with Fiscal Worries Demonstrators rally at the United Nations' High Level Meeting on HIV & AIDS last summer, calling for full funding of worldwide treatment and prevention programming. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. The view from the curb looks pretty good to… Continue reading
Dec 01 An Illustrated History of AIDS Dr. Edward Atwater, 85, poses with some of the more than 6,000 posters in his collection. Photo courtesy of the University of Rochester. The colorful posters have graced walls and subways in London, New York, and Paris. But… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch As Lipitor’s Patent Expires, Is Era of ‘Blockbuster Drugs’ Over? After 14 years on the market, the most profitable prescription drug in history, Lipitor, is going generic as patients, doctors and the pharmaceutical industry wait to see what will happen. Margaret Warner discusses the implications with Dr. Jerry Avorn of… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch The Role of Rising Food Prices in Egypt’s Revolution Egypt's rising food prices are helping fuel the revolution that led to this week's parliamentary elections. In collaboration with The Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace, Sandy Tolan reports as part of a new series called "Food for… Continue watching
Nov 30 Q&A: Money Woes Force Global Fund to Refocus on Essential Programs HIV testing. Photo by UNICEF. It's been a difficult year for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the largest funding mechanism for programs providing prevention and treatment for the diseases around the world. Several big… Continue reading
Nov 29 Tainted Rice Part of China’s Pollution Problem Reports show that up to 10 percent of rice grown in China contains cadmium. Continue reading
Nov 28 Trial for HIV Prevention Gel Halted, No Protection Shown Photo by Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images. A clinical trial testing a microbicide gel once hailed as a highly promising new approach to HIV prevention is being shut down early because of poor results. The National Institutes of Health announced… Continue reading