Nov 29 Warming Lakes, Restoring Youth and … Owl Puke Aging Ills Reversed in Mice Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, according to a study published online in the journal Nature and reported by the Wall Street Journal. Scientists achieved this by manipulating telomeres, DNA units that… Continue reading
Nov 25 Art Program Aims to Help Children Affected by AIDS By Talea Miller One in every eight adults in Mozambique is infected with HIV, and many children in the country have lost a parent, or both parents, to the disease. An art program started by Save the Children in one rural village is… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Making AIDS Drugs Affordable Here and Abroad Spencer Michels profiles the company that makes the HIV medicine, and the strides to make it affordable to those in the U.S. and poorer countries. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch New Antiretroviral Could Reduce Risk of HIV Infection Ray Suarez looks at the latest advances in combating AIDS. New research suggests taking an antiretroviral while healthy could greatly reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Mozambique Looks to Battle Illnesses to Boost Kids’ IQs, Economy In the final report of his series on health issues in Mozambique, Ray Suarez reports on the country's high levels of childhood mortality and the connections between kids' illnesses and intelligence levels. Continue watching
Nov 23 Preventing Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique By Talea Miller More than 400,000 babies born to HIV-positive mothers are infected with the virus each year. Risk of transmission can be reduced to less than 2 percent through prevention programs, raising hope that this type of transmission can be nearly eliminated… Continue reading
Nov 23 Preview: Sustaining Mozambique’s HIV/AIDS Fight By Talea Miller One out of every eight adults living in Mozambique is HIV positive, and most of them are on HIV medications called antiretrovirals. These pills are life-saving for people around the world infected with HIV, but the United States and other… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch High Costs of HIV Medication Cause ‘Terrible Dilemma’ in Mozambique In Mozambique, where 1 in 8 adults is living with HIV, the number of patients on antiretroviral drugs has expanded thanks to international AIDS funding, but a debate is emerging over whether foreign donors can continue to fund an ever-expanding… Continue watching
Nov 22 What We’re Reading: Jellyfish Stars, Big Hailstorms, Morphing Tumor Cells Brain Tumors Grow Their Own Blood Supply Drugs designed to choke off blood to brain tumors often fail, and two new studies published online in the journal Nature help explain why. Tumor cells may be bypassing the drugs… Continue reading
Nov 22 Preview: Mozambique’s Growth Not Benefitting Its Poorest By Ray Suarez Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries, grappling with high rates of poverty, HIV and malnutrition. But this coastal nation is also one of sub-Saharan Africa's star performers, posting steady economic growth year after year. We explore this dichotomy… Continue reading