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- WHO reports wild poliovirus outbreak in Africa
- Study shows vitamin C kills drug-resistant strands of TB
- Vical Incorporated announces results of herpes vaccine trial
- WIAAP opposes bill that may allow unvaccinated health care employees
- Expert doubts CDC promotion of influenza vaccine
- Swine-origin flu variant cases continue in U.S.
- Scientist map critical portion of anti-influenza antibody
- Boy dies from superbug infection at NIH hospital
- Progress made on new TB drug
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Obama’s 2014 budget seeks to improve economy and provide HIV treatment
Tweet President Barack Obama recently released the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, which includes plans to boost the economy by strengthening the middle class and investments in prevention programs for HIV/AIDS. The budget plan details a balanced way to decrease the … Read More »
FDA requests budget of $4.7 billion to ensure food safety
TweetThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested a budget of $4.7 billion to protect and promote the public health as part of the 2014 budget. Of the requested $4.7 billion, industry leaders would fund 94 percent of the proposed … Read More »
Bipartisan bill would reduce budget cuts for some agencies
TweetCongress passed a 2013 spending plan this week to ease the budget pain of mandatory cuts imposed on some U.S. science funding agencies. The bipartisan bill includes slight funding increases to the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug … Read More »
Sequestration could jeopardize malaria vaccine trial
Tweet Officials at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, recently said that the mandatory budget cuts of the sequestration could affect further testing of a potentially groundbreaking malaria vaccine. Scientists at the facility grow insects … Read More »
Budget cuts could hinder research at Massachusetts AIDS lab
Tweet The Ragon Institute, a leading AIDS research center, unveiled a new $30 million laboratory building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday under the cloud of possible budget cuts driven by the sequestration of the federal budget. The new facility aims … Read More »
House Democrats call for hearing on antibiotic resistance
TweetLeading Democrats with the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to their Republican counterparts on Thursday to hold a hearing on the imminent threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank … Read More »
U.S. budget cuts could impact drug development for TB, HIV/AIDS
Tweet Cuts to research and development programs could jeopardize the development efforts of new drugs for TB, HIV/AIDS and malaria, according to a recent report from the Global Health Technologies Coalition. The report said that the impending budget sequestration could … Read More »
Bavarian Nordic to host congresswoman to discuss public-private partnerships
Tweet Bavarian Nordic A/S recently announced its plans to host Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and David Gollaher, the president and CEO of the California Healthcare Institute, for a visit to discuss the impact of recently passed legislation. The meeting will … Read More »