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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
HIV/AIDS
$10 Million Red Cross fine highlights the troubled history of its blood services
The FDA recently hit the American Red Cross with a nearly $10 million fine for safety violations, lax oversight and faulty testing of its blood services. The fine is just the latest of more than a dozen the Red Cross has racked up in the last decade.
Texting sex ed – NYTs
Health organizations and school districts are using Web sites and texting services to provide teens with accurate information about sex, the New York Times reports.
Top 10 myths about HIV vaccine research
To mark World AIDS Day, the UW’s Dr. James Kublin, executive director of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, would like to debunk the top 10 myths about HIV vaccine research.
Free film screening to mark World AIDS Day
Public Health – Seattle & King County will mark World AIDS Day with a free showing of the film “Still Around” on Thurs., Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre.
Public health, medical research face deep cuts if super committee deadlocks
Federal funding for medical research, disease prevention and a host of public health initiatives could be sharply reduced if the congressional super committee fails to agree on a deficit-reduction package, triggering automatic cuts.
Tomorrow, Oct. 15, is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Hay más de 750 personas en el Condado de King que son latinos y tienen VIH o SIDA, y alrededor del 40% de ellos recibieron un diagnóstico tardío.
HIV News: the good, the bad, and the costly
The HIV infection rate in the U.S. remains steady but there’s been a big jump in infections among young HIV-infected African American men who have sex with men.
One pill a day can slash risk of HIV infection, UW study finds
Take one pill a day can more than halve the risk that an uninfected partner will contract HIV from an infected sexual partner, a University of Washington study has found.
Parents debate vaccine safety, Hutch seeks stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised — Seattle Times
Seattle Times health coverage: Parents debate vaccine safety at CDC forum in Shoreline, Hutch win $20 million grant to seek stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised for innovative drug intervention program.
Cancer’s impact in developing world goes unrecognized – panel
Cancer’s impact on the developing world goes largely unrecognized and unaddressed, panelists said at a Seattle World Affairs Council event held Wednesday night at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Open for Questions: 30 Years of AIDS
To mark the 30th anniversary of the first report of the disease that became known as HIV/AIDs Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley and Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach took questions about the epidemic.
View: 30 years of AIDS
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and his Chief of Staff Gregory Folkers look back on the first three decades of the HIV epidemic.
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