U.S. panel raps how agencies handle human research

2011-12-15T14:30:45Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government agencies fund thousands of studies on human subjects, but do not have a very good handle on the basic information about that research -- possibly putting participants in harm's way, a presidential panel of reviewers has found.

The presidential bioethics commission looked into the current protections for human subjects in a review triggered by evidence o...

US panel urges protection of humans in research

2011-12-15T12:30:21Z

A bioethics panel that investigated a Guatemalan sex disease scandal urged the US government Thursday to consider compensating victims who are harmed by participating in future research.

The President's Bioethics Commission was tasked by Barack Obama after revelations last year that 1,300 people were exposed to venereal disease as part of macabre research led by an American in Barack Obama after revelations last year that 1,300 people were exposed to venereal disease as part of macabre research led by an American in

Amphetamine-type drugs more common than cannabis: U.N.

2011-09-13T07:00:50Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are selling more cheap and easy-to-make amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy and crystal meth, in new markets, and cannabis is now the only more widely used illegal drug, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.

The number of methamphetamine pills seized in southeast <...

U.S. researchers broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study

2011-08-30T07:00:38Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by deliberately infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940s, according to a presidential commission.

The U.S.-funded research in Guatemala did not treat participants as human beings,...

U.S. to shed light on Guatemala syphilis experiment

2011-08-29T09:00:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. presidential commission will release on Monday its findings on a government research project that deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis in the 1940s.

The conclusions have consequences for U.S. diplomacy and will impact the ethical discussion surrounding how new drugs are tested on patients, as manufacturers increasingl...

Guatemalans sue US over 1940s STD study

2011-03-15T21:30:19Z

Seven Guatemalans filed a class action lawsuit in Washington over a 1940s US study in which hundreds of people in the Central American nation were deliberately infected with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent.

The suit by the Guatemalans, filed against the Guatemala on Wednesday issued a formal request for full disclosure on how US scientists deliberately infected hundreds of people here with sexually transmitted diseases from 1946-1948.

"All of the information has been requested officially but it is still at the university where they found the archives," President Alvar...

U.S. government researchers secretly infected Guatemalans with syphilis in the 1940s

2010-10-01T22:31:34Z

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El Salvador Gets Tough On AIDS

2010-04-16T11:35:18Z

El Salvador's new government says it will cover the cost of AIDS treatments; offers free HIV test

El Salvador's new leftist government of President Mauricio Funes is getting tough on fighting HIV/AIDS in the Central America country, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

The adminis...

Volunteer Abroad International Opportunities Overseas Volunteering Humanitarian Trips Medical Nurses Emt College & High School Students Families

2010-10-11T18:17:02Z

Volunteer Abroad Programs - Volunteering Work Opportunities

Welcome to A Broader View Volunteers! We offer international volunteer projects for the globally-minded individual searching for a unique travel experience. Our volunteer projects are available year round in Central America, South America, Asia and Africa.

We offer customized programs with flexible start dates. You choose when you want...

Health Highlights: May 24, 2007

2010-10-22T22:58:13Z

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Guatemala Bus Fire

2011-01-04T14:01:53Z

A passenger wounded in a city bus that caught fire waits for medical attention in the emergency room of a public hospital in Guatemala City, Monday Jan. 3, 2011. The man is one of 16 people injured when the city bus exploded Monday afternoon. The cause of the explosion in which five people died is unknown. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Guatemala Emergency Room

2010-12-27T14:32:13Z

In this photo taken May 5, 2010, medical students and paramedics rush a man with gunshot wounds to the operating room at the emergency of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City. Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the hemisphere with over 50 murders for every 100,000 residents. In 2009 at least 6,451 p...

APTOPIX Guatemala Emergency Room

2010-12-27T14:31:59Z

In this photo taken June 12, 2010, students and doctors fit on the X-ray table a man who was beaten as he was robbed, at the emergency room of the San Juan de Dios hospital, Guatemala City. Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the hemisphere with over 50 murders for every 100,000 residents. In 2009 at least 6,4...

School Board Shooting

2010-12-23T08:01:38Z

In this image taken from video released by WJHG-TV on Dec. 15, 2010, Ginger Littleton, right, sneaks up behind Clay Duke before hitting him with her purse, while he holds Bay City school board members hostage in Panama City, Fla. The purse that Littleton

CORRECTION Phoenix Drop House

2010-12-03T17:01:27Z

Members of the Phoenix Police Department S.W.A.T. team stand in front of a home as detectives interview a suspect in custody at a suspected drop house Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in Phoenix. Police say three suspected smugglers are in custody, and 10 juveniles, who are from Mexico,

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