Topic: United States

Merck gets approval for wider use of HIV drug

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved an expanded label for Merck & Co's treatment for HIV for use with other antiretroviral drugs in children and adolescents.The safety and effectiveness of the drug was evaluated in a clinical trial of 96 children ...

U.S. panel raps how agencies handle human research

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 ...

US panel urges protection of humans in research

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 ...
A bioethics panel convened in the wake of 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 authorized by Barack Obama after revelations last year ...
African leaders must ensure that programmes to fight HIV/AIDS on the ravaged continent are successfully carried out, former US president George W. Bush said Sunday.Bush said at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs (ICASA) in Africa that ...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday added $50 million to fight AIDS in the United States and launched efforts to treat two million more people abroad."We can beat this disease," Obama said at an event to mark World AIDS Day which included ...

Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatment to 6 million people worldwide by 2013, up from an earlier goal of 4 million.At a celebrity-studded World AIDS Day event ...

Obama sets new U.S. goal on fighting AIDS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to bolster U.S. efforts to fight AIDS, setting a new goal of providing treatment to 6 million people worldwide, up from the earlier goal of 4 million.Obama, at a World AIDS Day event, ...

Obama to set new goal on fighting global AIDS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will set a new goal in the worldwide fight against AIDS with an announcement on Thursday of a target to provide treatment for an additional 2 million people by the end of 2013.Obama's new global target ...
President Barack Obama on Thursday observed World AIDS Day by announcing new steps designed to promote an AIDS-free generationPresident Barack Obama on Thursday observed World AIDS Day by announcing new steps designed to promote an AIDS-free generation. Obama and two former presidents, ...
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