AIDS vaccine suffers setback in US

US and Thai Governments defend HIV/AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand.

work with governments and nongovernmental organizations to expand supplement distribution programmes in countries that already have them and develop new ones in those that don’t. The report also launches an information campaign that is targeted at government agencies, media outlets and food producers in at-risk countries, highlighting the damage caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies and em...

Prospects for an AIDS vaccine.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first identified at the end of 1981.1 In 1983, the causative virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), was identified2, almost certainly having entered humans from a reservoir in chimpanzees, possibly on several occasions.3 Since 1981 the virus has spread to cause possibly the most serious epidemic infection in human history. The virus has divers...

Ethical considerations in AIDS vaccine trials.

Preparedness for AIDS vaccine trials in India.

India bears a heavy disease burden of HIV/AIDS infected and affected people. A safe, effective and accessible preventive AIDS vaccine, used along with other preventive interventions, is urgently needed to stem the epidemic. This review highlights the extensive preparedness activities undertaken from 2002 by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), its Indian government and non governme...

Who Suffers During Recessions?

T he Great Recession generated large reductions in employment, earnings, and income for workers and families in the United States. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 5 percent in December 2007 to 9.5 percent in June 2009, the start and end of the recession according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER, at 〈http://www.nber.org/cycles.html〉). From 2007 to 2010,...