India is rapidly becoming a global supplier of life-saving HIV vaccine. Now it's joining forces with South Africa to research the HIV sub-type most commonly found in their countries. READ»
New numbers reveal just how dependent the world really is on India's cheap anti-retroviral drugs, but free trade agreements with the EU could bring catastrophic changes to developing nations.READ»
IBM's World Community Grid is a volunteer effort to put idle computers--yours, mine, all one billion of them--to work tackling cancer, AIDS and other public health problems. Here's how to join.READ»
Over the course of my professional career, I have nurtured a passion for
helping others. Below, you will find some information on several
organizations and charities I have supported.
Angel Flight (www.angelflight.com)
Angel ...READ»
Founded in 1985, Project Open Hand provides healthy meals to the
elderly, people with life-threatening illnesses, and those otherwise
unable to acquire decent food on their own. Project Open Hand’s mission
centers on the ...READ»
You can have it if you don’t need it:Did you hear about the South Carolina teenager with H.I.V. who had his health insurance policy revoked? That got me thinking about Henry Ford and three big industries in the USA.Wait. ...READ»
Heroin, like any product, relies on branding to tell its story. GOOD Magazine alum Liza Vadnai has teamed with the Stamp Collective to gather photos of heroin stamps (branded stamp-sized bags of heroin), blow them up to poster size, ...READ»
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removes HIV as a
disease of public health significance affecting foreign nationals
seeking admission to the United States.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers ...READ»
In terms of information and awareness, the earthquake in Haiti is "the most immediate disaster we've ever had," says Marguerite Madden, a geography professor at University of Georgia. Here's a look at how innovation has driven the relief effort.READ»
As with AIDS in the early 90's, celebrities are beginning to play a key role in raising awareness and galvanizing support for clean water, an issue often easily ignored in the comfort of our living rooms.READ»
A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.READ»
This year's theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights," but maybe it should be "Donate Now -- or Else." Of the 9.7 million HIV/AIDS sufferers in developing countries who need antiretroviral therapy, less than a third are getting it. ...READ»
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced that it has bestowed 76 grants of $100,000 each to scientists who have come up with unconventional ways to destroy infectious diseases in the developing world. Below are ...READ»
I'm a senior at Cal State Northridge, I'm a health and sciences major. I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I worked at a rubber manufacturing plant. I now volunteer at the Health Services Center here on campus, where I am very ...READ»
Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations ...READ»
Multifunction cellphones get a whole new twist with this modification by UCLA scientists: A microscope add-on that can detect HIV. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan's Lensfree Ultrawide Cell-monitoring Array system simply bolts onto the camera sensor ...READ»
Last year, Starbucks went red for the holidays, unveiling an attractive red cup, dotted with white snowflakes and sporting the company's logo in green.
This year, as the season of good cheer approaches, the chain is taking ...READ»
Is the cellphone the most promising new weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDs? A group of designers, tech companies, health care providers and AIDs activists are betting that mobile phones can help crack this intractable problem: delivering health care information to one of the world's most severely affected regions.READ»
