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April 27, 2012  In 2010, there were 178 drug shortages reported to FDA, a record high. This increase has not escaped the agency’s attention. “There has been an immense amount of concern in the health care community about drug shortages, especially given the rising number of shortages in critical areas of medicine,” said Valerie Jensen, associate director, Drug Shortage Program, at FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “In 2011, FDA has continued to see an increasing number of shortages, especially those involving older, sterile injectable drugs.”

July 11, 2012  Results also showed that among slow HIV progressors, people whose HIV progresses to AIDS but more slowly than usual, those with lower amounts of HIV in the blood were more likely to show minimal immune system loss over time. In addition, in most cases, controllers and non-progressors did eventually progress to AIDS. “Studying these patients could form the basis for the design of novel strategies to prevent immune deterioration in HIV-infected individuals,” said Dr. Nesrina Imami, a medical statistician in Immunology at Imperial College, London and senior author of the study, in correspondence with The AIDS Beacon. She added that understanding how the immune systems in these individuals control HIV could lead to therapeutic options that target the virus.

December 25, 2010  In 1987 Diane Abbott made history by becoming the first black woman ever elected to the British Parliament. She has since built a distinguished career as a parliamentarian, broadcaster and commentator.

January 1, 2011  Title III - Improving the Safety of Imported Food Requires U.S. importers to perform risk-based foreign supplier verification activities to verify that imported food is produced in compliance with applicable requirements related to hazard analysis and standards for produce safety and is not adulterated or misbranded.

July 13, 2012  The Bethlehem, PA, developer of a CLIA-waived HIV test used in doctors’ offices since 2004 reasons it can reduce that last number significantly—and seize a market it says exceeds $500 million—through its new, in-home version of the test, announced earlier this month. The new OraQuick in-home HIV test will start sales in October at the company’s website and 30,000 stores, including Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid. OraSure Technologies says OraQuick can detect antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 in oral mucosal transudate with an oral swab, with results in about 20 minutes. It’s the first rapid diagnostic test for an infectious disease to be approved by FDA for over-the-counter sale. OTC test could decrease transmission by increasing diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

June 26, 2013  Genomic Science Program Today, scientists have in hand the complete DNA sequences of genomes for many organisms—from microbes to plants to humans.

May 3, 2012  ...With the rapid emergence of genomic tests, healthcare providers, patients and policy makers need to know how useful they are and whether the benefits of their use outweigh potential harms to patients, families, and the population.

November 16, 2012  HIV/AIDS Epidemic HIV/AIDS has claimed the lives of more than 550,000 Americans. Today, about 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and one fifth of those infected are unaware of their infection.

April 18, 2013  Awareness of diseases and outbreaks in your area are important to you and your family. Stay current and check mobile apps on outbreaks. Global, State, Local. Awareness of environmental factors impacting humans.

June 12, 2011  "Global Public Square" is where you can make sense of the world every day with insights and explanations from CNN's Fareed Zakaria, leading journalists at TIME and CNN, and other international thinkers.