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By admin on July 21st, 2009

Health stories in the news – July 21

Continuous chemotherapy for some cancers?
New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack writes that some doctors and pharmaceutical companies are advocating treating patients with cancer continuously.
“That would be a departure from the common practice of stopping treatment when the cancer is under control and resuming it only if the cancer worsens,” Pollack writes.
Some doctors say such  ”maintenance [...]

Cancer • Child & Youth Health • Doctors • Drugs & Medicines • Global Health • Health Insurance • Infections • Insurance • Medicaid • Vaccines
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Experts to give update on swine flu at UW today
By admin on May 04th, 2009

Experts to give update on swine flu at UW today

A panel of local and international experts will provide an update on the influenza A/H1N1 (“swine flu”) outbreak this afternoon at the UW Medical Center.

The panel will include:

Dr. David Fleming, director of public health for Seattle and King County;
Kathleen Neuzil, director of PATH’s Influenza Vaccine Project
Marie Kimball, UW professor of epidemiology and director of Asia Pacific [...]

Global Health • Influenza • University of Washington
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By admin on February 03rd, 2009

Malaria fighters in Seattle

Steve Scher, host of KUOW’s talk show Weekday, today interviewed three Seattle experts who are working to control and prevent malaria, a disease that kills 1 million people a year, mostly children.
A podcast of the show is available online.
Scher’s guests included: 

Dr. Rip Ballou, deputy director for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Development at the Bill and Melinda [...]

Global Health • Infections
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Seattle Global Health News - PATH, Gates and IDRI
By admin on January 22nd, 2009

Seattle Global Health News – PATH, Gates and IDRI

Gates gives $255 million to $630 million polio eradication push

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $255 million challenge grant to Rotary International for its Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Rotary will match the Gates grant with $100 million raised by its own members over the next three years.
In addition, the United Kingdom will give [...]

Global Health • Immune System • Infections
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By admin on December 02nd, 2008

Global Initiatives in Washington State

[ December 3, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ]  

 

Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.

Global Washington Press Release:

Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]

Global Health • Upcoming Events
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Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state
By admin on December 02nd, 2008

Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state

Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.

Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]

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By admin on November 29th, 2008

AIDS expert to speak at UW for World AIDS Day

[ December 1, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]  

 

Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.

The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80%  and is credited with [...]

Global Health • Infections • Newborn and Infant Health • University of Washington • Upcoming Events
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AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1
By admin on November 29th, 2008

AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1

Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80%  and is credited with [...]

Global Health • Infections • Newborn and Infant Health • University of Washington • Women's Health
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By admin on November 25th, 2008

Global Health in Washington State

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Leadership Conference last month focused on the region’s growing role in global health initiatives. 
Representatives of the  Washington Global Health Alliance, an organization of local nonprofit organizations, foundations, university programs and businesses involved in addressing global health problems, addressed the Chamber, describing the scale of these challenges and scope of [...]

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By admin on November 11th, 2008

Seattle foundations behind new malaria vaccine trial

Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
The trial will enrol 16,000 children to test a promising vaccine that in earlier trials proved to be at least partially effective.
The trial has been organised by PATH, a Seattle-based foundation that specializes in global health, in cooperation with the [...]

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