The toll of AIDS: why you should care about this global killer.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At first glance, Ben is an ordinary 18-year-old high school student from Vermont. He likes to go to parties, surf the Web, and hang out at McDonald's with his friends. He's also one of 40 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS. Ben, who...

NIV probes Kerala samples.
PUNE: Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) here strongly suspect that the outbreak of chikungunya in Kerala has been caused by an African genotype. The outbreak, which is caused by an alphavirus, spread through an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, has so far claimed 50 lives...

HDMC readies for monsoon.
Byline: MANU AIYAPPA HUBLI: With the monsoon round the corner, Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) is all set with its pre-monsoon preparations to prevent water-logging and epidemic outbreak in the twin cities. HDMC commissioner P Manivannan said the corporation is well prepared to meet any eventuality...

Experiences and implications of social workers practicing in a pediatric hospital environment affected by SARS.
The first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were reported in the rural province of Guangdong, China, in February 2003. Within four months, more than 8,000 people in 32 countries were infected with this new illness, resulting in more than 800 deaths ("Special Message," 2003).The last official cases...

Persistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection.
Persistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection Norbert Gualde, M.D. Dana Press 900--15th Street, NW, Washington DC 20005 1932594000 $25.00 www.dana.org Modern science has long searched for a way of eliminating infectious disease--but new diseases, new bacterial immunities to treatments,...

'India among top obese nations in the world'.
MUMBAI: Try to walk as much as possible instead of using the car or hailing a cab. Turn off the TV or the Internet and do some exercise instead. Get out of bed and take that morning walk you've been putting off. These are the messages doctors are spreading...

Social Justice is a global issue: ethical pandemic planning.
To the Editor: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to see "Planning for an Influenza Pandemic: Social Justice and Disadvantaged Groups," by Lori Uscher-Pines and colleagues (Jul-Aug 2007). As representatives of CDC's Public Health Ethics Committee, we recognize the importance of a robust ethical framework for...

The coming China wars; where they will be fought and how they will be won.
0132281287 The coming China wars; where they will be fought and how they will be won. Navarro, Peter. Financial Times Prentice Hall 2007 263 pages $24.99 Hardcover HF1604 Navarro (Paul Merage...

Environmental data assessment for use in public health surveillance.
Introduction Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data on a health-related event for use in public health action to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2001). Data from a public health...

Analysis; Indonesia tackles growing AIDS woes.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia faces a growing AIDS problem - particularly among drug users and prostitutes - while a recent survey shows two percent of the Papua population infected with HIV, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. The sprawling, developing nation of 220 million people also...