Queen died today. That is the latest bit of distressing news I received from friends in Kenya. She was a quiet little girl whom I …
Category: Diseases + conditions
South Africa finally comes to grips with AIDS
It was nearly a decade ago that I wrote a story about a protest by 5,000 scientists worldwide, including several at Stanford, against South Africa's …
Skepticism and questions about AIDS vaccine trial
Yesterday I attended a fundraiser in Palo Alto for the Rotary's Child AIDS Project, where some national leaders in the AIDS fight expressed skepticism about …
AIDS vaccine study results boost morale for US trial
Researchers in the United States are hoping to build on the recently reported success of an experimental vaccine for the AIDS virus conducted in Thailand. …
Frustration turns to hope with AIDS vaccine
I recall three years ago, at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, hearing virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur in Paris question whether development …
Fighting diabetes in fat mice
Twin brothers working in labs 2,260 miles apart are part of a team of scientists who found a simple way to reverse the effects of …
New AIDS czar a good fit
Amid the furor over swine flu, a very important bit of health policy news seems to have been buried. President Obama just appointed a new …