Archive: Jul 2012

Reuters: As access to drugs improves, AIDS deaths drop worldwide

Reuters notes that the United Nations AIDS program has released a report linking  improved access to antiretroviral drugs as a major factor in the decreased incidence of deaths from HIV and AIDS.The report was released just ahead of the International…

AlertNet: Conflict-hit Sudanese may go hungry despite aid deal

AlertNet reports that even amid government pledges to allow for easier access to food relief in areas of conflict around Sudan’s border states, aid groups believe these populations are still in danger of famine. The proposal was first suggested by a…

Book Brief: Worst Case Bioethics

George J. Annas Oxford University Press (June 2011) ISBN 9780199840717 335 pages $24.95 Available at Amazon.com In Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health, George Annas examines bioethics and ensuing policy through responses to the…