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| The human rights group, International Coalition for Genital Integrity, is continuing to raise concerns about the harms and costs of male circumcision at their booth in the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City this week, stating that circumcision programs will be a dangerous distraction in the HIV battle. |
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| According to recent reports in The Independent and the Drudge Report, a new worldwide pandemic is on its way, an event which could rival the Black Plague and “kill 50 million people and wreak massive disruption around the globe.” Former Surgeons General Dr. C. Everett Koop and Dr. David Satcher describe the threat as imminent. "The pattern makes you believe the likelihood of a pandemic - (probably) avian flu - is very real,'' Satcher said. "You have to believe it's around the corner somewhere.'' |
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| EM Enterprises & Antonio Brown & Associates in conjunction with the HIV/AIDS Organization Planned Parenthood & The National Black Justice Coalition unleashes its 1st Annual Summer Takeover event to raise awareness, give education and counseling for HIV/Aids on July 25th -27th 2008. The event, which will combine high fashion and entertainment, is also seeking to raise awareness, educate and offer free testing for HIV/Aids. This event was marketed in several cities throughout the United States including, D.C., Baltimore, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Philly, and Houston. Celebrity host include... |
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| NABCO Entrances has introduced a new "touchless" sensor for automatic slide doors, that activates the door with a wave of the hand. The Acuwave can also be used on non-swing or non-fold side of swing and folding doors. The new sensor, the Acuwave, was developed for access areas with heavy cross-traffic like sidewalks and hallways, where the chance of unnecessary door activation is high. The Acuwave is also an excellent solution for restrooms, clean rooms, operating rooms or anywhere bacteria can be spread by manually opening the door. |
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| International Development Organization Awards more than $3.8M in Grants to 154 Organizations in 27 Countries |
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| Harvey Parry a 2 ½ year old, double amputee from Northern London received two new above knee prostheses from A Step Ahead Prosthetics after he was unable to get appropriate prosthetic legs in England. When Harvey was 15 months old, he contracted the potentially deadly virus meningitis meningococcal septicemia. As a result of the disease, Harvey had both legs amputated above the knee and three and half fingers amputated on his right hand. |
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| The nation’s largest distributor of critical care biopharmaceuticals and industry leader in pharmaceutical supply chain safety is most proud of the nearly one-hundred million lives it’s protected. |
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| Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a developer of electroporation-based DNA vaccine delivery technology, and VGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held DNA vaccine developer, announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement, which provides for the issuance of Inovio Biomedical securities in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of VGX Pharmaceuticals. Each company’s board of directors has approved the merger agreement and the all-stock transaction it contemplates. The transaction is subject to completion of the registration of the Inovio Biomedical... |
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| Noted Urologist Offers Tips to Clear Up Confusion Over the Sex and UTI Connection |
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| Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that its partner, Tripep AB, reported additional interim results from its ongoing phase I/II clinical study of its ChronVac-C® therapeutic DNA vaccine, which is delivered using Inovio’s electroporation-based DNA delivery system. These preliminary results are from the first two patients in the intermediate dose group to complete treatment against hepatitis C virus infection. Samples taken before, during and after treatment showed... |
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