News tagged with emergency plan


US court battle escalates over morning-after pill

Women's health advocates said Tuesday they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.

Medications created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obama calls morning-after pill call 'common sense'

(AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed but said he did not steer his administration's decision to halt the over-the-counter sale of an anti-pregnancy drug to girls under 17, saying it was common ...

Medications created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Block of OTC morning-after pill sparks debate

It's the morning after and the controversy over how to sell emergency contraception still looms.

Medications created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US mulls easier access to emergency contraception

US regulators are considering whether to grant a drug company's request to make emergency contraception available over the counter to people of all ages instead of by prescription.

Medications created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Obama to announce new steps to combat AIDS

(AP) -- President Barack Obama is renewing the U.S. commitment to ending AIDS Thursday, setting new goals for getting more people access to life-saving drugs and boosting spending on treatment in the U.S. by $50 million ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scale-up of voluntary male circumcision cost-effective way to prevent HIV in S. and E. Africa

A collection of nine new articles to be published in PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE, in conjunction with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ( ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Children's hospitals not equipped to handle pandemics

A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies to immediately review ...

Health created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HIV therapies provide near normal lifespan in Africa

A landmark study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) shows that patients in Africa receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for HIV can expect to live ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

QLD weather disasters highlight difficulties with feeding babies

(Medical Xpress) -- Infant feeding was an unseen casualty of the recent Queensland natural disasters and researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) want mothers to help them find out about the challenges they faced ...

Health created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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