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Own Up On Disease Prevention, Oprah!
An op-ed in the February 2011 edition of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN laments recent increases in pertussis, or whooping cough, in California, suggesting the trend may result from parents’ growing reluctance...
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Imagine That – Smart Phone Diagnosis
Here’s a cool idea – a team of University of Central Florida students is working on a smart phone application that will help healthcare workers in remote locations diagnose malaria quickly and easily....
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AIDS at 30 Years: First HIV Prevention Drug Approved
UNAIDS Global Report – HIV Prevalence Map 2010 When Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome became an epidemic in the early 1980′s, no one knew where it came from, what caused it or how to cure this...
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Spectrum’s July Fireworks
July has been a busy month for the Spectrum team, and (while we are not ones to brag) we have a lot to show for our efforts. Here are a few highlights of some of the great things happening around the...
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#AIDS2012: A Quick Snapshot
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) kicked off this year in Washington, D.C. with political leaders, health scientists, patients and advocacy leaders coming from every corner of the...
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#AIDS2012: Mobile Technology & Marginalized Populations
Dr. Karina Walters, Enrolled Member Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Professor and William P. and Ruth Gerberding Endowed Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington In an effort...
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#AIDS2012: Collaboration is Key to Ending the Epidemic
To view an epidemic through the eyes of every facet of these diseases is a life changing opportunity. Sitting in the AIDS 2012 Media Centre, keeping good company with some of the best journalists in...
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Pushing the needle: The CDC’s routine immunization recommendations
Google’s flu trend map painted the whole country red this week, and the CDC’s flu map reported widespread outbreaks in almost every state. With seasonal influenza in full swing, many people have taken...
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Solving #FluProblems
This time of year, Twitter and Google searches capture innumerable complaints and questions about the flu. Luckily, new research established by Google and Johns Hopkins University claim this online...
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A mother’s love is celebrated through her work and legacy as an advocacy...
Yesterday would have been the 66th birthday of Elizabeth Glaser. Elizabeth – a mother, wife and American AIDS activist – contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion while giving birth to her...
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