UN human trafficking expert calls on Australia to step up efforts to help victims Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi Ezeilo 1 December 2011 – Australian authorities must do more to assist the victims of human trafficking, particularly when the victims are children, an independent United Nations human rights expert has warned at the end of an […]

Developing countries spur growth in global manufacturing output – UN 1 December 2011 – Global manufacturing rose slightly in the third quarter of this year despite fears that the world economy could plunge into another recession as a result of instability in European financial markets, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said in a report released […]

Inspired by global events, UN launches social media campaign to celebrate rights High Commissionner Navi Pillay at press conference on the launch of social media campaign on human rights 1 December 2011 – The United Nations has launched a social media campaign to encourage people to get involved in the global human rights movement, inspired […]

Senior UN official highlights new tools to provide food aid to fragile countries WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 1 December 2011 – The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) stressed today the importance of providing more support to fragile countries, adding that new agreements reached during this week’s aid effectiveness forum in the […]

Bone cancer patients needed for study of potential pain treatment People with cancer that has spread to their bones are being recruited by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers for a clinical trial that will assess the use of ultrasound to alleviate pain. The trial is investigating how effectively a device called ExAblate 2000 — which emits […]

Observing World AIDS Day Today, December 1, we commemorate World AIDS Day. This has been a year of reflection as we marked the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS on June 5, 1981. AIDS is still here, and it affects all of us in the U.S. and around the world. AIDS has been, and continues to be, […]

President Obama announces new efforts to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States President Barack Obama today announced accelerated efforts to increase the availability of treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States in conjunction with World AIDS Day 2011.  The president directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]

Secretary Sebelius appoints Nancy Mahon, Executive Director of MAC AIDS Fund, as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the appointment of Nancy Mahon as the new Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).  Ms. Mahon, executive director of the M•A•C AIDS Fund, […]

A data bank to battle cancer Researchers hope effort will help target diseases faster and more precisely Sam Ogden/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute HMS faculty members Barrett Rollins (left) and Janina Longtine are collaborating on a massive, long-term effort to collect and analyze tumor tissue from 10,000 cancer patients each year. Using automated gene-analysis technology, they’ll scan […]

Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on World AIDS Day This World AIDS Day is particularly poignant because this year we have marked the 30th anniversary of the first reports of AIDS. Today, as we remember those we have lost, we also celebrate the progress we have made and look expectantly to the future. Together, we […]