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Confirmed Link Between Chronic Infection And Immune-System Protein
The reason deadly infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C never go away is because these viruses disarm the body"s defense system. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that a key immunity protein must be present for this defense system to have a chance against chronic infection.

Top Hospitals For Women's Health/Maternity Care Have Lower Mortality/Morbidity: HealthGrades Study
Wide gaps in quality outcomes for women persist, not only when compared to men, but among hospitals and states, according to a new study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The Sixth Annual HealthGrades Women"s Health in American Hospitals study identifies patient outcomes for maternity care and inhospital treatment of 16 procedures/diagnoses concerning women"s health. Ratings for individual hospitals have been posted at www.healthgrades.com.
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Zimbabwean Nightmare Of Neglect Continues In South Africa
Violence, sexual abuse, harassment, appalling living conditions, and a serious lack of access to essential healthcare define the desperate lives of thousands of Zimbabweans in South Africa today, warned the international medical humanitarian aid organization, Doctors Without Borders/Mç©decins Sans Frontiç¨res (MSF).
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WFP Operation In DPRK Under-Funded

Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Amir Abdulla, of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said that the agency"s emergency operation in the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) - which aims to assist 6.2 million vulnerable and hungry people - is grossly under-funded. WFP has received US$75 million and would require US$504 million to reach all the hungry in the DPRK. Accordingly, WFP is scaling back its operation as announced at a press briefing in Beijing this morning. Abdulla said the terms and conditions under which the programme is providing food to the vulnerable are being reviewed by the organization. "We need to make sure that any terms agreed to do not compromise our accountability," said Abdulla. World Food Program


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