Professional standards programme falls short of an “A”, suggests research Official professional standards in both Scotland and England which aim to nurture the development of new teachers pay too little attention to what ‘becoming’ a teacher is really like.[click link for full article]
Archive for November, 2008
Teaching The Teachers
Published at November 30th, 2008Exonhit Launches Mouse Genome Splicearraytm For Use In Human Disease Modeling Studies
Published at November 29th, 2008ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. (Alternext: ALEHT), a drug and diagnostic discovery company, announces today the availability of its new SpliceArray™ for use in studying mouse models of human disease. These SpliceArrayTM products help our clients accelerate and refine their therapeutic target discovery and validation efforts.[click link for full article]
A Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection
Published at November 29th, 2008Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology, and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, a finding that could aid in developing therapeutics against [...]
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Discuss Health Care Overhaul Efforts
Published at November 28th, 2008Summaries of several recent editorials and opinion pieces about efforts to overhaul the U.S. health care system appear below. Editorials Indianapolis Star: President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he is “serious about his campaign promise to make [health care] a first-term priority” by reportedly selecting former Senate Majority Leader Tom [...]
About One In Nine U.s. Children Uninsured In 2007, Study Finds
Published at November 28th, 2008More than 11% of children nationwide, or about one in nine, had no health coverage in 2007, according to a new Families USA analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, the Boston Globe reports. The number of U.S.[click link for full article]
Advocates Urge Obama Administration To Develop U.s. Hiv/aids Strategy
Published at November 27th, 2008HIV/AIDS advocates on Tuesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to adopt a comprehensive approach to domestic HIV/AIDS policy when he takes office, CQ HealthBeat reports. The groups encouraged the incoming administration to develop a national strategy to address HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and recommended implementing a domestic HIV/AIDS program modeled after the President’s Emergency Plan [...]
Testing, Immediately Treating Hiv/aids Cases In Africa Could Halt Epidemic, Model Predicts
Published at November 27th, 2008Testing all adults annually for HIV and immediately treating every person who tests positive “could virtually end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in about a decade,” according to a mathematical model published Wednesday in the journal Lancet, the Washington Post reports. The “thought experiment” underscores the “usefulness of antiretroviral drugs as tools for preventing the [...]
Bill To Implant Microchips In ’sexually Aggressive’ Hiv-positive People In Indonesian Province Generates Support, Criticism
Published at November 26th, 2008An Indonesian bill that includes a bylaw requiring “sexually aggressive” people living with HIV/AIDS to be implanted with microchips is causing debate between some lawmakers, who argue that the bill is necessary to curb the spread of the virus, and advocates, who say the bylaw is discriminatory and a violation of human rights, the AP/Minneapolis [...]
Kenya Launches Male Circumcision Program
Published at November 25th, 2008The Kenyan Ministry of Health on Monday launched a voluntary male circumcision program as part of the country’s national HIV prevention strategy, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reports.The ministry has allocated one billion Kenyan shillings, or about $13.2 million, for the program over the next two years (Achienga, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, 11/24). In addition, Family Health [...]
Insufficient Government Intervention Contributing To Spread Of Hiv In Russia, Official Says
Published at November 25th, 2008The number of registered HIV cases in Russia is increasing by 10% annually despite increased federal funding for HIV/AIDS efforts, Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the government-funded Federal AIDS Center, said on Friday, the AP/Google.com reports. According to Pokrovsky, Russia’s rising HIV prevalence likely stems from the government’s focus on HIV/AIDS treatment instead of prevention.Pokrovsky estimates [...]