Science Education & Policy

Why aren't pregnant women included in most clinical trials? Bioethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities writing in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics(*) say it's time to confront the challenges that have led to the exclusion of pregnant women from important research that could positively impact maternal and fetal health. "Only in the last two decades did people recognize that women were being excluded not just from the risks, but from the benefits of research -- primarily because of their potential to become pregnant…

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, September 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Campaign Provides Affordable and Efficient Approach to Preventing Disease Identified An important new approach to fighting malaria, diarrhoeal disease and HIV among adult men and women aged 15-49 has successfully been demonstrated for the first time in the Western Kenyan district of Kakamega in Lurambi division. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080925/NYTH149 ) One of the unique features of the campaign, called the "Integrated Prevention Demonstration," was that it provided adults an opportunity…

NEW YORK, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - At UN Summit, Gates Heralds New Progress in Malaria Control and R&D Bill Gates announced today that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide US$168.7 million to PATH for its Malaria Vaccine Initiative to develop vaccines for malaria -- a disease that kills thousands of African children every day. The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) is working with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals to develop a first-generation vaccine candidate, known as RTS,S, which could become the first-ever approved malaria vaccine. With the new grant announced…

World leaders gathered today at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit to endorse an ambitious new Global Malaria Action Plan and commit US $3 billion toward reducing the number of malaria deaths to near zero by 2015. Leaders at the event, including Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General; Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Ray Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Malaria; Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Peter Chernin, President and COO of News Corporation and Chairman of Malaria…

TORONTO, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - Redline Achieves Ranking Among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the Third Consecutive Year Redline Communications Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that it has been ranked among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the third consecutive year. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years from 2003 to 2007. "We are pleased to be…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, today announced the general availability of its WebGate(TM) Service, which provides a single service control point within the network for all wireless data traffic. This enables operators to deliver innovative new data services and applications to their customers while controlling data flow through intelligent service selection. WebGate Service is the first mobile internet gateway product capable of managing all traffic types. Uniquely positioned in…

LONDON, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - Secretary of State for Culture Calls for a Different Approach to the Internet That Brings Value Back to Content Creators Britain's creators met with Andy Burnham, the Secretary of State for Culture on Monday at Labour's Conference to discuss the changing landscape brought about by the internet and digital use. The Author's Licensing and Collecting Society and British Music Rights came together in support of giving both writers and musicians a fair reward where the use of their works has generated value. Echoing speeches delivered by children's author…

PARIS, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute Launched as New Research Suggests Improved Patient Education May Play Key Role in Halting Escalating Disease in the EMEA Region PARIS, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts have predicted that by 2025, the number of people with diabetes will have increased by 20 per cent within Europe, 80 percent within Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern populations and 80 percent within the African patient population(1). Diabetes specialists and patients agree that improved education for healthcare professionals and patients…

TORONTO, Canada and GRAND HAVEN, Michigan, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - RedMAX(TM) Products Provide Azulstar's Customers With Higher Speeds, Greater Coverage and Lower Cost Services Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and Azulstar Inc., a privately held wireless service provider based in Grand Haven, Michigan, today announced the launch of MetraMax(R), Azulstar's new wireless broadband service offering. MetraMax runs on Redline's 3.65 GHz RedMAX WiMAX Forum Certified(R) system and will…

How well students and schools succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how well the students fare in higher education. In California, student mastery in ELA and mathematics is measured with the California Standards Tests (CST). Apparently, California is not doing very well. UC Riverside's Richard Cardullo examined several years of CST data and his mathematical models predict that nearly all elementary schools in California will fail to meet even the minimum requirements under the "No…