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Singer Elton John Calls For Increased HIV/AIDS Education, Care
Singer Elton John on Tuesday at the 2009 Bio International Convention in Atlanta called for renewed efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, addressed an audience that included CEOs of organizations working to develop HIV/AIDS therapies and vaccines. He called on governments and institutions to increase their focus on education, especially among young people; access to medical treatment; and needle-exchange programs (Poole, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/19)."There are long-standing stereotypes and prejudices that inhibit our efforts to combat AIDS," John said, adding, "I am asking for your leadership." According to John, CDC estimates that one in every three new HIV cases occurs among people younger than age 30, a statistic that he said has not received adequate attention. "It is unfathomable and unconscionable that we are not making a bigger effort to educate this demographic about HIV/AIDS with creative materials and up-to-date information," John said, adding, "Our failure to do so is costing lives" (Turner, AP/PennLive.com, 5/19). John also noted a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that the number of Americans who believe HIV/AIDS is an urgent health problem has declined to 6% currently from 44% in 1995. Bob McNally, CEO of GeoVax Labs, said John"s message is that "just not enough is being done" and that "people continue to die from the disease." He added that John "spurred the audience towards being advocates" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/20).
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Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine To Offer New Degree Program In Informatics
A new, intensive, one-year master"s degree program designed to prepare graduates for informatics leadership positions in clinical, public health and scientific settings will be offered beginning in September by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) approved the new program in June.
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Society Of Gynecologic Oncologists Issues White Paper On HPV Vaccine's Impact On Cervical Cancer Prevention
The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) has published the first in a series of four papers on a variety of cervical cancer issues and topics that were the focus of its Forum "The Future Strategies for Cervical Cancer Prevention: What Do We Need to Do Now to Prepare," held last September in Chicago, Illinois. The paper, entitled "The Impact of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination on Cervical Cancer Prevention Efforts," is featured in the August, 2009 issue of Gynecologic Oncology. It includes data relevant to HPV natural history as well as excerpts from Forum discussions regarding the limits of current screening, the impact that eliminating HPV 16/18 through vaccination may have on rates of cervical precancer and cervical cancer screening, strategies to measure vaccine uptake and obstacles surrounding separate screening for vaccinated women.
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Obama Presses Lawmakers On Health Reform

In President Obama"s push for health reform, "new fault lines are opening up everywhere you look. Liberals are worried that Obama is going squishy on including a strong, government-run "public option" among the health-care choices available to Americans. Conservatives are warning that the legislation won"t do enough to control health costs. Rural lawmakers are complaining that proposed Medicare cuts will fall too hard on their states," TIME reports. "And those are just the arguments going on among the Democrats. It"s all a sign that the season for hard decisions has arrived. Obama continues to project an air of confidence about the most audacious undertaking of his presidency" (Tumulty, 7/16). Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama may rely only on Democrats to push health-care legislation through the U.S. Congress if Republican resistance doesn"t eventually give way, two of the president"s top advisers said. "Ultimately, this is not about a process, it"s about results," David Axelrod, Obama"s senior political strategist, said during an interview yesterday in his White House office. "If we"re going to get this thing done, obviously time is a-wasting"" (Chen, 7/15). The administration is "striking back" with "a double-barreled message for its critics and skeptics," Politico reports, lashing out at critics of the stimulus and running ads in conservative Democrats" home districts pushing health reform. "Organizing for America, President Barack Obama"s campaign-in-waiting, launched ads in a handful of states aimed at pushing centrist Senate Democrats to get behind health care reform," Politico reports. On Wednesday, Obama also urged lawmakers to move quickly, saying the Senate HELP committee bill passage "provide(s) the urgency for both the House and the Senate to finish their critical work" (Martin, 7/16). "But the president is still waiting on [Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.,] to coax a bipartisan agreement out of his committee," Politico reports in a separate story. "Baucus, meanwhile, is taking a strict no-bill-before-its-time approach, locked in negotiations over how to piece together a politically palatable menu of tax increases to pay for a $1 trillion overhaulò€¦ [But] It doesn"t mean he has to do it patiently." President Obama "summoned an unlikely group of GOP senators to the White House on Wednesday for a sit-down on health care. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia were not on any list of potential Republican votes ... But Obama appeared to be laying the groundwork for future deal-making" (Brown and O"Connor, 7/15). Houston Chronicle: "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged Wednesday that the health care reform process has been "a little messy," but she predicted that both the House and Senate will approve comprehensive reform proposals within a month" (Dunham, 7/15). NPR: The White House"s advertising effort includes "30-second ads featuring private citizens describing problems they"ve had with the medical systemò€¦" But, the Republican National Committee "has fought back with a fundraising appeal titled "Hillarycare revisited"" (7/15). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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