Thomas Frieden

Article Abstract:

Thomas Frieden, New York's health commissioner set out to change things by establishing centers in parts of the city with the worst health outcome with his characteristic directness. He banned smoking in public places, resulting in 200,000 less smokers, launched a controversial scheme to begin monitoring the blood sugar level of diabetics, retained focus on infectious diseases, distributed greater number of clean syringes and condoms and advocated for HIV tests to become a part of routine medical care.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, HIV infection, HIV infections, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Control, Nonsmoking areas, Frieden, Thomas

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DDT returns

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Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro ethane (DDT) is set to be reintroduced into countries like Africa that have tried, and failed, to win the fight against malaria, after decades of being marginalized as a dangerous pesticide. DDT, hitherto linked to various illnesses based on unconvincing and inconsistent data, has even managed to obtain the approval of its critics who agree that DDT's benefits far outweigh the risks.

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing, Africa, Agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified, DDT, Drug therapy, Malaria, DDT (Insecticide)

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Straight talk from... Jim Young

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Jim Young, a dendritic cell expert at the memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer in New York, weighs in on the vaccine's potential and its impact on the field at large. He feels that dendritic cell vaccines are used to boost and stimulate a person's immune system to fight against harmful infections and diseases like cancer.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Interview, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York), Young, Jim

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