Preventative Medicine

Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD

2013-05-15 00:00:00

If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...

Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial

2013-04-25 20:15:00

In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency�virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...

Officials find no meningitis link between L.A. and New York cases

2013-04-24 00:00:00

In an effort to quash any fears of a patterned outbreak, Los Angeles County health officials said a fatal case of meningitis found this month is not connected to any others across the country. "Public Health has not identified any other cases of...

No meningitis link between L.A. and New York cases, officials say

2013-04-22 13:25:00

In an effort to quash any fears of a patterned outbreak, Los Angeles County health officials said a fatal case of meningitis discovered earlier this month is not connected to any others across the country. “Public Health has not identified any...

L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents

2013-04-17 20:55:00

Los Angeles County health officials on Wednesday began offering free meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residents while downplaying fears about a potential outbreak of the disease. "We really sympathize with the heightened concern...

L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents

2013-04-17 14:45:00

Responding to escalating concerns about bacterial meningitis, Los Angeles County health officials announced Wednesday that they are offering free�vaccines to low-income and uninsured residents. The vaccines protect against meningococcal meningitis, a...

Free meningitis vaccines offered after West Hollywood man's death

2013-04-15 07:02:00

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free meningitis vaccines starting Monday. The move comes just days after a West Hollywood man died from the disease. Anyone who might have been exposed to the disease or might be at risk should to make plans...

Dozens line up for meningitis vaccine in West Hollywood

2013-04-15 14:18:00

Dozens of men lined up Monday morning at�an�AIDS Healthcare Foundation pharmacy in West Hollywood�to get a free meningitis vaccine, days after a local man died from the disease. Allen Smith, a 21-year-old dance student,�said he had a weak immune...

HIV vaccine trial shut down

2013-04-25 21:43:00

In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...

Who should own DNA? All of us

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation gives hundreds of meningitis vaccines

2013-04-15 19:31:00

Reacting to the death of a young West Hollywood lawyer over the weekend and growing concerns about the possible spread of bacterial meningitis, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation gave hundreds of free vaccinations to visitors who showed up Monday at its...

Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....

Dylan Cantrell, 27, of West Hollywood, receives a meningitis vaccination from registered nurse Karen Haughey of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

2013-04-15 00:00:00

A nurse holds a syringe of meningitis vaccine at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation pharmacy.

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Dylan Cantrell, 27, from West Hollywood focuses as nurse Karen Haughey administers his meningitis vaccination.

2013-04-15 00:00:00