WHO urges earlier HIV treatment start at 500 T-cell count
WHO released new guidelines at the Kuala Lumpur AIDS meeting urging start of antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients earlier, including children under five, pregnant women, and those with co infections. The change could add about 9 million people in developing countries to treatment and raise global AIDS spending by about 10 percent.
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London
World Health Organization
Africa
International Aids Society
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
WHO
Sharonann Lynch
Doctors Without Borders
Gottfried Hirnschall
HIV Department
Ohio passes 2.7B three year tax cut and budget overhaul
Ohio lawmakers approve a 2.7 billion tax cut over three years with changes to income sales and property taxes. The measure raises the sales tax to 5.75 percent, cuts income taxes by 9 percent next year and 10 percent in 2015, and expands K 12 funding by 717 million. It tightens home stead exemptions, limits millage passage, and shifts abortion funding while prioritizing family planning funds away from Planned Parenthood.
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Naral Pro-Choice
Ohio
Planned Parenthood
S-corporation
Partnerships
Mike Gonidakis
Ohio Right To Life
Ment
Kasich
Butler County remakes neighborhoods with $4.2 million federal grant
The county used federal funds from the Housing and Economic Recovery Act to raze about 50 blighted homes and rehabilitate six others in Trenton and nearby towns. Neighborhood Housing Services of Hamilton aided buyers in six rehabilitated homes while training focused on budgeting and home ownership. County officials say the program, ending by year’s end, aimed to lift property values and curb foreclosures, with parks replacing gas stations and a library and accessible facilities built in Monroe.
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Butler County Economic Development Department
Neighborhood Housing Services of
Hamilton
Coots
Trenton
Fehr
New Miami
Lori DiStacla
Butler County
Desmond Maaytah
Maaytah
Fairfield Two
Seven Mile
Vivian Gorsuch
Gorsuch
Monroe
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Workplace computer snooping sparks privacy debate nationwide
Employers monitor use of company systems with little legal restraint. Privacy advocates warn of abuse as managers can read emails and passwords, while some courts allow broad access by employers to protect business interests. Local cases show firings over personal use. legislators consider limits.
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Nancy Flynn
ePolicy Institute
Columbus
U.S
Cincinnati
Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss
Flynn
Lewis Maltby
National Workrights Institute
New Jersey
Ees
Maltby
Mike Brickner
ACLU
Ohio
Brickner
Charlota Tavares
Tavares
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