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☆ PrEPVacc: HIV vaccine trial that could be ‘the last roll of the dice’ this decade is underway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

CNN —A novel trial that has been described as “the last roll of the dice” for a generation of HIV vaccines has entered its latter stages. Nearly 40 years since HIV was identified as the cause of AIDS, and 36 years since the first HIV vaccine trial, the medical community still does not have a working vaccine. But that is not necessarily why they were chosen to participate, said Eugene Ruzagira, PrEPVacc trial director. Evaluating the combination of a trial HIV vaccine and PrEP is a first, say organizers. “I did my very first HIV vaccine trial in 1991,” recalled Weber.

Persons: PrEPVacc, ”, Jonathan Weber, Frank, Helena Herholdt, Eugene Ruzagira, Ruzagira, “, Weber, ” Ruzagira, “ We’ve, Mark Runnacles, Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur, Galileo, Win McNamee, Humphry Davy, JEAN, SEBASTIEN EVRARD, Haydn West, Joe Raedle, ANNE, CHRISTINE POUJOULAT, Alexander Fleming, Fleming, wasn't, Louise Joy Brown, Sandy Huffaker, Daniel Acker, James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Watson, Crick, Raphael GAILLARDE, Sean Gallup, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Thomas Edison's, INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, Descovy, Luwano Geofrey, Dr, Luke Dray, Geofrey, Nishanta Singh, Sharon Lewin, Lewin, “ it’s, it’s, ” Lewin, ” Geofrey Organizations: CNN, Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, PrEPVacc, Medical Research, Uganda Virus Research Institute, European Union, Smithsonian National Museum of, Cleveland Clinic, Volvo, Bayer, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Getty, Keystone, — Farmers, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Bloomberg, PANTHAKY, PrEP, US Centers for Disease Control, Independent, The University of Melbourne, International AIDS Society, Muhimbili University of Health, Allied Sciences, Dar Locations: Entebbe, Uganda, Thailand, London, Mbeya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ugandan, Durban, Masaka, Salam, African, Africa, China, FPG, AFP, United States, America, U.S, Peoria , Illinois, Europe, “, Dar es Salaam, Rwanda

"Darkness and denialism can hide much but they erase nothing," Biden told guests in the ornate, marble-edged Indian Treaty Room next to the White House, before signing the proclamation. [1/5]U.S. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2023. Signs erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Biden screened a film recounting the killing and its aftermath, "Till," at the White House in February. Last March, he signed into law a bipartisan bill named for Till that for the first time made lynching a federal hate crime.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Bradley, Biden, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Frantz, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison's, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Trevor Hunnicutt, Jonathan Allen, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Lincoln, Mark Porter Organizations: Rights, White, Republican, REUTERS, Temple Church of God, National Park Service, of, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Money , Mississippi, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Washington , U.S, Tallahatchie, Sumner , Mississippi, America, Washington

☆ Biden designates new Emmett Till monument as debates over U.S. history intensify
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Darkness and denialism can hide much but they erase nothing," Biden told guests in the ornate, marble edged Indian Treaty Room next to the White House, before signing the proclamation. One of the monument sites is his funeral location, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, in Chicago. Signs erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Any future vandalism would be investigated by federal law enforcement rather than local police, according to Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi. He screened a film recounting the lynching, "Till," at the White House in February.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Kamala Harris, Bradley, Biden, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison's, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Christopher Benson Organizations: White, Rights, Temple Church of God, National Park Service, of, Republican, Florida Governor, Mobley Institute Locations: theIndian, Washington , DC, Chicago, Money , Mississippi, Mississippi, Tallahatchie, Sumner , Mississippi, America, Washington, Summit , Illinois

☆ Warren Buffett's one-time heir apparent who resigned in disgrace amid accusations of insider trading has pleaded for a judge to be lenient in sentencing Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One letter came from David Sokol, the former Berkshire Hathaway executive who stepped down amid allegations of insider trading. In his letter, Sokol says Holmes' jury may have lacked the business knowledge he believes is necessary to reach an appropriate verdict in this case. The SEC investigated but ultimately decided not to file insider trading charges against Sokol, though Berkshire said he violated the company's insider trading policy. As a knowledgeable investor, I can say with certainty that I would not have found Ms. Holmes guilty on any of the wire fraud charges." Later in his letter, Sokol even invoked Thomas Edison's name to make his case for leniency.

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