Keeping Quiet About Genetic Risk.

Failing to protect people at risk for genetic disease from discrimination may have a silencing effect and erode trust in the patient-provider relationship.

ADVANCED AUTOMATIC CRASH NOTIFICATION: The Future of Motor Vehicle Crash Response.

New research is showing that advanced automatic crash notification systems can be used to accurately predict the injury severity of vehicle occupants in motor vehicle crashes. These early notifications can help EMS crews know likely injury severity and the number of injured occupants before they get on scene and direct a more informed EMS response.

Advocating prevention over punishment: the risks of HIV criminalization in Burkina Faso.

In 2004, parliamentarians from 12 countries in West and Central Africa created a template for legislation aimed at protecting the rights of people with HIV and stemming rising HIV infection rates by criminalizing HIV transmission. Since then, the template has been adopted as national law in 15 African countries, including Burkina Faso in 2008. The Burkina Faso law offers a number of protections for people with HIV, such as confidentiality of HIV test results, and holds the government accountable for providing health services for people with HIV and education about HIV in schools.