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SWAZILAND: Circumcision gives men an excuse not to use condoms
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 7:31pm EDT
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Hey Fever! The Surprise Benefit Of Allergies
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 3:05pm EDT
In a paper presented at an international symposium in Sydney, the researchers show that people with one of these atopic diseases are up to 25 percent less likely to get the most common type of Non-Hodgkin ...
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HIV Travel Ban Finally Dies
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:35am EDT
Today President Bush acted to end the statutory ban on entry to the U.S. by people with HIV.
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US to give more money for AIDS control
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:11am EDT
US President George Bush has signed legislation releasing funds to fight the killer diseases of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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Deportation Tied to Higher HIV Risk for Men Injecting Drugs
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 1:10am EDT
The odds of HIV infection increase fourfold for male injection drug users who were deported to Tijuana from the United States compared to non-deportees in the Mexican border city, a new study reports.
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AIDS patients, Abbott agree to settle lawsuit
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 8:58pm EDT
Drug company Abbott Laboratories Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay between $10 million and $27.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by AIDS patients over the company's 400 percent price hike of a popular ...
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AIDS hitting Asian gays at high rates: UN
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 4:45pm EDT
Thailand and Vietnam and other south east countries are biggest hit with this problem.
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America's black AIDS crisis
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 11:48am EDT
If black America were a country, it would rank 16th in the world in the number of people living with the AIDS virus, the Black AIDS Institute, an advocacy group, reported Tuesday.
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President Bush Says He Will Sign PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 7:25am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Tropical Diseases ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 29 Jul 2008 - 11:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article President Bush ...
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Houston doctors say they may have found a way to destroy HIV
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:03am EDT
There is real hope that what's happening in a Houston lab might lead to a cure for HIV.
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New Bond film theme to be duet
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 10:37pm EDT
Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England Alicia Keys and the White ...
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Aids epidemic slowing, says UN
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:20pm EDT
Drugs to suppress the HIV virus and prevent full-blown Aids have been rolled out in Africa and Asia and 3 million people are now surviving who would have died.
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Worldwide AIDS death decline slightly, UN reports
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The numbers of people dying of AIDS and becoming infected with the virus that causes it have dropped modestly in recent years amid intensified global efforts to fight the disease, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
About 33 million people globally were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in 2007 -- most in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert -- down from 33.2 million in 2006, the annual United Nations report on the AIDS epidemic said.
The number of AIDS deaths fell for the second straight year, with an estimated 2 million people succumbing to the disease in 2007, according to the report by UNAIDS. AIDS deaths had climbed steadily through 2005 since the disease was first identified in the early 1980s.
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HIV vaccine research needs new ideas more funding
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:26am EDT
New researchers and innovative ideas are needed to further research on developing an HIV/AIDS vaccine, U.S. scientists wrote in Friday's edition of Science magazine, the AP/Google.com reports.
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A program to promote AIDS education among migrant workers in China was inaugurated on Monday.
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:56am EDT
A program to promote AIDS education among migrant workers in China, with support from the International Labor Organization, was inaugurated here on Monday.
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Antiretroviral treatment programs should take poverty, hunger into account, report says
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:31am EDT
Programs that provide access to no-cost antiretroviral drugs have had a significant impact on people living with HIV/AIDS, but they also should take into account the effects of poverty and hunger, according to ...
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UNESCO Launches Education Kit On HIV/AIDS
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:19pm EDT
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization has announced the launch of a new kit providing information on education policies on HIV/AIDS, Xinhua news agency reported quoting official ...
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Breastfeeding Study Of HIV-Infected Women In Low-Resource Settings:...
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 3:42pm EDT
A new study by researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health addresses one of the most challenging issues in infant health and preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in poor ...
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Ambrilia Provides Update on PPL-100 Partnership With Merck & Co, Inc.
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 11:15am EDT
Ambrilia Biopharma Inc. today announced that it was advised by Merck & Co, Inc., that the HIV protease inhibitor PPL-100, also known as MK-8122, has been placed on a development hold pending outcome of ...
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Drug cocktail boosts life of HIV+
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:55am EDT
Drug cocktail boosts life of HIV+ 26 Jul 2008, 0002 hrs IST,REUTERS WASHINGTON: Cocktails of HIV drugs help patients live an average of 13 years longer - if they are lucky enough to get them, researchers ...
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Duke study: HIV strikes within days, faster than once thought
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:18am EDT
HIV infects and attacks the body within days -- much faster than previously thought -- drastically narrowing the window of time when intervention is possible, Duke University researchers have found.
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FDA urges genetic test before using Glaxo AIDS drug
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 10:01pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AIDS patients should be given a genetic test before treatment with GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug, Ziagen, to see if they face a higher risk of a potentially fatal reaction, U.S. regulators said on Thursday.
For patients who test positive for a specific gene variation, Ziagen treatment "is not recommended and should be considered only under exceptional circumstances when the potential benefit outweighs the risk," the Food and Drug Administration said in a notice on its website.
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India makes rapid strides in eradicating extreme poverty
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:12pm EDT
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, New Delhi, July 25 : India is making impressive progress towards achieving the UN's millennium development goals such as eradicating extreme poverty and ensuring universal primary ...
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House Votes to Repeal HIV Travel Ban, Bill Now Goes to President
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
Excellent news . The House of Representatives votes to repeal of the law barring HIV -positive visitors and immigrants from entering the United States.
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European Health Authority Studies Conclude That Impurity In Roche's...
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 8:21am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry The European Committee for Human Medicinal Products has confirmed that the presence of an impurity called ethyl methanesulfonate in ...
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President's Radio Address
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 3:58am EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, Congress voted to expand a vital program that is saving lives across the developing world -- the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR.
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Anti-HIV therapy boosts life expectancy more than 13 years
Posted: July 26th, 2008, 11:16pm EDT
The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the ...
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Anti-HIV therapy boosts life expectancy more than 13 years
Posted: July 26th, 2008, 2:10pm EDT
The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the ...
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House Approves AIDS Plan, Which Lifts HIV Travel Ban
Posted: July 26th, 2008, 9:54am EDT
The House of Representatives did the right thing yesterday : The House of Representatives voted 303 to 115 late Thursday to approve a sweeping global AIDS relief bill that includes language repealing a 1993 ...
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HIV Patients Living Longer
Posted: July 26th, 2008, 1:23am EDT
Since 1996, the life expectancy of HIV patients in developed countries taking antiviral therapy has increased more than 13 years, and deaths have dropped by almost 40 percent, researchers report.
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Study Disproves Belief That Hepatitis C Blunts HIV Drugs
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:58pm EDT
A new study challenges the long-held belief that the hepatitis C virus impairs the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy .
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Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:35pm EDT
Frustrated researchers say developing an effective AIDS vaccine is going to require "enormous intellectual leaps." The researchers, including a top official of the National Institutes of Health, want new people ...
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Drug cocktail boosts HIV survival - study
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 11:38am EDT
Anti-HIV drugs have slashed death rates among people with the Aids virus by nearly 40 percent since combination therapy was introduced in 1996, boosting their life expectancy by some 13 years, a study says.
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Meditation slows AIDS progression: study
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 7:11am EDT
WASHINGTON - Meditation may slow the worsening of AIDS in just a few weeks, perhaps by affecting the immune system, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.If the findings ...
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HIV no longer fatal disease - study
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:44am EDT
Improvements in a medication used to treat HIV, known as combination anti-retroviral therapy , have seen life expectancy increase by some 13 years between 1996/99 and 2003/05. These advances have "transformed ...
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Sexual taboos hampering HIV/AIDS efforts in Pakistan
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 10:04pm EDT
Taboos about sex in Pakistan make it difficult to address HIV/AIDS and are hindering efforts to curb the spread of the disease, according to a study published recently in the Lancet Infectious Diseases , the ...
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Officials: Search for HIV Vaccine Needs Overhaul
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 5:53pm EDT
Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.
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House ready to OK $48B in global AIDS fight
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 1:40pm EDT
Expanding on a program that has saved and prolonged the lives of millions in Africa alone, the House prepared Thursday to pass and send to President Bush legislation that triples money to fight AIDS, malaria ...
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Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic: study
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 9:14am EDT
People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.
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How to stop salmonella before it stops you
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 5:00am EDT
Much of the United States has been concerned about the cases of salmonella that have been diagnosed throughout the country.
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HIV/AIDS in the South
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 12:26am EDT
A new report from the Southern AIDS Coalition says HIV has taken hold in the Deep South, plaguing some of the poorest people in the country and creating a health disaster.
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Health Tip: Bottled or Tap?
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 8:11pm EDT
Depending on where you live, the water that comes from your tap can be just as safe as bottled water.
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Researchers urge integrating TB into HIV care
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate TB ...
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GeoVax Partners with Vivalis for Use of Its Revolutionary EBx(R)...
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 10:21am EDT
Partnership creates worldwide strategic collaboration between Vivalis and GeoVax ATLANTA and NANTES, France, July 22 ATLANTA and NANTES, France , /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoVax Labs, Inc.
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U.S. Latinos' AIDS Rates Start Getting Attention
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 5:15am EDT
Though Hispanics make up about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses tallied by federal officials in 2006.
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16% Of New HIV Cases In Canada In 2005 Linked To Immigrants, Report Says
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 12:56am EDT
The figures mean the HIV incidence among immigrants from HIV-endemic countries, or people connected with them, was almost 13 times higher in 2005 than for Canadians, according to the CP/Star . In response to ...
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S.Africa experts hope drugs can curb HIV infection
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:32pm EDT
Researchers in South Africa are investigating whether taking AIDS drugs daily will prevent infections among gay and bisexual men, in the latest effort to combat the epidemic.
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Social taboos spur HIV infection among Pakistani men
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 3:51pm EDT
Social taboos that indirectly encourage homosexuality in Pakistan are also compounding the problem of controlling a raging HIV epidemic in the country, says a new report.
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Viral recombination another way HIV fools the immune system
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 11:30am EDT
When individuals infected with HIV become infected with a second strain of the virus, the two viral strains can exchange genetic information, creating a third, recombinant strain of the virus.
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Religious leaders call for dialogue
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:09am EDT
Chinese religious leaders called for dialogues between different religions and the creation of a harmonious world at an interfaith conference ended in Madrid Friday.
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Humira helps Abbott Labs beat estimates for 2Q 10:28AM ET
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 1:22am EDT
Abbott Laboratories Inc. beat Wall Street expectations Wednesday with a 34 percent jump in the second-quarter profit, driven by robust sales of its blockbuster drug Humira and increased business overseas.
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Delegates At Conference Discuss Ways To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV...
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:59pm EDT
Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and aid groups recently met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to discuss methods of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and supporting pediatric ...
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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up For July 20, 2008
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 4:43pm EDT
It's Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly round-up. This week's round-up is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex.
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S. Carolina's DeMint remains defiant after AIDS bill defeat
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 12:13pm EDT
A defiant S.C. Sen. Jim DeMint said last week that his failure to reduce the cost of President Bush's $48 billion global AIDS program won't deter him from continuing to compel lawmakers to take tough votes on ...
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Health beat: July 21
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 7:31am EDT
Looking for ab training tools to use at home? Here are a few: -- "Beautiful Belly," with Hemalayaa - giggly yoga princess Hemalayaa in three workouts that run about 12 minutes each.
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Businesses Address HIV/Aids in the Workplace
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 2:45am EDT
A business coalition is to be set up in three months time to address the issue of HIV and AIDS in the workforce.
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HIV cases on the rise in the South
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 10:11pm EDT
A report to be released in Birmingham says HIV has taken hold in the Deep South, plaguing some of the poorest people in the country and creating a health disaster.
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HIV digs deeper into Deep South
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 5:26pm EDT
HIV has burrowed into the Deep South, feeding off some of the most impoverished people in the nation and creating a health catastrophe, according to a report being released Monday in Birmingham.
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Dole Attempts to Rename AIDS Bill After Bigoted, Anti-Gay Jesse Helms
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 12:53pm EDT
Just file this one under the ridiculous and bizarre . Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-NC, officially requests the "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria ...
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New UN Policy Addresses Migrants And HIV/AIDS
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 8:22am EDT
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:08 am Press Release: United Nations New United Nations policy addresses special needs related to migrants and HIV/AIDS 16 July 2008 – The United Nations has developed a new ...
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Increased Diabetes Risk In HIV-Positive Children - Some...
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 3:47am EDT
UC Davis researchers have found, that despite results to the contrary in adults, average cholesterol profiles in young children with HIV do not worsen when they are put on highly active antiretroviral therapy ...
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Judge rejects HIV small talk, convicts man of assault
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 11:25pm EDT
An HIV-positive Winnipeg man has been convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault after a judge rejected his claim he informed two girlfriends of his health status before having unprotected sex with ...
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Government mulls changes after report on HIV-positive immigrants
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 6:48pm EDT
Immigrants with HIV account for a large portion of new infections of the disease in Canada and they're slipping between the health-care cracks, warns a recent report.
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Genetic cause of innate resistance to HIV/AIDS
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 2:17pm EDT
Some people may be naturally resistant to infection with HIV , the virus that causes AIDS.
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Researchers Discover 'Achilles Heel' of HIV Virus?
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 9:40am EDT
An innovative approach in attacking the location where HIV attaches to cells has led researchers from the University of Texas to believe they have found the virus' weak spot .
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HIV/AIDS: Common gene makes Africans more vulnerable to HIV
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 4:36am EDT
Around 11% of HIV infections in Africa may be due to a genetic variant common in people of African descent that makes them more vulnerable to the virus.
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Plans for large-scale AIDS vaccine trial dropped
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 12:17am EDT
Plans for a large-scale trial of a potential AIDS vaccine are being dropped in favor of a smaller, more focused study, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.
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Roche To Stop Antiretroviral Research, Company Says
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:52pm EDT
Pharmaceutical company Roche in a memo circulated last week announced that it will stop research on antiretroviral drugs because of "disappointing results in clinical trials," the Financial Times reports.
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Bill Clinton aims to stabilize malaria drug prices
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 11:27am EDT
Former President Clinton's foundation has signed pricing agreements with several suppliers involved in making a malaria-fighting drug in an effort to stabilize the medication's fluctuating costs and ensure more dependable availability.
The foundation described the agreements to The Associated Press ahead of an announcement Clinton was to make Thursday at the organization's Manhattan headquarters.
The former president in 2002 established an HIV/AIDS initiative that sought to negotiate lower prices for antiretroviral treatments, and he since has expanded his focus to include malaria treatments such as artemisinin-based combination therapies, or ACTs.
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Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 7:09am EDT
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.
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Genetic Trait Boosts AIDS Risks in Blacks
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 2:31am EDT
New research suggests that people of African descent are much more likely to have a genetic trait that makes them more susceptible to infection with the HIV virus.
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Senate Passes Multi-Billion Dollar Global AIDS Relief Bill
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 10:00pm EDT
The Senate has approved spending $48 billion over the next five years to treat and prevent the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa and elsewhere around the world.
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Mechanism behind Mind-Body Connection Explains How Chronic Stress Ages Immune System
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 5:26pm EDT
Immune cells end in protective caps called telomeres that are shorter in persons suffering chronic stress.
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US ban on visitors with HIV could end soon
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 12:40pm EDT
A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.
The U.S. is one of a dozen countries _ including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia _ that ban travel and immigration for HIV-positive people.
Even China, said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., recently changed that policy, deciding it was 'time to move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction' to people with HIV.
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Street Team '08: 'HIV Stops With Me'
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 8:15am EDT
Meet Hector. When he became HIV-positive, he decided to turn his life around. This safe sex advocate has vowed to protect himself and others from now on.
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SANBS assures blood is safe
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 7:35pm EDT
In spite of a recent blood transfusion-related HIV/Aids scare, there have been no HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C transmissions through donated blood since October 2005, the SA National Blood Service said on ...
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Exhausted B Cells Fail To Fight HIV
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 2:56pm EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 15 Jul 2008 Antibodies stick to HIV particles, preventing them from infecting other cells and triggering their destruction by ...
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Exhausted B cells fail to fight HIV
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 10:31am EDT
Antibodies stick to HIV particles, preventing them from infecting other cells and triggering their destruction by immune cells.
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How did boy get HIV-positive blood?
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 2:19am EDT
Medical specialists have questioned the safety of blood transfusions after a young boy was given HIV-contaminated blood during brain surgery at a major Durban hospital.
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Chicago Tribune Examines Program That Teaches Swazi Doctors How To Perform Male Circumcisions
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 6:17pm EDT
The program -- underwritten by the U.S.-based Jewish organization Hadassah and other donors -- has sent three delegations of surgeons from Israel to Swaziland, the Tribune reports .
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Mozambique urged to make good use of resources to fight HIV/AIDS
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 10:07am EDT
Mozambique should be able to absorb and make good use of the existing financial resources allocated for the fight against HIV/AIDS, if these activities are to be sustainable, an official has said.
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Study Examines India's HIV/AIDS Plan
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 1:50am EDT
" Tackling HIV in India: Evidence-Based Priority Setting and Programming ," Health Affairs : The study -- written by Mariam Claeson of the World Bank and Ashok Alexander of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...
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HIV prevention researchers to compare common ARV as a pill and vaginal gel in unique study
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 5:43pm EDT
Getting inside the cells and minds of women: Trial looks at drug absorption and adherence of different formulations of tenofovir PITTSBURGH, July 9 , 2008 - In battle with an epidemic that has outpaced nearly ...
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Nepal On Track To Meet HIV/AIDS Target, MDGs, Minister Says
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 9:39am EDT
Nepal is on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015 -- including targets related to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care -- Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani ...
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Jury Still Out On Organ Transplant Success In HIV-Positive...
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 5:15am EDT
Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Article Date: 10 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT Does organ transplantation work as well in HIV-positive patients as in those without HIV infection? A new systematic review of ...
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Prince Harry balances army duty with charity work
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 12:48am EDT
Prince Harry would like to spend more time helping children in Africa.
Britain's royal soldier-humanitarian is in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho this week to work with Sentebale _ the charity he and Lesotho's Prince Seeiso founded in the memory of Harry's late mother, Princess Diana.
The 23-year-old lieutenant spoke with reporters recently about balancing his army life with his charity work.
'I wish I could be out here more often,' he said while visiting a newly opened center for abused children. 'I do the most I can to come out here and see the kids.'
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Yemen's Parliament Plans To Debate Law That Would Protect People...
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 8:19pm EDT
Yemen's Parliament is expected to begin debating a law that aims to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and address related stigma and discrimination, Yemen's The National reports.
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Condom depots
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:38pm EDT
Chandigarh: First, there was a condom bar to drive home awareness about safe sex.
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Kenyan waitress sacked for being HIV positive wins landmark case
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 11:05am EDT
An HIV-positive Kenyan waitress who was sacked from her job has been awarded 17,000 in a landmark ruling against her employer and her doctor.
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435 HIV cases detected in Afghanistan
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:04am EDT
Xinhua 07/08/2008 By [Printer Friendly Version] KABUL - The spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus has been on rise in the conservative Islamic society of Afghanistan as over 400 cases have been reported so ...
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Program Discourages HIV Transmission In Russia
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 9:28pm EDT
Russia has one of the fastest-growing acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemics in the world.
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Alicia Keys is belle of Black Ball
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 4:53pm EDT
Jul 11 - Alicia Keys hosted the Black Ball UK event in central London to raise money for her AIDS charity Keep A Child Alive Keep A Child Alive says that a dollar a day provides people with HIV/AIDS the ...
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Bush 'Best President' On Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece Says
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:35pm EDT
Although HIV/AIDS was "promoted as an important reason" for gays and lesbians to elect former Democratic President Clinton in 1992, it is "unquestionable" that Republican President Bush "has done more to fight ...
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Antonio Banderas - Banderas Sniffs Out Charity Cash with New Scent
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:03am EDT
Caption: Actor Antonia Banderas has produced a selection of wine from his birthplace in the Costa del Sol Antonio Banderas 'Shrek the Third' UK film premiere held at the Odeon Leicester Square - Arrivals ...
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Samaritan's HIV Drug Granted IND From FDA
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 3:40am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 10 Jul 2008 Samaritan Pharmaceuticals , a biopharmaceutical company committed to commercializing new innovative ...
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Vaginal Microbicides Might Help More Men Than Women
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 10:44pm EDT
A new study questions whether vaginal microbicides being developed to help protect women against HIV infection could lead to new drug resistance from the virus that causes AIDS.
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Kenyan wins landmark HIV ruling
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 6:04pm EDT
Jacqueline Adhiambo Ongur, a 45-year-old waitress, also sued her doctor for revealing her HIV status without her consent.
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SA tops sex survey on protection
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 1:26pm EDT
Parents and guardians were listed as the eighth most likely source of sex education - falling well behind friends, the most cited source overall, as well as internet and TV.
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GeoVax Reports Progress On Its AIDS Vaccine Technology
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 9:05am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 08 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT GeoVax Labs, Inc.
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HIV Vaccine May Begin Human Testing
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 4:35am EDT
July 9, 2008 An Atlanta-based company specializing in prevention and treatment hopes to begin a human trial of its HIV vaccine this fall, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports .
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Caribbean Leader To Ask CARICOM To Contribute Toward $50M Initiative To Fight HIV/AIDS
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 11:53pm EDT
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, a physician who also is responsible for heath concerns in the Caribbean Community , announced recently that he plans to ask CARICOM to contribute to a $50 ...
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Nigeria: FG Budgets N1.1 Billion to Fight HIV/Aids
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 7:34pm EDT
The Federal Government has allocated N1.115 billion in the 2008 budget to tackle the scourge of Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome .
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American Prospect Examines U.S. HIV/AIDS Strategy
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 3:16pm EDT
The coalition was "[s]purred" by the publication of a national HIV/AIDS strategy blueprint, which was written by Chris Collins and released last year by the Open Society Institute , according to the American ...
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President Bush and President Kikwete of Tanzania Discuss G8 Working...
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 10:50am EDT
PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm really pleased to be standing with a really good friend of the American people and a great leader in Africa, President Kikwete of Tanzania.
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Papua New Guinea Has Highest HIV/AIDS, STI Rate In Asia-Pacific Region
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 6:36am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs Article Date: 08 Jul 2008 - 12:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Papua New Guinea has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS ...
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Viral complementation allows HIV-1 replication without integration, NYU Dental research shows
Posted: July 9th, 2008, 2:00am EDT
Weak HIV viruses piggyback onto stronger ones, raising the possibility that the human body may harbor many more HIV viruses capable of replicating and contributing to the development of AIDS than previously ...
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G8 agree to spend 60 bln USD to fight disease in Africa
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:05pm EDT
The Group of Eight leaders agreed Tuesday to spend 60 billion USD to fight disease in Africa over five years and reaffirmed commitments to double aid to the continent, AFP reported.
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Los Angeles Times Looks At National Efforts To Address HIV/AIDS In The Black Community
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 4:31pm EDT
Women account for more than one-third of AIDS cases among blacks, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation .
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Aggressive HIV Treatment Could Reduce New Cases
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 11:53am EDT
Aggressive programs to treat HIV -positive people using highly active antiretroviral therapy could reduce the number of new HIV cases by as much as 60%, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of ...
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Vaginal Microbicides May Prevent More Infections In Men than Women
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 6:57am EDT
Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV.
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US Sex Education Debate: The Students
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 2:18am EDT
Babies having babies. Sexually transmitted infections. Abstinence or comprehensive sex education.
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President Bush to Welcome President Jakaya Kikwete of the United Republic of Tanzania
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:45pm EDT
The President will welcome President Jakaya Kikwete of the United Republic of Tanzania to the White House on August 29, 2008, for a meeting and lunch.
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G-8 discusses system to follow-up on aid pledges
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:01pm EDT
By JOSEPH COLEMAN The Associated Press Monday, July 7, 2008; 2:59 PM RUSUTSU, Japan -- An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only ...
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King Mswati meets Museveni
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 12:35pm EDT
Museveni and first lady Janet meet King Mswati and his family at State House Entebbe By Barbara Among King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland arrived in Uganda yesterday for a four-day state visit.
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Elizabeth Pisani shines a light on sex, drugs, and HIV
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 7:46am EDT
Elizabeth Pisani likes talking about sex. She says that she and most other people enjoy having sex, too.
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Mother donates extra breast milk to Africa
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 3:14am EDT
Blake Evans says her friends will probably be surprised to see her featured in a story about breast milk donation.
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Oriya villager confesses his "affairs", whole village undergoes HIV test
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 10:30pm EDT
Sibatala, Bolangir , June 30: Residents of a village here underwent HIV/AIDS test recently after learning about an HIV patient belonging to their village who claimed to have maintained physical relations with ...
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Number Of Abortions Decreasing Among HIV-Positive Women In Belarus, Official Says
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 6:11pm EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Abortion Article Date: 04 Jul 2008 - 8:00 PDT The number of HIV-positive women in Belarus who are forgoing abortions is increasing, Svyatlana Shylava, chief ob-gyn ...
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Cookie and Magic Johnson and Spike Lee help fight HIV among blacks
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
ON THE SET: Magic Johnson and his wife, Cookie, encourage African Americans to get tested.
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Clinton talks about saving the world
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 9:02am EDT
Bill Clinton has an idea about how to solve the world's most pressing humanitarian problems: It's the systems, stupid.
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Sangamo BioSciences Announces Nature Biotechnology Study...
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 4:37am EDT
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced the publication of data demonstrating that human immune system cells can be made resistant to HIV infection by treatment with zinc finger DNA-binding protein nucleases ). The ...
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Miami Herald Examines African HIV/AIDS Groups' Efforts To Fight Disease
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 11:33pm EDT
According to the Herald , many organizations continue to criticize some African governments for failing to devote the necessary time and energy to prevent their populations from contracting HIV/AIDS, as well as ...
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Program At St. Louis Children's Hospital Will Offer HIV Tests,...
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:04pm EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Public Health Article Date: 01 Jul 2008 - 9:00 PDT The St.
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CDC Report On New HIV Cases Among MSM Shows Need To Continue...
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 2:34pm EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Men's health Article Date: 01 Jul 2008 - 11:00 PDT CDC 's recently released HIV/AIDS data , which show an overall increase in new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex ...
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Aethlon Medical Announces Second HIV/AIDS Treatment Site
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 10:11am EDT
Aethlon Medical, Inc. announced today that it has added a second HIV/AIDS clinical study location at the Bhvani Hospital in Bihar, India.
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South Africa: Three-Letter Plague
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 5:53am EDT
JOHANNESBURG, 1 July 2008 - Everyone knows the story of how HIV/AIDS treatment finally became available to ordinary South Africans.
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New drug-resistance test gives hope to TB fight
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:27am EDT
GENEVA - A new diagnostic test unveiled by the World Health Organization on Monday will allow doctors in poor countries to find out within hours -- instead of months -- whether patients have ...
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Gene Technique Increases Resistance To HIV In Mice
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 8:51pm EDT
Altering the gene that produces CCR5 protein on the surface of immune cells using a harmless virus was found to significantly increase resistance to HIV in mice, according to a study published Sunday in the ...
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Study examines death rates for people newly diagnosed with HIV
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 4:31pm EDT
In the five years after their diagnosis, people living with HIV in developed countries and receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy are no more likely to die than HIV-negative people, according to a study ...
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Freeze-Dried Formula May Block HIV Virus in Breast Milk
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 11:49am EDT
In developing countries where breast-feeding is a necessity, and HIV is rampant, the risk of disease transmission through breast milk might be reduced if infants were first fed a freeze-dried formula full of ...
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Cipla Receives FDA Approval For Antiretroviral Zidovudine
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 7:34am EDT
Indian generic pharmaceutical company Cipla recently received full FDA approval to sell and market in the U.S. an oral generic version of the antiretroviral drug zidovudine, the Drug Industry Daily reports.
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Bush Outlines Goal for G-8 Japan Meeting
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 3:09am EDT
President Bush has a full plate for his last G-8 summit taking place this weekend.
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Former Pa. Sens. Santorum, Wofford Serve As State Co-Chairs Of...
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:29pm EDT
Former Pennsylvania Sens. Rick Santorum and Harris Wofford , who competed in a "bitter and high-profile" Senate race in the 1990s, are joining together to serve as state co-chairs of ONE Vote '08 -- which aims ...
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India Reduces Rate Of HIV Transmission In Some States, UNAIDS Report Says
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:51pm EDT
India has managed to reduce the rate of HIV transmission in some states through increased awareness, resources and legislation, according to a report released Monday by India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ...
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HIV/AIDS cases among adults ages 50, older in Georgia increasing
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 1:20pm EDT
New HIV/AIDS diagnoses among adults ages 50 and older in Georgia has nearly doubled in the last 10 years, according to recent data from the state Department of Human Resources ' Division of Public Health , the ...
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Product RED To Begin Digital Music Service To Fight HIV/AIDS In Africa
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:58am EDT
Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Aid / Disasters Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 Product RED on Monday announced that it is launching a digital music service that will give half of the money collected from ...
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Study: Increase in AIDS/HIV survival rates
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:39am EDT
Medical records show that, before 1996 - when combinations of antiviral drugs became available - the death rates for HIV-infected patients were 41 times that of people of comparable age in 10 European nations ...
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President Bush Discusses 2008 G8 Summit
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:17am EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Next week I'm going to travel to Japan for the eighth and final G8 summit of my presidency.
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Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 8:04pm EDT
Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those ...
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Bush previews G8 Summit
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 2:59pm EDT
Jul. 2 - In a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President George W. Bush previewed issues he plans to raise at the upcoming G8 Summit of the world's eight industrialized nations.
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USAID tackles HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:26am EDT
The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded a $500,000 grant to the YMCA of the USA to combat HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
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National MP disappointed at HIV screening delay
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 5:58am EDT
News that the full roll-out of the antenatal HIV screening programme will be delayed by up to a year is unacceptable, National Party associate health spokeswoman Jackie Blue said yesterday.
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Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 12:50am EDT
Death rates for HIV-infected people lucky enough to get their hands on antiretroviral medications have decreased dramatically since the introduction of these drugs in 1996, new British research shows.
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Since introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV death rate has decreased
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 8:25pm EDT
In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a higher risk ...
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Valerie Huber: The evidence shows that 'comprehensive' sex education isn't working
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
SO COMMON are sex scandals in Washington, it comes as no surprise that the mainstream media hardly took notice when the Centers for Disease Control revealed disturbing news about teen sex in its Youth Risk ...
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation: Criticism Mounts As CDC Delays Stark New HIV Data
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:14am EDT
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is calling upon the Centers for Disease Control to immediately release its latest incidence of HIV infections in the United States after an editorial in the respected British medical ...
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Indians enjoy happy sex lives, but know little till 15
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 6:48am EDT
Indians lead fulfilling sex lives but get their first formal sex education at a little over 15 years of age as compared to the West where lessons on the birds and the bees start from 12, says a new global ...
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Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 2:32am EDT
The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr.