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UN summit adopts AIDS targets amid condom storm
A UN summit on Friday ordered a huge expansion in AIDS treatment, but sparked protests by the Vatican and some Muslim nations over its endorsement of condoms and calls to help prostitutes, gays and drug users.
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Jun 11, 2011 |
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UN chief calls for global action to end AIDS
(AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global action Wednesday to put an end to AIDS by 2020 and relegate the killer disease to the history books.
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Jun 09, 2011 |
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Oral pill trial to halt HIV in women is stopped
A trial of an oral pill aimed at preventing HIV infection in African women has been halted due to poor results, the trial operator Family Health International announced this week.
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Apr 19, 2011 |
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Young people happy with their sexual experiences but many take risks
Youngsters are, on average, 16 years old and sober when they make their sexual debut with somebody they have known for a while. However, condoms feature in just half of sexual encounters with new or casual partners, reveals ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Transplant patient got AIDS from new kidney
(AP) -- A transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, in the first documented case of its kind in the U.S. since screening for HIV began in the mid-1980s.
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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Tenofovir gel provides high level of protection against HIV in rectal tissue
A gel developed to protect against HIV during vaginal sex produced a strong antiviral effect when used in the rectum, according to an early-phase study presented today at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...
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Feb 28, 2011 |
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Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, Stanford study shows
An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new study by Stanford University School of ...
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Dec 20, 2010 |
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New report provides women's perspectives on medical male circumcision for HIV prevention
A new report from the Women's HIV Prevention Tracking Project (WHiPT), a collaborative initiative of AVAC and the ATHENA Network, features an unprecedented collection of voices from Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland ...
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Dec 13, 2010 |
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Fewer than half of Americans have had HIV test
(AP) -- Fewer than half of Americans have had an AIDS test since guidelines were expanded to include routine screening, according to a government report released Tuesday.
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Nov 30, 2010 |
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China AIDS death toll up nearly 20,000 in a year: report
The total number of reported AIDS deaths in China has jumped by nearly 20,000 since an official estimate last year, state media said Monday.
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Nov 29, 2010 |
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Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations
(AP) -- The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross ...
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Nov 26, 2010 |
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Anti-AIDS groups hail drug but worry over cost
(AP) -- AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for disease prevention.
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Nov 24, 2010 |
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Depression linked to HIV risk among South African young people, study shows
University of Alberta research has discovered a strong link between depression and risky sexual behaviours such as improper condom use, transactional sex and relationship violence among young people in South Africa.
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Nov 16, 2010 |
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FDA warns of heart risk with HIV drug combination
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning HIV patients not to combine two widely used antiviral drugs because they can cause dangerous heart rhythms.
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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1 in 22 blacks will get HIV, CDC report says
(AP) -- Health officials estimate that 1 in 22 black Americans will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime - more than twice the risk for Hispanics and eight times that of whites.
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Oct 14, 2010 |
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