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AIDS/HIV
Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 3:30pm
AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 11:16am
Reuters - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells
(HealthDay)
8 Mar 2010 at 8:48pm
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medications can reduce the level of
the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn't disappear and often
roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research is giving
scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and avoid the
killing powers of medicine.
HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015'
(AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 8:41am
AFP - Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV 'nightmare'
(AP)
8 Mar 2010 at 8:29am
AP - Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday.
Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund
(Reuters)
8 Mar 2010 at 7:55am
Reuters - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.
World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV"
(AFP)
8 Mar 2010 at 3:44am
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015
(AP)
8 Mar 2010 at 2:07am
AP - The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.
Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa
(AFP)
7 Mar 2010 at 10:20pm
AFP - Mobile phones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, says to the UNAIDS chief.
Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
(AP)
7 Mar 2010 at 11:15am
AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
Burden of AIDS hits Zimbabwe's women hardest
(AFP)
6 Mar 2010 at 10:50pm
AFP - Since testing positive for HIV six years ago, Cecilia Chinhamo has endured a torrent of verbal abuse from her husband.
AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank
(Reuters)
6 Mar 2010 at 10:10pm
Reuters - India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other agencies said Sunday.
Smoking tied to lung cancer in women with HIV
(Reuters)
5 Mar 2010 at 1:15pm
Reuters - Women infected with HIV or at risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appear more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the general population, possibly because they are much more likely to smoke cigarettes, study findings hint.
Philippines HIV cases spike to record in January
(Reuters)
4 Mar 2010 at 7:57am
Reuters - The Philippines diagnosed 143 people with HIV in January -- a national high -- and the country's health secretary said on Thursday she would seek more public funds to distribute condoms among high-risk groups.
Pfizer pneumonia shot helps HIV-infected patients
(Reuters)
3 Mar 2010 at 2:20pm
Reuters - Results of a trial of Pfizer's Prevnar 7 vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis showed on Wednesday that it can prevent three out of four cases of re-infection in HIV-infected adults in Africa.
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