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2 Feb 2012 at 8:40am
AP - Roy Hallums was enduring his 311th day of captivity, blindfolded, his hands and feet bound, stuffed into a hole under the floor of a farm building outside Baghdad. He heard a commotion upstairs and managed to get the blindfold off. Delta Force troops broke open the hatch. An American soldier jumped down.
1 Feb 2012 at 4:08pm
AP - A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV.
30 Jan 2012 at 10:47pm
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with HIV can prevent
passing the AIDS-causing virus to their babies by taking antiretroviral
drugs, but there remains a possibility that some of these medications
might cause birth defects, such as cleft lip and palate, according to a
new study.
30 Jan 2012 at 10:46pm
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Having a pet helps women with
HIV/AIDS cope with their condition and may also help those with other
chronic diseases, a new study says.
30 Jan 2012 at 5:56pm
ContributorNetwork - According to the Associated Press, the Chicago Department of Public Health has announced the city will be receiving about $1 million in federal funding to provide routine HIV testing and counseling services to Chicago's community mental health and substance abuse centers. The federal grants come from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. Additionally, the funding comes after the city was granted $500,000 to provide more psychiatric services at the health centers as well.
27 Jan 2012 at 4:47am
AP - Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.
26 Jan 2012 at 2:31pm
Reuters - Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.
25 Jan 2012 at 12:14pm
LiveScience.com - Brian Brown has been taking antiretroviral drugs for five years. If he stops, the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in his body will multiply and eventually, he'll get really sick. "You have to take them with food," Brown said. "Even if you aren't really hungry." A 39-year-old licensed practical nurse, Brown has to remember to take his drugs daily. It's a routine familiar to people with all kinds of chronic diseases, including HIV and diabetes.
25 Jan 2012 at 10:34am
AP - Some 15,000 AIDS victims in Congo likely will die waiting for lifesaving drugs in the next three years, Doctors Without Borders warned Wednesday in a report describing "horrific" health care access.
23 Jan 2012 at 2:36pm
ContributorNetwork - The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan devastated the physical landscape, but as the aftermath unfolds, time has proven that it cannot kill the spirit of a proud people such as the Japanese. The Jewish Community of Japan (JCJ) has a history spanning over sixty years in Tokyo, and the members of that community, along with foreign partners, have already been doing their part to help rebuild the country they call home.
19 Jan 2012 at 10:47pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans who
practice behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection has declined
significantly, federal health officials reported Thursday.
18 Jan 2012 at 2:41pm
AP - Newly dating and slightly anxious, two men bared their arms for blood tests and pondered the possibility that one of them, or both, could be infected with HIV. An innovative program — called Testing Together — would allow them to hear their test results minutes later, while sitting side by side.
16 Jan 2012 at 9:31am
AP - The head of a global health fund on Monday urged Ukraine to step up its efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Europe's largest.
12 Jan 2012 at 10:47pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The level of the HIV-1
virus in the blood of an HIV-infected person is the single most important
risk factor for sexual transmission of HIV to an uninfected partner, a new
study of heterosexual couples has found.
12 Jan 2012 at 10:47pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- School-age children exposed
to HIV before birth are at increased risk for language problems and could
benefit from early diagnosis and classroom intervention, according to a
new study.
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ScienceDaily: HIV and AIDS News
3 Feb 2012 at 5:09pm
Newly divorced middle aged women are more vulnerable to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research, because they tend to let their guard down with new sexual partners and avoid using protection since they are not afraid of getting pregnant.
27 Jan 2012 at 3:27pm
How will you feel if you fail that test? Awful, really awful, you say. Then you fail the test and, yes, you feel bad -- but not as bad as you thought you would. This pattern holds for most people, research shows. The takeaway message: People are lousy at predicting their emotions.
26 Jan 2012 at 11:30am
Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense system in primates.
24 Jan 2012 at 10:32am
A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study. The meta-analysis, which compared studies worldwide, showed that the saliva HIV test had the same accuracy as the blood test for high-risk populations. The study has major implications for countries that wish to adopt self-testing strategies for HIV.
23 Jan 2012 at 10:55am
A spoonful of medicine goes down a lot easier if there is a dog or cat around. Having pets is helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and managing their chronic illness, according to a new study.
10 Jan 2012 at 6:29pm
Eliminating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require not only improved access to antiretroviral medications but also support to help HIV-infected mothers continue taking their medication and safely reduce or eliminate breastfeeding, according to a new article.
6 Jan 2012 at 12:58pm
For children with HIV infection, the FDA approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers a new weapon to treat HIV infection in children.
4 Jan 2012 at 4:48pm
New guidelines will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV drugs from becoming less effective, possibly leading to a more virulent strain of the disease.
4 Jan 2012 at 2:37pm
Scientists have determined the structure of the enzyme endomannosidase, significantly advancing our understanding of how a group of devastating human viruses including HIV and Hepatitis C hijack human enzymes to reproduce and cause disease.
4 Jan 2012 at 12:48pm
New vaccine research in monkeys suggests that scientists are homing in on the critical ingredients of a protective HIV vaccine and identifies new HIV vaccine candidates to test in human clinical trials.
3 Jan 2012 at 12:53pm
A woman's ovarian cycle plays a role in susceptibility to infection, according to new research. Specifically, researchers found women are most susceptible to infection, such as Candida albicans or other sexually transmitted diseases, during ovulation than at any other time during the reproductive cycle. This natural "dip" in immunity may be to allow spermatozoa to survive the threat of an immune response so it may fertilize an egg successfully.
23 Dec 2011 at 10:41am
The journal Science has chosen the HPTN 052 clinical trial, an international HIV prevention trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, as the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year. The study found that if HIV-infected heterosexual individuals begin taking antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems are relatively healthy as opposed to delaying therapy until the disease has advanced, they are 96 percent less likely to transmit the virus to their uninfected partners.
21 Dec 2011 at 1:03pm
Scientists have identified how HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- hijacks the body's own defenses to promote infection. This discovery could one day help curb the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
21 Dec 2011 at 1:03pm
In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the virus makes with components of the human cells it infects -- work that may reveal new ways to design future HIV/AIDS drugs.
14 Dec 2011 at 11:58am
Scientists have discovered new protein fragments in semen that enhance the ability of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to infect new cells -- a discovery that one day could help curb the global spread of this deadly pathogen.
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2 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP...
31 Jan 2012 at 2:00pm
Health authorities in South Africa have recalled more than a million condoms that were handed out in the lead up to the African National Congress centenary celebrations...
29 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense system in primates. The research, led by Michael Emerman, Ph.D., a member of the Hutchinson Center's Human Biology and Basic Sciences Division, and Harmit Malik, Ph.D...
27 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
HIV-positive mothers can protected their babies from becoming infected with the virus if they take antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. However, even though these drugs prevent transmitting the disease to the child, they could potentially cause birth defects like cleft lip and palate...
27 Jan 2012 at 6:00am
Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared to the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM. Treating head and neck cancer in HIV-positive patients is a challenge for oncologists...
26 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University...
25 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
A spoonful of medicine goes down a lot easier if there is a dog or cat around. Having pets is helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and managing their chronic illness, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. "We think this finding about pets can apply to women managing other chronic illnesses," said Allison R...
23 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
While global attention to HIV/AIDS remains strong, a lack of focus on prevention strategies is stonewalling health experts in many developing nations, specifically in the Caribbean...
20 Jan 2012 at 10:00am
According to a study published in the current issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research, aspirin should be assessed for its ability to prevent cervical cancer developing in women infected with HIV. Aspirin has the potential to provide considerable benefit for women in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, regions where death rates from cervical cancer are extremely high...
20 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women...
17 Jan 2012 at 5:00am
1. High Doses of Vitamin D Provide No Benefit to Patients with Severe COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Vitamin D deficiency is present in 60 percent to 75 percent of patients with severe COPD...
13 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in sub-Saharan Africa...
12 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
Raltegravir, an antiretroviral medication that delays the spread of HIV infection provides a new method to treat HIV in children and adolescents. The drug was recently approved (December 21, 2011) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with other antiretroviral drugs to treat children and teenagers between 2 to18 years of age with the disease...
11 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Andrea Ciaranello of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and colleagues find, using a simulation model, that implementation of the latest WHO PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV) guidelines must take place in conjunction with improving access to PMTCT programs, increasing retention of women in care, and supporting adher...
7 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV drugs from becoming less effective, possibly leading to a more virulent strain of the disease...
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msnbc.com: AIDS
4 Jan 2012 at 2:12pm
An experimental vaccine helped protect monkeys from an especially deadly form of the AIDS virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
22 Dec 2011 at 1:09pm
A clinical trial involving AIDS this year is rightly being called by Science magazine the most important scientific breakthrough of the year, writes bioethicist Art Caplan.
16 Dec 2011 at 1:30pm
A cancer clinic doctor in south Mississippi who was already facing federal criminal charges for allegedly using old syringes and watered-down chemotherapy drugs is now facing a civil lawsuit that claims a patient contracted HIV from a dirty needle.
1 Dec 2011 at 1:39pm
 A Pennsylvania school has denied admission to a boy with HIV, a shameful move that has single-handedly set back years of hard work to tamp down the fear of those with HIV, writes bioethicist Art Caplan.
1 Dec 2011 at 5:14pm
A Philadelphia-area teenager says he was denied admission to a private boarding school connected with the Hershey chocolate company because he's HIV-positive.
1 Dec 2011 at 12:24pm
City health officials said Thursday they are recommending that any person living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as they are diagnosed with the virus, an aggressive move that has been shown to prolong life and stem the spread of the disease.
1 Dec 2011 at 7:34am
 World AIDS Day is about recognizing how far we’ve come -- and how far we still have to go -- in the fight against a plague that has infected 60 million people and killed half of them. But today, now 30 years into the epidemic, a series of setbacks threatens to dash hopes for the goal of an “AIDS-free generation.”
30 Nov 2011 at 5:51pm
 The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising.
29 Nov 2011 at 3:59pm
Health officials say only 1 in 4 Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control with medications.
22 Nov 2011 at 9:56am
 At one Department of Motor Vehicles' office in the nation's capital, motorists can get a driver's license, temporary tags and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.
7 Nov 2011 at 8:37am
 PBT: Do you remember where you were 20 years ago, when you heard Magic Johnson announced he had HIV? He changed the face of the disease forever.
19 Sep 2011 at 4:08pm
Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new approach to developing a vaccine against AIDS.
19 Sep 2011 at 11:03am
12 Sep 2011 at 4:44am
 U.S. scientists have developed a strain of green-glowing cats with cells that resist infection from a virus that causes feline AIDS, a finding that may advance AIDS research in people.
8 Sep 2011 at 9:28am
British health officials say they will lift the ban on gay men donating blood — as long as their last sexual contact with another man was more than one year ago.
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27 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
Rationing Funds, Risking Lives: World Backtracks on HIV Treatment, the new report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), documents early warning signs resulting from the global pullback on AIDS commitment and funding: caps on the number of people enrolled in treatment programs, more frequent drug stock outs, and national AIDS budgets falling short. "AIDS is not over... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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26 Apr 2010 at 10:00am
South African President Jacob Zuma announced to a surprised nation on Sunday that he is HIV negative: his announcement marks the launch of a massive HIV prevention and treatment campaign... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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25 Apr 2010 at 3:00am
Health statistics "point to the urgency" of increasing use of the female condom, especially among black women, Yolanda Young, founder of the blog On Being a Black Lawyer, writes in a USA Today opinion piece... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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23 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
Representatives of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday began meeting with members of the Obama administration in Washington, as part of the first Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings, United Press International reports (4/21). "Over three days of meetings in Washington, the AU delegation will discuss the full range of U.S... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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22 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
China Could Soon Lift HIV Travel Ban, State Media Reports "China could lift a longstanding ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the country as early as this month, state media reported Wednesday," Agence France-Presse reports. The country first introduced the ban in late the 1980s, the news service notes (4/20)... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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22 Apr 2010 at 3:00am
Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) announced that its subsidiary Matrix Laboratories Limited has received final approval from the U.S... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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21 Apr 2010 at 7:00am
Scientists studying a cunning parasite that has commandeered the cells of almost half the world's human population have begun to zero in on the molecular signals that must be severed to free the organism's cellular hostages... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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21 Apr 2010 at 6:00am
Demand For Drugs In Developing Countries Will Continue to Grow, Report Finds "Drug sales may grow at least 5 percent worldwide in each year through 2014 as increasing demand in developing countries offsets price drops tied to generic competition, according to [the research company] IMS Health Inc.," Bloomberg/Business Week reports... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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21 Apr 2010 at 6:00am
With AIDS, Time To Get Beyond Blame The New York Times AIDS endures right here in the U.S.A.: our outpatient clinics are bursting at the seams, and new cases show up daily. A million domestic stories are languishing untold, but they are not the operatic tragedies we have grown used to (Dr. Abigail Zuger, 4/19). Conservatives Run From The Individual Mandate They Once Embraced U.S... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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21 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
On the subject of HIV/AIDS, "the fact is that for most new infections, the language of culpability and blame simply no longer applies," infectious disease expert Abigail Zuger writes in a New York Times opinion piece. Although "[y]ou don't hear much about AIDS in America anymore," the disease "endures right here in the U.S.A... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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20 Apr 2010 at 5:00am
More Than 410M People Living In Poverty In India, Estimates Show Estimates released on Sunday show there are more than 410 million people living on less than $1.25 per day in India - "100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004," Reuters reports (Majumdar/Neogy, 4/18)... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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20 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
Maintain Funding Commitments To PEPFAR "The Obama administration's new Global Health Initiative, designed to broaden and better integrate health programming overseas, deserves wide support... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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16 Apr 2010 at 2:00am
HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in Pittsburgh, May 22-25 to attend the 2010 International Microbicides Conference (M2010). Unlike previous meetings, M2010 will encompass a broader spectrum of HIV prevention research and related topics, hence the theme Building Bridges in HIV Prevention... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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15 Apr 2010 at 5:00am
From 21 May, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be running a new City & Guilds course in understanding HIV and AIDS. The course has already run successfully in Leeds, Manchester and London and is now launching in Brighton... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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14 Apr 2010 at 9:00am
Despite national guidelines aimed at improving sexual health services for teenagers, most sexually active boys - even those who report high-risk sexual behaviors - still get too little counseling about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during their visits to the doctor, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center... (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
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