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AIDS Breakthrough: Gel Helps Prevent Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected part...

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Scientists Discover Antibodies That Kill 90% Of HIV Strains

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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American scientists are touting a major stride toward a vaccine that can ward off HIV, after finding two key proteins that neutralize 91 percent of th...

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Ending AIDS: Grounds for Despair, Cynicism or Hope?

Mitchell Warren | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Mitchell Warren

This year, for the first time, we mark HIV Vaccine Awareness Day with hope based on evidence from a trial in humans that shows that an AIDS vaccine is possible.

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Circumcision For Boys, Men?: Health Officials Weigh Recommendation To Fight HIV Risk

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the...

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Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Jim Luce

EngenderHealth focuses on far more than fistula repair and prevention. They are dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of people in the countries where they work.

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To End America's AIDS Crisis, Reinvest in Prevention

David Holtgrave | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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David Holtgrave

Last Thursday President Obama released a deeply disappointing 2010 budget proposal with only a small increase in domestic HIV prevention funding.

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Let's Talk About Jobs, Baby

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Johnathon Briggs

Congress should approve the $400 million in prevention funding so that we can stop talking about sex and start improving the health of all Americans-- not just the ones we morally agree with.

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