Hiv Aids

Giving Power to Couples to End the AIDS Epidemic

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.07.2012

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For the AIDS response, couples' testing and counselling should be one more turning point to expand options to strengthen the impact of HIV prevention and treatment.

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HIV Vaccine Okayed For Human Testing

The Huffington Post | Jocelyn Richard | Posted 12.20.2011

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Canadian researchers received approval Tuesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin testing an experimental and potentially breakthroug...

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Meaningful Change: An AIDS-free Generation by 2015

Deborah Dugan | Posted 01.31.2012

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After more than three decades of destruction, we are finally at a turning point and on a path to winning the war against HIV/AIDS.

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Justices Not Moved By HIV-Positive Pilot's Distress

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A majority of the Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday morning to help a California man who claims he suffered severe mental and em...

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Obama, Bush, Clinton, Activists To Participate In World AIDS Day Talk

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and two former presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, are joining top anti-AIDS advocates for a panel discu...

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Gates Foundation Gives Millions For Research On Malaria, HIV, More

AP | By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 09.12.2011

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SEATTLE -- Using microwaves to kill malaria parasites and developing a way to give fetuses immunity to HIV are among the dozen ideas the Bill & Melind...

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More People Living With HIV As Treatments Extend Lives, CDC Says

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 08.02.2011

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ATLANTA -- New government statistics show about 1.1 million Americans were living with the AIDS virus in 2008, an increase of about 71,000 from 2006. ...

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In Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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The principal 21st-century challenge to our country from the legacy of Dr. King is how we effectively recommit ourselves to the pursuit of nonviolent conflict resolution and increased equal access by all Americans to economic opportunity.

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Moving Toward An HIV-Free Generation

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every hour, two young people in the U.S. become infected with HIV; of those who do become infected, approximately 80 percent do not know that they are HIV-positive.

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"Rapid Response" to an Ancient Issue (VIDEO)

Kate Otto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reversing climate change sounds, to me, a lot like trying to overcome HIV/AIDS: at the heart of the struggle, we are trying to change the behavior of individuals who feel untouched by the issue.

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The Lesser-Known Complications Of HIV

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Research suggests that long-term exposure to HIV, and to the inflammation it triggers, make people vulnerable to premature aging and to a host of conditions seen with aging, like osteoporosis.

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HIV Risk Survey: 1 In 22 African Americans Will Get HIV, CDC Says

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

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ATLANTA — Health officials estimate that 1 in 22 black Americans will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime – more than twice...

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U.S. HIV Study Finds Higher Infections Linked To Poverty

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the fi...

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UN: HIV Among Young People Going Down In Africa

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011

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LONDON — The number of young people infected with HIV in Africa is falling in 16 of the 25 countries hardest hit by the virus, according to a ne...

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New HIV Strain Discovered In Woman From Cameroon

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the ...

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