HIV & AIDS
WHO: On track to 15 million on AIDS drugs by 2015
(AP) — The World Health Organization says the global target of 15 million people taking life-saving AIDS drugs by 2015 is just a first step.
Jul 26, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Birth control counseling may reduce AIDS transmission in Africa, say researchers
Family planning counseling could prove to be a cost-effective way to help minimize the number of children born HIV-positive in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study by School of Medicine researchers suggests.
Jul 26, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
AIDS experts: Women need more help in AIDS battle
(AP) -- AIDS specialists heard fresh appeals Wednesday to expand assistance for women far beyond a global focus on pregnancy.
Jul 25, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Man believed cured of AIDS says he's still cured
(AP) — The first person believed to have been cured of AIDS says reports he still has the HIV virus are false.
Jul 24, 2012
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Medical research
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
(Medical Xpress) -- Yale Cancer Center scientists have developed a new class of proteins that inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures and may open the way to new strategies for treating and preventing infection by the virus ...
Jul 24, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Gates urges more tools, vaccine to end AIDS
AIDS cannot be halted through treatment alone, and more prevention tools, in particular a vaccine, are needed to move seriously toward ending it, philanthropist Bill Gates said Monday.
Jul 23, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
US donates extra $150 million to battle AIDS
(AP) — Science now has the tools to slash the spread of HIV even without a vaccine — and the U.S. is donating an extra $150 million to help poor countries put them in place, the Obama administration told the world's ...
Jul 23, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
AIDS conference opens Sunday at key turning point
The world's largest AIDS conference returned to the U.S. on Sunday with a plea against complacency at a time when the epidemic is at a critical turning point. "We can start to end AIDS," one expert said.
Jul 23, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
AIDS charity honors Gates on eve of global conference
Leading AIDS charity amfAR honored Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates on the eve of the International AIDS Conference, for his part in funding an ongoing struggle against the disease.
Jul 22, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Clinical study in rural Uganda shows high demand for antiretroviral drugs
An ongoing clinical study in rural Uganda, begun in 2011, suggests that many people infected with HIV/AIDS would take antiretroviral drugs if they were available to them—even before they developed symptoms from the disease.
Jul 22, 2012
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