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Two studies show that drugs used to treat AIDS can be used to prevent HIV infection, too

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Brown - Jul. 13 (News Report) - Two new studies done in three African countries have shown for the first time that AIDS drugs taken daily can cut by more than half a person’s chance of becoming infected with HIV through heterosexual intercourse.

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The one and only Liz

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Editorial Staff - Mar. 24 (Editorial) - There's no doubt that Elizabeth Taylor defined 'celebrity' for the modern age.

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Don't swallow this pill

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Times of India - By Unni Karunakara - Jan. 21 (Opinion) - MSF's International President urges India not to cut off access to crucial low-cost medicines.

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Double whammy for HIV

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Nature - By Cassandra Willyard - Jan. 19 (News) - RNA dynamic duo curbs infection in mice

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Circumcision helps stop cancer-causing virus, study finds

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Jan. 07 (News) - Researchers have documented yet another health benefit for circumcision, which can protect men against the AIDS virus, saying it can protect their wives and girlfriends from a virus that causes cervical cancer.

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Thousands on HIV drugs desperate amid budget woes

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Michelle R. Smith - Dec. 16 (News Report) - Cash-strapped states are cutting back on a program that provides free medicine to people with HIV, leaving thousands of patients to wonder where their drugs will come from and stirring fears of a return to the days when an AIDS diagnosis meant certain death.

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A cure for AIDS?

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

cosmos Magazine - By Jon Cohen - Dec. 16 (Special Report) - Researchers are pursuing radical new ways to control the infection entirely.

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First HIV-Positive Man Cured

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Carly Schwartz - Dec. 14 (News Report) - On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukaemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved." While Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, his case paves a path for cons

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Fixes: How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By TINA ROSENBERG - Dec. 04 (Opinion) - How health officials established needle sharing programs in a repressive political atmosphere.

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Lifesaving Drug Praziquantel Too Expensive for Africa

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Melinda Burns - Oct. 03 (Special Report) - "Schistosomiasis is a far more important disease than we ever realized,” said Peter Hotez, one author of the commentary and the chairman of the department of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at The George Washington University. “The failure of the global community to provide access to this essential medicine is impeding sustainable development in Africa"

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Obama Administration to Unveil National Strategy to Reduce HIV Infections

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Karen Travers - Jul. 12 (News) - Daily NationObama Administration to Unveil National Strategy to Reduce HIV InfectionsABC News (blog)The Obama administration plans to announce its national strategy Tuesday to reduce the annual number of HIV infections in the United States and improve ...Obama Administration Plans National Strategy To Combat HIV/AIDSCalifornia HealthlineDetails of Obama's New HIV Strategy PlanHULIQNew strategy for fighting HIV infections and AIDSThe Associated PressOn Top Magazine?-MedPage Today?-EDGE Bostonall 322 news articles??

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Advance in Quest for HIV Vaccine

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Mark Schoofs - Jul. 09 (News) - In a significant step toward an AIDS vaccine, U.S. government scientists have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.

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Economy Hurts Government Aid for H.I.V. Drugs

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Kevin Sack - Jul. 01 (News Report) - The weak economy is crippling the government program that provides life-sustaining antiretroviral drugs to people with H.I.V. or AIDS who cannot afford them. Nearly 1,800 have been relegated to rapidly expanding waiting lists that less than three years ago had dwindled to zero.

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At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - May. 10 (Special Report) - Uganda is the first and most obvious example of how the war on global AIDS is falling apart.

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Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

TED - By Elizabeth Pisani - Apr. 05 (Advocacy) - Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia -- demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.

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Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Murray Waas - Mar. 18 (News Report) - Insurance companies have long engaged in the practice of "rescission," whereby they investigate policyholders shortly after they've been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. But government regulators and investigators who have overseen the actions of Assurant and other health insurance companies say it is unprecedented for a company to single out people with HIV.

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Bush birth control policies helped fuel Africa's baby boom

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Shashank Bengali - Dec. 15 (News Report) - At age 45, after giving birth to 13 children in her village of thatch roofs and bare feet, Beatrice Adongo made a discovery that startled her: birth control.

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For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success in Trials

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - Sep. 25 (News Report) - A new AIDS vaccine tested in Thailand has protected a significant minority against infection, the first time any vaccine against the disease has even partly succeeded in a clinical trial.

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A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Marilynn Marchione, Michael Casey - Sep. 24 (News Report) - For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible. The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results "instilled new hope" in the field of HIV vaccine research, although researchers say it likely is many years before a vaccine might be available.

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The Politics of AIDS and Health Care Reform

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:15:16 -0700

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Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Thomas H. Maugh II - Sep. 04 (News Report) - Crucial to the discovery is the fact that the antibodies target a portion of HIV that researchers had not considered in their search for a vaccine. Moreover, the target is a relatively stable portion of the virus that does not participate in the extensive mutations that have made HIV able to escape from antiviral drugs and previous experimental vaccines.

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Study Finds Chimps Die From Simian AIDS, Dispelling Widely Held Belief

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Lawrence K. Altman - Jul. 23 (News) - For the first time, scientists have shown that chimpanzees in the wild become sick and die from the simian version of AIDS. The finding upsets a widely held scientific belief that chimpanzees, the closest relatives to humans, can get the virus that causes simian AIDS but without harm.

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AIDS Activists Sound the Alarm on Obama's Budget | OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

OneWorld - Jul. 10 (News Report) - Over two dozen AIDS activists were arrested just outside the U.S. Capitol building yesterday while protesting President Barack Obama's failure to honor his campaign promises of increased funding for AIDS programs. During the election, Obama pledged to spend over $1 billion a year on global AIDS and to fully fund housing for HIV-positive people in need. Activists say the administration's 2010 budget proposal does not live up to these promises.

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To Fix Health Care, Some Study Developing World

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Amy Dockser Marcus - Jul. 02 (News Report) - When doctors running the AIDS clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham wanted to increase the number of patients who showed up for treatment, they turned to an unusual place for help: southern Africa.

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HIV co-discovers Gallo and Montagnier unite to push for renewed focus on HIV/AIDS: Scientific American Blog

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Coco Ballantyne - May. 18 (News Report) - As the world frets about the swine flu virus, the scientists credited with discovering HIV urged governments and international organizations to redouble their commitment to the battle against AIDS.

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