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Health

WHO: New Molecular Test to Detect TB Faster Gives Sufferers Hope

WHO: New Molecular Test to Detect TB Faster Gives Sufferers Hope

The World Health Organization unveiled on Monday a new diagnostic test that will give doctors the...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 12:07
National HIV Testing Day – HIV Tests for All Bronx Residents

National HIV Testing Day – HIV Tests for All Bronx Residents

As today is the National HIV Testing Day, the New York City authorities are offering free HIV tests...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 16:11
CDC: Young Gay Men Face Highest HIV Rates, 12 Percent

CDC: Young Gay Men Face Highest HIV Rates, 12 Percent

A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in this week’s issue...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 13:40
HIV Cases Skyrocket among Young Gay Men

HIV Cases Skyrocket among Young Gay Men

A new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that between 2001 and 2006...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 23:51
Survey: New Yorkers Still Not Having Safe Sex

Survey: New Yorkers Still Not Having Safe Sex

The New York City Health Department’s Bureau of Epidemiology Services released worrisome data...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 11:37
Heart Attack Might Be a Silent Killer

Heart Attack Might Be a Silent Killer

The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert has raised serious questions about what...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 12:30
Russert's Death Highlights Heart Attack Risks Once Again

Russert's Death Highlights Heart Attack Risks Once Again

The unforeseen death of NBC’s prominent figure Tim Russert has raised serious questions...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 12:54
St. John’s Wort Not Efficient for ADHD

St. John’s Wort Not Efficient for ADHD

St. John’s wort is no better than a placebo in treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 13:02
UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down

UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down

For the first time since AIDS was identified in the mid-1980, the United Nations says the numbers...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 16:16
LifeCycle Raises Money for AIDS Groups

LifeCycle Raises Money for AIDS Groups

This year's LifeCycle promises to be biggest ever, as about 2,500 cyclists left the San Francisco...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 20:38

Gay-Rights Group Protests Against HIV-Positive Man’s Sentence

A gay-rights group in Dallas is protesting against the sentence given to a HIV-positive man for...
» read full story May 18th, 2008 - 22:24
Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

One patient died and another is critically ill in a Boston hospital after receiving a kidney from...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 15:31
Last Year Brought More Cases of HIV Infections in Singapore

Last Year Brought More Cases of HIV Infections in Singapore

The number of HIV cases in Singapore hit a record in 2007 with 422 new infections recorded, the...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 12:51
Alligator Blood May Help Fight MRSA

Alligator Blood May Help Fight MRSA

Recent studies revealed that alligator blood may hold the key to fighting antibiotic-resistant...
» read full story April 08th, 2008 - 00:47
Advocate for AIDS Awareness and Education Autum Aquino Dies

Advocate for AIDS Awareness and Education Autum Aquino Dies

Autum Aquino, who was nationally recognized through her early advocacy for AIDS awareness and...
» read full story April 07th, 2008 - 16:23
House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion

House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion

The House of Representatives, Wednesday, overwhelmingly voted to expand a popular program aimed at...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 14:19
AIDS Drugs Ziagen and Videx May Increase Heart Attack Risk

AIDS Drugs Ziagen and Videx May Increase Heart Attack Risk

European researchers found that the anti-retroviral Ziagen (also known as Abacavir), included as...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 10:25
Summit on AIDS Vaccine Questions the Future of AIDS Research

Summit on AIDS Vaccine Questions the Future of AIDS Research

The recent failure of the most promising HIV vaccine prompted scientists’ concern at the Summit...
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 13:14
WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis

WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis

The fight against the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic slightly slowed in 2006, the most recent...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 10:30
Growth Hormone Does not Improve Performance

Growth Hormone Does not Improve Performance

A recent study shows that athletes who take growth hormones do not necessarily obtain an...
» read full story March 17th, 2008 - 23:19
Study: Gel Using Anti-HIV Drug, Tenofovir Proves Safe for Women

Study: Gel Using Anti-HIV Drug, Tenofovir Proves Safe for Women

A gel that uses popular anti-HIV drug, Tenofovir proved to be safe for women to use on a daily...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 14:22
Microbicide Study Sabotaged By Low Use

Microbicide Study Sabotaged By Low Use

An African study on the effectiveness of an anti-AIDS gel for women, that initially appeared to be...
» read full story February 18th, 2008 - 17:31
Official NYC Condom Gets Makeover for Valentine's Day

Official NYC Condom Gets Makeover for Valentine's Day

“Get some” free NYC condoms on this special lovers’ day – February 14...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 11:16
New Advance in Understanding HIV

New Advance in Understanding HIV

Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 21:05
Pre-Chewing Babies’ Food Linked to HIV Transmission

Pre-Chewing Babies’ Food Linked to HIV Transmission

The AIDS virus can be transmitted by a mother pre-chewing the food for his baby, a practice that...
» read full story February 07th, 2008 - 11:12
New HIV Studies Bring No New Hope

New HIV Studies Bring No New Hope

Two new studies have raised concerns about the current perceptions of HIV spread.A first study has...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 22:31
FDA Approves Intelence (etravirine) For HIV Treatment

FDA Approves Intelence (etravirine) For HIV Treatment

The US Food And Drug Administration has approved etravirine tablets for the treatment of HIV...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 01:36
New Virus Is Linked to Aggressive Merkel Cell Skin Cancer

New Virus Is Linked to Aggressive Merkel Cell Skin Cancer

U.S. researchers have discovered a new virus they believe it is linked to a rare but extremely...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 12:09
Gene Study Identifies 273 Proteins that Help HIV Develop

Gene Study Identifies 273 Proteins that Help HIV Develop

U.S. researchers using a new genetic screening toll report identified 273 new human proteins...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 12:33
Washington D.C. to spend $650,000 on Needle Exchange Programs

Washington D.C. to spend $650,000 on Needle Exchange Programs

The D.C. government will spend $650,000 to fund needle exchange programs in an effort to reduce the...
» read full story January 03rd, 2008 - 14:52
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World

UN Chief: Stop Discriminating HIV+ People!

UN Chief: Stop Discriminating HIV+ People!

!In a speech held during a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 19:54

Brown Says “Inhuman” Help Might Cost Burma Another Disaster

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused Myanmar for not managing effectively the distribution of...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 14:39
Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards

Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards

According to excerpts of Saddam Hussein’s prison writings, the dictator feared catching AIDS or...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 17:07
Chinese Activist Jailed

Chinese Activist Jailed

Hu Jia, a 34-year-old human rights activist, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 15:10

Katrina Victims May Be Asked to Return Funds

Thousands of the Katrina hurricane victims may have to pay back a part or even all of the money...
» read full story March 30th, 2008 - 17:08
Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR

Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR

The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 16:31
Bush Arrives In Liberia, His Last Destination In Africa

Bush Arrives In Liberia, His Last Destination In Africa

On Thursday U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Liberia, the last destination in his...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 13:44
Bush Asks For Renewal Of AIDS Program

Bush Asks For Renewal Of AIDS Program

U.S. President George W. Bush arrived on Sunday in Tanzania where he made an appeal to the...
» read full story February 18th, 2008 - 17:36
Former RI Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse Is HIV-Positive

Former RI Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse Is HIV-Positive

A former priest accused of sexually abusing at least five minors in two states is HIV positive,...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 15:43
Bush’s Visit to Africa to Focus on Health and Educational Systems

Bush’s Visit to Africa to Focus on Health and Educational Systems

President Bush is set to begin his African trip to countries like Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 15:12
Bomb Maker Suspect For Targeting Synagogues

Bomb Maker Suspect For Targeting Synagogues

According to police, a man from Brooklyn who is a suspect for having pipe bombs and firearms at...
» read full story January 22nd, 2008 - 17:09
Giuliani’s Aids Give Up Monthly Checks For His Campaign

Giuliani’s Aids Give Up Monthly Checks For His Campaign

Rudolph W. Giuliani was once the frontman amongst the Republican candidates to the presidential...
» read full story January 13th, 2008 - 10:28
Gadhafi Says that Libya is not Linked in Terrorist Acts

Gadhafi Says that Libya is not Linked in Terrorist Acts

In his day two of his trip to France Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said that his government has...
» read full story December 12th, 2007 - 13:48
Bush Urges Congress to Approve More Money for AIDS

Bush Urges Congress to Approve More Money for AIDS

President George W. Bush is urging the Congress to approve an additional $30 billion to support...
» read full story December 01st, 2007 - 21:04
Kansas Anti-Gay Church Ordered to Pay $10.9M

Kansas Anti-Gay Church Ordered to Pay $10.9M

The Westboro Baptist Church, whose members protested at the burial ceremony of a US soldier, has...
» read full story November 01st, 2007 - 16:06
Weather Aids Fire Fighters but Death Toll Is Still Rising in California

Weather Aids Fire Fighters but Death Toll Is Still Rising in California

The death toll continues to rise as fire fighters carry on their battle with the fire storms in...
» read full story October 25th, 2007 - 19:46
Global Fund to Receive 10 Billion Dollars

Global Fund to Receive 10 Billion Dollars

Donors pledged to give nearly 10 billion dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...
» read full story September 27th, 2007 - 20:22
Statue of Nelson Mandela Overlooks Parliament Square

Statue of Nelson Mandela Overlooks Parliament Square

A bronze statue of former South African president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 14:45
Al-Qaeda Leader Killed During US Airstrike in Iraq

Al-Qaeda Leader Killed During US Airstrike in Iraq

The US army confirmed that the al-Qaeda leader allegedly behind the bombing of al-Askari mosque in...
» read full story August 05th, 2007 - 11:12
Bulgaria Rejects Protests Over Medics Pardon

Bulgaria Rejects Protests Over Medics Pardon

The Bulgaria State Prosecutor Boris Velchev said Thursday that the decision of Bulgarian President...
» read full story July 26th, 2007 - 15:24
Sarkozy To Visit Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafi

Sarkozy To Visit Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafi

One day after the release of the six Bulgarian medics sentenced to death for allegedly infecting...
» read full story July 25th, 2007 - 18:14
Bulgarian Medics Returns Home And Receives President Pardon

Bulgarian Medics Returns Home And Receives President Pardon

The six Bulgarian medics, five nurses and a doctor, arrived in Bulgaria and received a pardon...
» read full story July 24th, 2007 - 12:28
World Problems Still Concern Nelson Mandela as He Turns 89

World Problems Still Concern Nelson Mandela as He Turns 89

South Africa’s former leader Nelson Mandela celebrated his 89th birthday through activities that...
» read full story July 19th, 2007 - 16:36

Libya's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Medics

Libya’s supreme court confirmed Wednesday death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a...
» read full story July 11th, 2007 - 14:47
NYC Gay Pride Parade Led By Religious Groups

NYC Gay Pride Parade Led By Religious Groups

This year’s New York gay parade received unprecedented support from various Christian, Jewish...
» read full story June 25th, 2007 - 12:13

Bush Supports Caribbean Trade

President George W. Bush met with Caribbean leaders Wednesday and discussed about cooperation in...
» read full story June 21st, 2007 - 15:18
British Daily Mail Says Prince Harry Wants To Quit Army

British Daily Mail Says Prince Harry Wants To Quit Army

Prince Harry may quit the British army, because he was denied to serve in Iraq, The Daily Mail...
» read full story June 09th, 2007 - 15:05
G8 Leaders Find Consensus on Major Programme against AIDS

G8 Leaders Find Consensus on Major Programme against AIDS

Musicians and activists Bono and Bob Geldof’s efforts are finally paying off, as world...
» read full story June 08th, 2007 - 12:04
Malaria Outbreaks In Indoneasia's Borneo, West Timor

Malaria Outbreaks In Indoneasia's Borneo, West Timor

Recent malaria outbreaks in two Indonesian provinces have claimed the lives of at least 24 people...
» read full story May 10th, 2007 - 12:24
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Music

London Celebrates Nelson Mandela with Anniversary Concert

London Celebrates Nelson Mandela with Anniversary Concert

The 46664 concert in London celebrated both Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday and 20 years from the...
» read full story June 28th, 2008 - 20:56
Official: Madonna Is Mother of Three

Official: Madonna Is Mother of Three

Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been deemed “perfect parents” by a judge in...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 15:46
Malawi Court Postpones Final Say on Madonna Adoption

Malawi Court Postpones Final Say on Madonna Adoption

Madonna’s long-unfolding adoption of a two-year-old Malawian boy may take a while longer to...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 16:41
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People

Uma Thurman to Marry Financier Arpad Busson

Uma Thurman to Marry Financier Arpad Busson

Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman will marry her boyfriend Arpad Busson, who gave her a...
» read full story June 28th, 2008 - 19:20
Nelson Mandela Celebrates 90th Birthday in London

Nelson Mandela Celebrates 90th Birthday in London

Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is currently in London. He is due to attend a...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 21:44
Sharon Stone Apologizes Once More to China

Sharon Stone Apologizes Once More to China

The criticism keeps coming and so does the apologizing. After being un-invited from the Shanghai...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 14:19
Madonna's Adoption Finally Approved

Madonna's Adoption Finally Approved

A Malawi judge has finally approved Madonna’s application to adopt three-year-old David Banda from...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 18:50
Controversial Anna Nicole Smith Remembered

Controversial Anna Nicole Smith Remembered

On February 8, 2007, a year ago, Vickie Lynn Marshall aka Anna Nicole Smith died.A Texas native,...
» read full story February 08th, 2008 - 22:36
Heath Ledger Died of Six-Drug Accidental Overdose

Heath Ledger Died of Six-Drug Accidental Overdose

Heath Ledger, 28, died of accidental intoxication brought on by his abuse of a cocktail of...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 21:53
Miss China wins Miss World 2007

Miss China wins Miss World 2007

Miss Zhang Zilin, 23, made Chinese thrilled with happiness on Saturday, winning Miss World 2007 at...
» read full story December 02nd, 2007 - 20:09
Zahara Remains A Jolie-Pitt

Zahara Remains A Jolie-Pitt

Recent reports that the biological mother of Zahara, the 2-year-old Ethiopian-born adoptive...
» read full story November 16th, 2007 - 15:41
Brangelina Might Lose Their Daughter Zahara

Brangelina Might Lose Their Daughter Zahara

Hollywood’s golden couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly in a delicate situation as...
» read full story November 15th, 2007 - 15:40
Richard Gere Wins Humanitarian Marian Anderson Award

Richard Gere Wins Humanitarian Marian Anderson Award

Richard Gere, 58, was honored by Philadelphia on Monday, receiving Marian Anderson Award, for his...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 10:34
Arrest Made In Linda Stein's Death Investigation

Arrest Made In Linda Stein's Death Investigation

Just days after former Ramones manager Linda Stein was murdered in her New York home, her personal...
» read full story November 10th, 2007 - 01:30
Obama Criticized By Gay Rights Activists

Obama Criticized By Gay Rights Activists

Senator Barack Obama is being criticized for allowing a gospel singer with controversial views on...
» read full story October 23rd, 2007 - 15:29
Sharon Stone Auctions George Clooney Kisses At Cannes

Sharon Stone Auctions George Clooney Kisses At Cannes

Together with Kylie Minogue, Julian Lennon and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, Hollywood vixen...
» read full story May 25th, 2007 - 14:41
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Specials

Gay Revelers Celebrate Pride, Marriage

Gay Revelers Celebrate Pride, Marriage

Not even two weeks have passed since same-sex marriage became legal in California and drag...
» read full story June 30th, 2008 - 15:18
Head of UN Program on HIV/AIDS, Peter Piot Withdrawing

Head of UN Program on HIV/AIDS, Peter Piot Withdrawing

Peter Piot, who has been with the United Nations in the fight against HIV/AIDS for 13 years, will...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 15:31
UN: More Action Is Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic Worldwide

UN: More Action Is Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic Worldwide

Despite global efforts to fight AIDS, the number of people who get infected is far outpacing the...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 14:06
Malaysia Calls for Women to Carry Condoms

Malaysia Calls for Women to Carry Condoms

As the number of women contracting HIV in Malaysia is on the rise, the country’s Health Minister,...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 16:26
Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

Giant Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Join Hands in Cancer Initiative

It is always great news when you hear that the fight against cancer brings more people together,...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 16:36
Spitting Gets HIV-Positive Man 35 Years in Prison

Spitting Gets HIV-Positive Man 35 Years in Prison

An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for spitting in the mouth and...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 15:59
Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Alarming Disparities in Life Expectancy across the US

Americans’ life expectancy is stagnating or falling as obesity, high blood pressure, different...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:38
Minnesota: TV Ad Backs Medical Marijuana Use

Minnesota: TV Ad Backs Medical Marijuana Use

A new TV ad, featuring a woman suffering from extreme back pain, is the first in a new series...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 16:17
Miss Texas Crystle Stewart Crowned Miss USA 2008

Miss Texas Crystle Stewart Crowned Miss USA 2008

Crystle Stewart, 26, from Missouri City, Texas, beat out 50 other aspiring beauty queens on Friday,...
» read full story April 12th, 2008 - 13:30
Stars Turn Up For Elton John's Oscar Party

Stars Turn Up For Elton John's Oscar Party

Following the 80th annual Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, celebrities in attendance hit the...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 00:16
Bono and Damien Hirst Rock Sotheby's for Africa

Bono and Damien Hirst Rock Sotheby's for Africa

Rocker-activist Bono and British artist Damien Hirst held a Valentine’s Day auction at...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 13:03
Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Hindu spiritual leader that introduced the Beatles and along with them,...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 14:33
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Movies

Courteney Cox's 'Dirt' Got The Boot

Courteney Cox's 'Dirt' Got The Boot

Actress Courteney Cox Arquette had some sad news to share with her fans telling TV Guide at a...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 21:14

Sex and the City Sells Out in Silicon Valley

The flirty and independent ladies of "Sex and the City" surely do have a lot of fans....
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 23:49
Madonna Presents Her Malawi Documentary at Cannes

Madonna Presents Her Malawi Documentary at Cannes

Madonna was present on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival this week to present her...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 13:26
Brangelina Gave $8 Million To Charity In 2006

Brangelina Gave $8 Million To Charity In 2006

Hollywood's most charitable couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $8 million to various...
» read full story March 22nd, 2008 - 19:48
Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

It's been several months since Dennis Quaid's newborn twins almost died in a Los Angeles hospital...
» read full story March 16th, 2008 - 16:26
Rush Hour Strikes Again!

Rush Hour Strikes Again!

After six years of abeyance, Rush Hour returns with the third part of the franchise, hoping to...
» read full story August 09th, 2007 - 12:49
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Technology

Microsoft And Dell To Fight AIDS With (Red) Products

Microsoft And Dell To Fight AIDS With (Red) Products

Dell and Microsoft will join their forces in an initiative to support the (Red) Foundation efforts...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 22:56
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Science

Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 01:12
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