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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...
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June 27 - National HIV Testing Day
Many health centers around the country have offered Friday, June 27, free HIV test for people who...
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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...
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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...
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HIV Cases Skyrocket among Young Gay Men
A new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that between 2001 and 2006...
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Survey: New Yorkers Still Not Having Safe Sex
The New York City Health Department’s Bureau of Epidemiology
Services released worrisome data...
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Hundreds of New York People Given False HIV Test Results
Hundreds of people taking HIV tests at New York clinics between
November 2007 and April of this...
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Treating Herpes with Aciclovir No Good in Preventing HIV
A study paid for by the U.S.’ National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, other U.S....
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St. John’s Wort Not Efficient for ADHD
St. John’s
wort is no better than a placebo in treating attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder,...
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Genital Herpes Affects 26 Percent Of NYC Population
The Department Of Health announced that more than one fourth
of adult New Yorkers are infected...
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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...
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LifeCycle Raises Money for AIDS Groups
This year's LifeCycle promises to be biggest ever, as about 2,500 cyclists left the San Francisco...
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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...
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Death Gap Increasing In US, Study Concludes
A new study published in the May 14 issue of PLoS ONE
concluded that the gap in overall death...
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Investigation at Nevada Clinic Traces 77 More Hepatitis Cases
At the end of February, eight people who underwent
procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern...
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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...
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Alligator Blood May Help Fight MRSA
Recent studies revealed that alligator blood may hold the key to fighting antibiotic-resistant...
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Advocate for AIDS Awareness and Education Autum Aquino Dies
Autum Aquino, who was nationally recognized through her
early advocacy for AIDS awareness and...
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House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion
The House of Representatives, Wednesday, overwhelmingly voted
to expand a popular program aimed at...
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AIDS Drugs Ziagen and Videx May Increase Heart Attack Risk
European researchers found that the anti-retroviral Ziagen
(also known as Abacavir), included as...
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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...
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WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis
The fight against the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic slightly
slowed in 2006, the most recent...
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City Officials Shut Las Vegas Clinic over Malpractice
The City of Las
Vegas has ordered the Endoscopy Center of Southern
Nevada to close its doors...
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Nevada Health District: Nearly 40,000 at Risk of Hepatitis C
Southern Nevada Health District officials are recommending nearly
40,000 people be tested for all...
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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...
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Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Spreading Fast
The World Health Organization warned that drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading fast with...
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Microbicide Study Sabotaged By Low Use
An African study on the effectiveness of an anti-AIDS gel for women, that initially appeared to be...
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Official NYC Condom Gets Makeover for Valentine's Day
“Get some” free NYC condoms on this special lovers’ day – February 14...
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New Advance in Understanding HIV
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the...
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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...
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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...
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Cincinnati: Homeless Man Gets 10 Years for Raping Sleepwalker
Fifty-three-year-old Dexer Ford was accused of attacking
and raping a sleepwalker. On Tuesday...
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Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards
According to excerpts of Saddam Hussein’s prison writings, the dictator feared catching AIDS or...
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Chinese Activist Jailed
Hu Jia, a 34-year-old human rights activist, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power...
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Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR
The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Navy Chaplain Gets Two Years for Sex Crimes
An HIV-positive chaplain was sentenced to two years in
prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty...
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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...
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Report Shows African Conflicts Cost Nearly $300 Billion
A study by three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has found that the armed conflicts in Africa...
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Bush Announces New Sanctions Against Myanmar’s Military Regime
The United States will impose new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, President...
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Bulgarian Authorities Investigate Possible Torture of Its Medics in Libya
Bulgarian authorities launched an investigation after the five nurses and Palestinian doctor...
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Libya to Buy French Missiles, Military Equipment
Libyan officials confirmed that a 300-million-euros deal between Tripoli and a French company...
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Bulgaria Rejects Protests Over Medics Pardon
The Bulgaria State Prosecutor Boris Velchev said Thursday
that the decision of Bulgarian President...
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Sarkozy To Visit Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafi
One day after the release of the six Bulgarian medics
sentenced to death for allegedly infecting...
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Bulgarian Medics Returns Home And Receives President Pardon
The six Bulgarian medics, five nurses and a doctor, arrived
in Bulgaria
and received a pardon...
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Sentences for Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Doctor Commuted
Libya changed the death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor into life...
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Libya's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Medics
Libya’s supreme court confirmed Wednesday death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a...
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Bush Supports Caribbean Trade
President George W. Bush met with Caribbean leaders Wednesday and discussed about cooperation in...
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Indian Schools Reject HIV-Positive Children
In some parts of India, children who are HIV-positive cannot go to school because the parents of...
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