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HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval For 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug As Part Of President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
The Food and Drug Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached the milestone of the 75th anti-retroviral generic drug
Global Financial Crisis Could Harm HIV/AIDS Funding, Piot Says
The current global financial crisis could harm HIV/AIDS funding and increase the factors that make people vulnerable to the disease, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot ...
While Infecting Humans Tiny Fungi May Reproduce Sexually
A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients and travelers has been identified as a member of the family ...
U.N. Secretary-General Calls On World Leaders To Fulfill MDG Pledges In Face Of Economic Crisis
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this week called on world leaders to remember their pledges to help meet the U.N. Millennium Development Goals ...
Nepal Faces Numerous Challenges In Achieving HIV/AIDS Millennium Development Goal, Inter Press Service Reports
A large gap between reported and estimated HIV/AIDS cases in Nepal makes achieving a target in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals of halting and ...
Chile's Health Minister Resigns Following Incident Related To HIV/AIDS
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has accepted the resignation of Health Minister Maria Soledad Barria following an incident in which the government failed to notify people ...
Program In Vietnam Trains Haircutters To Provide HIV/AIDS Information To Clients
Sidewalk haircutters in the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong are volunteering as HIV/AIDS consultants as part of a program that aims to curb the spread ...
Sierra Leone's National AIDS Secretariat Director Urges Reporters To Take Active Role In Addressing HIV/AIDS Issues
Sierra Leone's HIV/AIDS Reporters Association should increase its role in addressing the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic, Brima Kargbo, director of the National AIDS Secretariat, said during ...
Stigma In China Prevents HIV-Positive People From Accessing Services, South African Justice Cameron Says
Many HIV-positive people in China do not seek treatment because of HIV-associated stigma, and stigma also prevents many people from being tested for the virus, ...
Sex Workers In Bali Begin Working In Remote Villages, Increasing Risk Of HIV Transmission, Report Says
Commercial sex workers in Bali in response to strict monitoring by city officials have begun working in remote villages, increasing the risk of HIV transmission ...
Philadelphia Inquirer Examines HIV/AIDS In Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday examined how estimates indicate that new HIV infections in Philadelphia are occurring at a rate more than five times the ...
HIV/STD Advocates Gather To Discuss The Latest In Prevention, Research And Treatment, Illinois, USA
Populations most at risk for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and STDs (sexually transmitted disease), men who have sex with men (MSM) and African Americans, are ...
Many Zambian Citizens Concerned About Future Of Fight Against HIV/AIDS After Upcoming Presidential Election, Reuters Reports
Despite progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia, some of the country's citizens are concerned that the disease will not be a priority of ...
Mozambique Health Official Calls For Research Into Culture To Understand Spread Of HIV
Mozambique's Deputy Health Minister, Aida Libombo, recently said that more research into the cultural habits of Mozambicans is needed to determine how these factors contribute ...
Increased HIV Prevention, Education Efforts Needed In South Florida, Officials Say
Officials in Martin and Indian River counties in Florida are calling for increased HIV/AIDS prevention and education efforts in an attempt to encourage testing and ...
Newspapers Examine Web Site Launched For Women Living With HIV/AIDS In Southern U.S.
The Raleigh News & Observer and the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Wednesday published articles about the Southern AIDS Living Quilt, which was launched last week ...
Lebanon Holds HIV/AIDS Workshop For Religious Leaders
Lebanon on Monday opened a three-day conference for religious leaders in the country to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS issues, the Daily Star reports. More ...
Argos Therapeutics Publishes Novel Approach To Improving Stimulation Of Immunotherapeutic Pathways Via Dendritic Cells
Argos Therapeutics today announced the publication of an article in the online journal BMC Molecular Biology supporting the Company's novel method of stimulating the CD40 ...
Global Fund's Technical Review Panel Recommends Zimbabwe's Funding Application Be Approved
The Technical Review Panel of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has recommended that Zimbabwe's Round 8 application to scale up HIV/AIDS ...
Funding Shortage Hindering HIV/AIDS Programs In Burundi, IRIN/PlusNews Reports
HIV/AIDS programs in Burundi are unable to expand their services because of a shortage of government funding, IRIN/PlusNews reports. The National AIDS Control Council of ...
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- New: Hepatitis Book Review Page
- Kentucky Health Officials Report Increase In HIV/AIDS Cases In Louisville
- Program In Vietnam Trains Haircutters To Provide HIV/AIDS Information To Clients
- Stigma In China Prevents HIV-Positive People From Accessing Services, South African Justice Cameron Says
- Chile's Health Minister Resigns Following Incident Related To HIV/AIDS
- Rapid HIV Testing In The ER Boosts Diagnoses, Screening
- Conference In Canadian Province Focuses On HIV/AIDS Among Native Youth
- Pfizer's Novel HIV/AIDS Treatment Selzentry™ (Maraviroc) Demonstrates Increased Efficacy Rate In Treatment-Naïve HIV Patients
- Panacos Presents Phase 2b Bevirimat Data At The 48th Annual Interscience Conference On Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy
- Panacos Presents Phase 2b Bevirimat Data At The 48th Annual Interscience Conference On Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy
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- Ardea Biosciences Presents Additional Phase 2a And Preclinical Data On Its Lead HIV Product Candidate, RDEA806
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- HIV/AIDS Campaign Launched In Tanzania To Address Issue Of Multiple Sex Partners
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