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New campaign aims to increase awareness of HIPAA rights, benefits among HIV-positive Black MSM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights is proud to launch the Information Is Powerful Medicine campaign.
HIV patients get privacy win from Anthem Blue Cross
Here is a big privacy win for those living with HIV and AIDS and this win could spread to all patients who need medication.
Vaccine blackjack: IL-21 critical to fight against viral infections
"Our findings highlight how IL-21 could be important in the development of antiviral vaccines," says research associate Ata Ur Rasheed Mohammed, PhD, the first author of the paper.
Home Still Far Away for Immigrants With HIV
More than three years after the United States lifted a 22-year-old travel ban on people living with HIV, "It's my dream that some miracle worker takes me home and reunites me with my mom.
Arizona HIV Group Gets $3M for Construction on New Center
The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Arizona has received a $3 million gift for its capital campaign to finish construction on its new health and wellness center, according to an SWHIV statement.
Film on HIV/AIDS gets award at Vancouver Documentary Film
NEW DELHI: Fire in the Blood directed by Dylan Mohan Gray has won the 2013 DOXA Feature Documentary Award, the main prize at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which concluded recently in Vancouver.
Addressing Mental Health Issues In HIV Care
The integration of mental health interventions into HIV prevention and treatment platforms can reduce the opportunity costs of care and improve treatment outcomes, argues a new Policy Forum article published in this week's PLOS Medicine .
Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer.
Ordinance for HIV/AIDS control promulgated in Sindh
Staff Report KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan on Wednesday promulgated The Sindh HIV/AIDS Control, Treatment and Protection Ordinance 2013, to provide protection to HIV patients from being marginalised.
Ordinance for HIV/AIDS control promulgated in Sindh
KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan on Wednesday promulgated The Sindh HIV/AIDS Control, Treatment and Protection Ordinance 2013, to provide protection to HIV patients from being marginalised.
White House: 'Preparing the Future' HIV Program a Collaborative Community Model for Nation
Newswise - In a city where one of every 40 people older than 13 is HIV positive, the JACQUES Initiative at the University of Maryland, Baltimore has mobilized a "model" program of unprecedented health, psychosocial, and legal resources called Preparing the Future that could make HIV testing and linkage to care more routine and normalized, say ... (more)
Investigation: Can HIV Treatment Kill?
For the past few months, we've been following the story of baby Rico, the Brownsdale baby born with HIV.
New HIV guidelines make screening even more routine
Guidelines call for screening adolescents and adults ages 15 to 65 who are not known to be at increased risk for HIV infection.
UNAIDS: More than 7 Million Africans on HIV Treatment, Deaths Continue to Fall
The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral medications increased from less than 1 million in 2005 to an estimated 7.1 million in 2012, according to a new report from UNAIDS.
To end HIV and AIDS, we encourage testing for all -- with consent
When word of last week's Oregonian story on HIV testing and informed consent spread through Cascade AIDS Project, we worried it would set back our efforts to screen all Oregonians for HIV .
No postings yet for HIV-positive Marines, sailors since policy change
More than nine months have passed since the Navy decided to open up overseas and large-ship platform assignments to HIV-positive sailors and Marines, but not a single sailor has gotten such a posting.
VIDEO: Ken Like Barbie Talks to Gay Men About "PrEP" HIV Prevention
It was almost one year ago that the Food and Drug Administration approved the antiretroviral medication Truvada to reduce the risk of HIV infection in uninfected individuals.
DOH, Baguio continue HIV surveillance
THE Department of Health , in partnership with the AIDS Watch Council , through the Reproductive Health and Wellness Clinic of City Health Office prepare for the conduct of an Integrated HIV Behavioural and Serologic Surveillance System in the city.
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood
The federal blood donor agency is lifting its lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but serious restrictions mean few gay or bisexual men are likely to start offering up their veins.
Upcoming fundraiser needs donations
Volunteers for U-SA Cares for Life are shown here with a group of South African children.