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6 hrs ago | RedOrbit

New Compounds May Control Deadly Fungal Infections

An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs.

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15 hrs ago | CiteULike

Effect of reducing the dose of stavudine on body composition, bone...

Effect of reducing the dose of stavudine on body composition, bone density, and markers of mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-infected subjects: a randomized, controlled study.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

Central Chronicle

Downturn caused job losses across sectors

United News of India New Delhi, Dec 24: Even as the economic slowdown resulted in job losses across sectors in 2009, a slew of policy measures like the formulation of the National Skill Development Policy, announcement of the National policy on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, and raising of the National Floor Level Minimum Wage from Rs 80 to Rs 100 ...

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Related Topix: Health

Wcbs880.com

AIDS Housing Bill Gets Support in NY Assembly

A bill that would provide affordable housing protection for more people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City is getting support from both chambers of the state legislature.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Testing Campaign Surpasses One Million Target

An ambitious, door-to-door voluntary testing and counselling exercise launched in November resulted in more than 1.5 million Kenyans being tested for HIV, according to a senior government official.

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Related Topix: Health, Africa, World News

Queerty

Uganda President Museveni Promises to Veto the Kill The Gays Bill. But That Might Not Be Enough

Following the developments of Uganda's Kill The Gays bill is like following Tiger Woods's sex scandal: There's one central theme everyone knows , but keeping up with the minutiae is exhausting.

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Related Topix: Uganda, Africa, World News, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Health

Wed Dec 23, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Church called to take part in fight against HIV/AIDS

Coordinator of the HIV pre-vention programme and lecturer at the United Theological College of the West Indies, Garth Minott, has said the Church needs to play a greater role in assisting persons affected by HIV and AIDS.

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Related Topix: Health

Medical News Today

Also In Global Health News: HIV Prevention In China; Global Fund In...

Also In Global Health News: HIV Prevention In China; Global Fund In Philippines; Drug-Resistant TB; U.S. Stance On Anti-Gay Legislation Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Tuberculosis ; Public Health Article Date: 23 Dec 2009 - 3:00 PST "A gay bar partially funded by the government of a Chinese city heavily affected by AIDS has finally ...

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Related Topix: Health, Gay/Lesbian, Medicine, Malaria

Tue Dec 22, 2009

News-Medical.Net

MSU researchers expand global health outreach

Expanding Michigan State University's global health outreach, a team of researchers is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to other resource-limited countries.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America, Michigan State University, Medicine

AFLCIO.org

Combating HIV/AIDS in Africa: Soccer Instead of Unsafe Sex

In this cross-post from Huffington Post, Bernard Pollock, who is taking a leave of absence from the AFL-CIO to travel through Africa, and Danielle Nierenberg report on the transport union's HIV/AIDS prevention centers in Uganda and Rwanda.

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Related Topix: Health, Human Sexuality, Truckers, World News, Kenya, Travel, Kenya Travel, Congo, Africa

BioSpace

Mylan Inc. Receives Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Matrix...

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Matrix Laboratories Limited has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for its New Drug Application for Efavirenz Tablets, 50 mg, 100 mg and 200 mg.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Mylan Laboratories, Healthcare Industry, Health, Sustiva, Efavirenz (generic), Medication, Marketing

Asbury Park Press

Needle exchange proving worthwhile

New Jersey has the nation's fifth highest number of reported HIV cases in the nation, with an estimated 39 percent of those cases caused by drug users sharing contaminated syringes.

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Related Topix: Health, Atlantic City, NJ, Paterson, NJ, Opinion

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Drugs.com

Scientists Spot Source of Hurdle to AIDS Vaccine

Researchers have identified the cause of a major hurdle in efforts to develop an AIDs vaccine.

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CCTV

Gov t-backed gay bar opens in SW China

China's first government-funded gay bar finally opened its doors over the weekend after almost three weeks of delays caused by intense media speculation.

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Related Topix: Travel, China Travel, Health

PlusNews.org

INDONESIA: Condom drive sparks protests

A campaign to encourage Indonesians to use condoms as part of national HIV/AIDS prevention efforts has drawn criticism from conservative Islamic groups, who say it promotes promiscuity.

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Related Topix: Health

Reuters

Uganda anti-gay measure a "bad precedent"

The United States is urging Uganda to stop a bill that would criminalize homosexuality, saying its passage could encourage other African countries to make similar moves, a top U.S. diplomat said on Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Gay/Lesbian, Health

Sun Dec 20, 2009

WGNTV Chicago

HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009

A New York City medical humanitarian group says dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10 humanitarian crises.

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Related Topix: Health, Best of 2007

The Huffington Post

Bernard Pollack: Combatting HIV/AIDS in Africa: Soccer Instead of Unsafe Sex

About 20 men sat on chairs at the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Katuna, Uganda, intently watching a match between Manchester United and Chelsea on a small television.

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Related Topix: Health, Human Sexuality, Truckers, Travel, World News, Kenya, Kenya Travel, Congo, Africa

MediLexicon

Opinions: HIV Prevention; PEPFAR; H1N1 Vaccine Donation; Developing Country R Climate Change

"For nearly 30 years scientists have been trying to break the back of the AIDS epidemic," but the recent microbicide gel study and an AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand "show just how difficult and how distant that goal is," according to a Washington Post editorial .

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Related Topix: Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, George Bush, Entomology, Science

New America Media

National Leader on Latino HIV/AIDS Rights Dies

Dennis De Leon, one of the most recognized national leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS, died Monday in Manhattan at the age of 61, reports El Diario/La Prensa.

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