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News on HIV/AIDS continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

4 hrs ago | Medical News

HIV/AIDS grant giving; Africa's water resources; sex workers in Malawi

HIV/AIDS program grants made by U.S.-based foundations totaled $618 billion in 2008, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, according to a new report by Funders Concerned About AIDS, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

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Related Topix: Health, Life, Charity , Charitable Organizations, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

8 hrs ago | KRCG-TV Jefferson City

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 1:46 p.m. Read more: National , Health , Mammograms , Pap Smears , Cervical Cancer , HIV WASHINGTON a ' First mammograms.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer, US News

12 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Potential Strategy To Help Generate HIV-Neutralizing Antibodies

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 WHAT: New discoveries about anti-HIV antibodies may bring researchers a step closer to creating an effective HIV vaccine, according to a new paper co-authored by scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

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17 hrs ago | News-Medical.Net

Op-Eds: HIV travel ban; improving sanitation; counterfeit drugs

'Blot' On U.S. HIV/AIDS Leadership Removed   A "blot" on U.S. HIV/AIDS leadership "ended last month when President [Barack] Obama lifted the prohibition " that kept HIV-positive foreigners from visiting the U.S. or seeking residency, according to a Washington Post editorial .

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Related Topix: Health, Washington Post, Publishing, George Bush, W., Medicine, Malaria, Opinion

22 hrs ago | Kansas City InfoZine

Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion to Fight Aids, TB, Malaria

Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine warned in a news release even this reduced funding level may not be sustainable unless wealthy countries and other donors increase their commitments.

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Related Topix: Health, Malaria, Medicine, Ethiopia, Africa, World News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

News-Medical.Net

AIDS advocates ask White House to send money south

WLBT : "The White House Office of National AIDS Policy chose Jackson [Mississipppi] to host an HIV/AIDS town hall meeting Monday night.

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Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Health Insurance, Medicine

IRIN News

UGANDA: AIDS Commission takes new direction in prevention

The Uganda AIDS Commission is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, Uganda, Africa, Human Sexuality

AlertNet

Stigma holding back the fight against TB in Kenya

When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis , she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help.

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Related Topix: Kenya, Africa, World News, Health

Newswise

Global Monitoring System Will Tell Whether HIV-Reduction Goals for 2015 Will Be Met

Although much work remains to be done, a United Nations global reporting system on HIV/AIDS has already yielded an "unequaled wealth of data" on progress toward meeting UN targets for responding to the global HIV epidemic.

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Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Nursing, World News, South Africa,

Wed Nov 18, 2009

RedOrbit

Immediate, Aggressive Spending On HIV/AIDS Could End Epidemic

Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease.

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Related Topix: Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Abc11tv.com

Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

Vaccines, once relegated to back burner status at pharmaceutical companies, are starting to become big business for ailing drugmakers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Malaria, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Connecticut's WB 20

Head of US international AIDS program says recession not dampening his efforts

The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, South Africa, Africa, Travel, South Africa Travel, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton,

EurekAlert!

HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research

The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

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Related Topix: Health, Malaria, Medicine

Leader Post

Saskatchewan HIV-AIDS infection rates on the rise

Delegates of Saskatchewana TMs third annual Aboriginal HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C conference marched through downtown Regina for missing First Nations women on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Health, Hepatitis, Medicine, Canada,

Fiji Village

Pregnant mothers urged to test for HIV virus

Please get tested for the HIV virus so your child can have a future. This is the plea from CWM Senior Medical Officer Pediatric Department, Dr Ilisapeci Vereti, who said seeing two babies die this year, as a result of the mothers refusal to get tested for HIV early on during their pregnancy is regrettable, as the two children could have been given ...

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Related Topix: Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

EurekAlert!

Research calls for better assessment of tests for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria

A rapid and accurate diagnosis is the first step towards treatment in the fight against infectious disease.

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Related Topix: Health, Malaria, Canada,

Billboard.com

Travis McCoy Juggles Multiple Musical Projects 'One At A Time"

Travis McCoy is one of the busiest rappers in the business. Last week, the Gym Class Heroes frontman dropped by MTV's studios to show off his new documentary, "Travis McCoy's Unbeaten Track," and premier an accompanying charity single.

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Related Topix: Health, Non-Profit

WWTI

Elton John Keeps Vision Alive in Fight Against AIDS - ET

";" src="http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2009/11/123093/et_eltonjohnevent_091116_large.jpg" style="border-width:0px;" /> Sir Elton John makes the red ribbon proud with his fundraising efforts for his Elton John AIDS Foundation.

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KIDK-TV Idaho Falls

Common cold virus may have foiled HIV vaccine test

The failure of an experimental AIDS vaccine trial two years ago may have been caused by the common cold virus.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Malaria

C-Health

About 1 in 5 Canadians immunized against H1N1: chief health officer

The country's chief public health officer says Canada is leading the world when it comes to the percentage of its citizens vaccinated against the swine flu.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health,

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