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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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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 ...

'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 .

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 .

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

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 ...

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

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.

";" 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.

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

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.