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New AIDS Vaccine ALVAC-AIDSVAX to Help Prevent AIDS
An experimental vaccine called ALVAC-AIDSVAX has been found to be over 31% effective in the prevention of AIDS, suggesting new hope and a breakthrough in the near future. The study was conducted on 16,000... Community leaders recall Kennedy's impact on equality for LGBT
Community leaders recall Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy's impact on equality for LGBT Americans. Chai Feldblum worked with Senator Kennedy on ENDA, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to prohibit...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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228 views | 46 recommendations | 10 comments
Jan Meza: Former Porn Star Fights For Safer Porn Industry
Jan Meza, former porn actress, has joined the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to fight to regulate certain porn filming conditions, including requiring the use of condoms in porn. Meza first started appearing in adult movies in 2006, and stopped around one year later when... Experts warned dispersal of Tamiflu would do more harm than good
" The government rejected advice from its expert advisers on swine flu, who said there was no need for the widespread use of Tamiflu and suggested that the public should simply be told to take paracetamol. An... A New HIV Strain Deriving From Gorillas Found In Humans
A new strain of AIDS-causing HIV virus has been found in a 62-year-old woman from Cameroon. A study by French researchers in the academic journal Nature Medicine suggests that the new strain of HIV resembles that found in gorillas, a subtype of the simian immunodeficiency... 53,000 HIV-positive Children in India, Number Increasing
The Indian Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, announced on July 29 that there are nearly 53,000 HIV positive children in India. This constitutes an increase of more than 2000% since 2006, when 2,253 cases of HIV-positive children were reported; however, this huge increase may... China's Lesbians Petition Government to Donate Blood
China's lesbians petition their government to donate blood. They have organized an online petition calling for gay people to be allowed to donate blood. The petition is asking the government to repeal a 1998 ban...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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390 views | 63 recommendations | 6 comments
Scientists Find HIV's 'Missing Link' in Sick Chimps
Scientist working at Gombe Nationals Park in Tanzania think they have found the HIV 'missing link' in sick chimps. Chimpanzees get a wasting disease similar to human HIV, called simian immunodeficiency...
created by Barbara McPherson | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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65 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
Spread love, not infection...
Spread love, not infection...Alka Pande, CNS "Say Yes to Condom – No to HIV" "A Rupee saves a life" "Stay Negative Love Condom" "Love yourself, Love your partner, Love Condom" With these catchy slogans, a health organisation distributed condoms to people in New Delhi,... Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests
HIV Vaccine: After hearing about vaccine of HIV i am quite happy for those who are suffering from this disease, after successful tests on animals now this vaccine is ready to test on humans. I think if this... One out of four South African men admit rape
According to a study into rape and HIV by South Africa's Medical Research Council (MRC) a quater of men in South Africa have raped at least one man or woman. The study includes a representative sample of 1738 men... CVS locking up of condoms condemned
Protesters took the streets of the nation's capital Thursday afternoon to protest against drug giant CVS policy of locking up condoms in poor neighborhoods on account of thefts. " The largest US drug store has...
created by Ahmar Mustikhan | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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104 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
HIV infection rates in South Africa are levelling off
HIV infection rates in South Africa seem to be levelling off at an infection rate of 10.9% for residents over two according to a new study released today. The same study said the rate of infection in teenagers and children could be decreasing as well, perhaps due to the use... Desperate mothers seek breastmilk donors on the internet
Mothers who are unable to breast feed their babies are now turning to the internet to look for breastmilk donors. " Desperate mothers who cannot breast feed are turning to a breast milk black market. New mums who are unable to provide their own breast milk but are desperate... Researchers Attempt to Outwit AIDS Virus
Promising new tools are being tried in the battle against the AIDS pandemic. While researchers caution that the application of these tools to humans may be years away this new information promises yet...
created by Barbara McPherson | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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96 views | 48 recommendations | 3 comments
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