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Aug 10th, 2009
Access to treatment is often limited, but this past Thursday former U.S. President Bill Clinton and drugmakers Pfizer and Matrix Laboratories Ltd announced a deal to make drugs available at lower costs to them. The two complementary agreements will make second-line antiretroviral (ARV) therapy available at more affordable costs to HIV/AIDS patients in the developing world.
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Aug 6th, 2009
Since the appearance of the HIV virus in the United States in the early 80’s, scientists have been baffled by how it is structured, how to identify it, and what to do about it. Scientists have now decoded the HIV genome, which is a big breakthrough for developing HIV treatment.
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Aug 2nd, 2009
Scientists now understand an important factor about how HIV is transmitted. A new study shows that individuals with healed genital herpes sores are at higher risk of contracting the HIV virus. The findings show that even when genital herpes has been treated, and the lesions have disappeared, risk of HIV is still higher for individuals with genital herpes.
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Jul 30th, 2009
The immune systems of untreated HIV-infected individuals appear to deteriorate faster than previously thought.
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Jul 28th, 2009
African-American adolescents have some of the highest rates of HIV infection in the United States, and efforts to educate them about preventing the disease must include the help of their adolescent peers, new research suggests.
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Jul 18th, 2009
July is Latino HIV Testing Month, in recognition of the serious impact that HIV/AIDS has had on all New York's Latino communities.
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Jul 14th, 2009
Brazil's nearly two-decade effort to treat people living with HIV and AIDS shows that developing countries can successfully combat the epidemic.
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Jun 29th, 2009
Every 9 ½ minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV.
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Jun 27th, 2009
Scientists have found a new way to fight - and possibly eradicate - HIV. The new "weapon" will combine antiretroviral therapy, which is the current treatment for HIV/AIDS, with a new one the researchers are calling an intelligent targeted chemotherapy.
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Jun 25th, 2009
Health Canada is advising Canadians not to use Clean Testing HIV Home Test Kit, or any HIV home test kits, as these are unlicensed medical devices and may provide false test results.
