HIV AIDS:
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Jun 25th, 2009
Canadian and U.S. researchers think they have achieved an important breakthrough in the fight for finding treatment for HIV / AIDS. According to the study led by Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly of the University of Montreal, whose findings were published in the journal Nature Medicine, the combination of triple therapy with chemotherapy could be targeted to entirely eliminate HIV / AIDS. Currently, only viruses that circulate in the body respond to the therapy, while those that are hidden in the cells of the immune system remain untouchable.
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Jun 24th, 2009
This Wednesday, the Health Department and community partners will gather at the New York Botanical Garden to celebrate the anniversary of “The Bronx Knows,” a borough-wide HIV testing initiative launched one year ago.
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Jun 22nd, 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.
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Jun 22nd, 2009
This year more than 100 mayors throughout the United States will be actively participating in the national HIV testing day (NHTD), helping to get the word out. In addition, the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) and a private sector partner will distribute 10,000 complimentary rapid oral HIV tests to the cities participating in the Mayors Campaign Against AIDS.
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Jun 19th, 2009
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is proud to support the 2008 National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). Held annually on June 27, the event was launched in 1995 by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of knowing one's HIV status and to encourage at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.
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Jun 19th, 2009
National HIV Testing Day has become an annual event, held every year on June 27th, which is meant to raise awareness of the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and encourage at-risk individuals to get tested for HIV.
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Jun 15th, 2009
The Volusia County Health Department is offering free rapid HIV testing at its clinic locations for National HIV Testing Day on Friday, June 26th.
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Jun 15th, 2009
Attempts to create a vaccine that induces antibodies that prevent HIV infection or disease, however, have so far been unsuccessful. But several recent studies suggest promising new research directions for the development of an antibody-based HIV vaccin.
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Jun 13th, 2009
Researchers may have found a chink in the armour of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the microorganism which causes AIDS.
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Jun 13th, 2009
An estimated 250,000 people in the United States have HIV and are not aware of it. In Marion County, there are more than 5,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Another 25 percent of our population is HIV positive and not aware of their status. Do you know your HIV status?
