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Jun 13th, 2009
In honor of National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the Kentucky Department for Public Health is promoting routine HIV testing and awareness. The campaign will run during June in Kentucky to encourage as many people as possible to get tested and know their HIV status.
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Jun 9th, 2009
A clinical trial has demonstrated that HIV-infected adults in a resource-limited setting are more likely to survive if they start antiretroviral therapy (ART) before their immune systems are severely compromised.
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Jun 4th, 2009
Latent HIV genes can be 'smoked out' of human cells. The so-called 'shock and kill' HIV treatment technique, described in a preclinical study in BioMed Central's open access journal Retrovirology, might represent a new milestone along the way to the discovery of a cure for HIV/AIDS.
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May 26th, 2009
Developing interventions to reduce the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among heterosexual men, couples and ethnically diverse populations continues to be complex and challenging.
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May 19th, 2009
The fifth annual observance of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is Tuesday, May 19.
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May 18th, 2009
Stigma, discrimination and violence against homosexuals and other people who have same-sex relations, also known as homophobia, and against transgender, transvestite or transexual people, also known as transphobia, are hindering the efforts to curb the HIV epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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May 7th, 2009
A recent, scheduled interim data and safety review of a clinical study comparing anti-HIV treatment regimens based on either nevirapine (NVP) or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r) has found the LPV/r-based regimen to be more effective than the NVP-based regimen in HIV-infected children who received a single dose of NVP at birth.
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Apr 27th, 2009
The North Dakota Department of Health is pleased to announce the launch of rapid HIV testing. Starting April 27, 2009, rapid HIV testing will be available free of charge at HIV counseling and test sites across the state.
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Apr 17th, 2009
As part of National STD Awareness Month, the Southern Nevada Health District encourages everyone to get tested and get the facts about sexually transmitted diseases. Free rapid HIV testing will be available throughout the month.
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Apr 17th, 2009
An analysis of three recent studies finds that heterosexual African men reduced their risk of HIV infection by half after undergoing circumcision.
