HIV Transmission:
HIV Transmission
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One of the greatest researcher advances of 2011, chosen by the journal Science, was the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, conducted by UNC at Chapel Hill scientists. The researchers, after 20 years of study, found giving a cocktail of antiviral drugs stopped transmission of HIV between partners, when one is infected.
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In a recent study involving 64 African American adolescent girls ages 14 to 17, researchers found that up to 59% of the study’s subjects experienced sexual abuse that included threats, verbal coercion, condom coercion and physical violence.
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Taiwan officials report problem with recent transplants as local patients receive HIV-tainted organs
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Male circumcision can reduce HIV transmission by up to 76% revealed researchers at the annual International Aids Society Conference in Rome on Wednesday.
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HIV rates have declined in Zimbabwe, largely due to education and change in sexual behavior. Researchers say, though much more needs to be done to drive infection rates down even further, understanding the cause of the dramatic downturn can help with high rates of HIV that persist in many sub-Saharan African countries.
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The Vienna Declaration, The Presidential Memorandum on Implementation Strategy, NEJM's prospective on future plannings are discussed. The focus of the future will be on preventing this life-threatening disease.
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Is civil confinement necessary for New York sex offender Nushawn Williams? New York is struggling with that question as Williams, 33, completed his 12 year prison sentence recently.
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Washington DC is making history as the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free. The plan is to begin the distribution of 500,000 female condoms within the next three weeks by making them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools. The areas of the city with the highest HIV rates will be most heavily targeted.
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Screening and early intervention with people in the earliest stages of HIV infection may reduce the spread of the disease.
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Centers for Disease Control's National HIV Prevention Conference convenes this week in Atlanta. One of the topics to be discussed will be routine circumcision of newborn males in the United States.
