HIV Transmission:
HIV Transmission
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Feb 8th, 2008
Antiretroviral drug nevirapine helps the breastfeeding babies of HIV-infected mothers remain HIV-negative and live longer.
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Feb 7th, 2008
Antiretroviral drugs might be effective at preventing the transmission of HIV.
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Feb 7th, 2008
HIV can be transmitted to infants through food that is pre-chewed by an HIV-positive parent or caregiver.
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Feb 7th, 2008
Beneficial bacteria found in healthy women help to reduce the amount of vaginal HIV among HIV-infected women and make it more difficult for the virus to spread, boosting the possibility that "good bacteria" might someday be tapped in the fight against HIV.
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Feb 6th, 2008
Zimbabwean government plans to begin a new antiretroviral drug treatment policy for its mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention program.
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Feb 5th, 2008
HIV-positive women who are breastfeeding can reduce the risk of vertical HIV transmission if they take the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for up to six months after giving birth.
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Feb 1st, 2008
IRIN/PlusNews examined a ritual performed by traditional healers in Guinea-Bissau that many people in the country believe can prevent a woman who has given birth from contracting HIV.
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Jan 31st, 2008
Widespread sexual assaults during postelection violence in Kenya have resulted in an estimated 950 new HIV cases during the past two weeks in the capital of Nairobi, Murigi Kinyanjui.
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Jan 28th, 2008
South Dakota Senate to approve legislation that would require people who have been convicted of intentionally spreading HIV to register as sex offenders after being released from prison.
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Jan 28th, 2008
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Jose Serrano should be congratulated for accomplishing last year what many said was impossible: repealing the federal ban prohibiting Washington from spending its own money on needle-exchange programs to curb the spread of HIV.
