Archive for the 'HIV and AIDS' Category

Preliminary Research Gives New Hope to HIV-positive Mothers

For new mothers, breastfeeding babies are the best way to nourish them and protect them against malnutrition, common colds and airborne viruses. But for new mothers living with HIV, breastfeeding comes with the ever-present fear of transmitting the virus to their babies. For now, mothers with HIV h…

Product RED Art Auction Raises $42.6M For Global Fund Programs In Africa

Irish musician and advocate Bono and British artist Damien Hirst on Thursday raised about $42.6 million at the Product RED art auction in New York City to benefit HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs in Africa, Reuters reports.Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Brazil Plans To Launch HIV examining Centers, Advertising Campaign Encouraging HIV-Positive public To Seek Treatment

On Thursday, Brazilian health officials announced plans to set up HIV analyzing centers in remote areas of the country and to increase advertising to boost society living with HIV/AIDS to seek treatment, the AP/Advocate.com reports.Mariangela Simao, head of the Brazilian Original post by Dentistry N…

Scientists No Closer To Developing HIV Vaccine Than 20 Years Ago, AAAS President Say

During the annual American organization for the Advancement of Science assembly on Thursday in Boston, AAAS President David Baltimore said scientists are no closer to developing an HIV vaccine than they were when vaccine research began, BBC News reports (Briggs, BBC News, 2/15).Original post by Dent…

Changes In Ryan White Distribution Causing Funding Shortages For Southern California HIV/AIDS Groups

Changes in the distribution of Ryan White Program money are creating funding shortages for Southern California-based AIDS groups, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. According to San Bernardino County, Calif.Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Little Known Facts About AIDS

Since 1981 the cases of HIV infection were found, the number of HIV infectious persons had shown a tremendous increase, and within a short period of 20 years, the AIDs epidemic has raged across the globe. It was reported that folks who died of HIV has attained the figure of 30 million on November 29…

State agency Changes Policy Disqualifying HIV-Positive citizens From Entering Foreign Service

The U.S. State station on Friday removed HIV from a list of medical conditions that automatically disqualify folks from entering the Foreign Service, the AP/Google.com reports.Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Bush Calls On Congress To Reauthorize PEPFAR Quickly During Trip To Tanzania

President Bush on Sunday during a trip to Tanzania called on Congress to quickly reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the New York Times reports (Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 2/18).Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Terrence Higgins Trust Opens New HIV And Sexual Health Centre In The Wirral, UK

On 22nd February at 12.30pm HIV & sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), will be officially opening its new centre in Birkenhead which will serve the whole of the Wirral. The opening will be attended by celebrity supporter Claire Sweeney, the Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Phil Gilchri…

In Vitro Whole-Genome Analysis Identifies A Susceptibility Locus For HIV-1

Individuals differ in their susceptibility to the HIV-1 virus and the determinants of susceptibility are encoded in the human genome. Genetic variants influencing that trait have been identified by investigating candidate genes thought likely to be involved in HIV-1 pathogenesis or by whole genome…

Imitating Monkey’s Jumping Genes’ Could Lead To New Treatments For HIV

UCL (University College London) scientists have taken a meaningful step in understanding how retroviruses such as HIV can move amidst species and the biological mechanisms behind the ‘jumping genes’ which prepare some monkeys immune. They will now use that knowledge to develop a gene therapy…

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