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Mendocino County sees one or two new diagnoses of HIV in local residents every year, according to the "Status of the Local HIV/AIDS Epidemic" report issued by the county's Public Health office in January.

HIV/AIDS patients, doctors and nurses who are vulnerable to the infection can look forward to health insurance cover soon. At present, health insurance cover is not being provided to these categories of customers.

As part of a week-long series, titled "Generation Positive," looking at the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and Washington, D.C., WTOP's Thomas Warren examines the history of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. compared with Germany, where he traveled as a fellow with the RIAS Berlin Kommission.

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With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.

THE Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS (JABCHA) National Foundation yesterday received a major boost with a $1-million contribution from the LIME Jamaica Foundation.

[allAfrica.com] What makes a young African doctor decide to devote her career to helping women fight HIV? Dr. Sengeziwe Sibeko is a 37-year-old medical researcher with a degree in obstetrics and gynecology from the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in South Africa, an MSc in epidemiology from Columbia University in the United States, and is about to take up a fellowship to study for her PhD at ...

[allAfrica.com] Durban, South Africa - Africans tracking the worldwide HIV epidemic have not found much to celebrate since Aids began ravaging the continent 30 years ago, but researchers are optimistic that they are learning as much from their failures as their successes.

ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP...

ENTEBBE, Uganda : The Ugandan government has launched a new HIV/AIDS prevention strategy and plan for the elimination [...]

ENTEBBE (Uganda), Feb 2 (Bernama) -- The Ugandan government has launched a new HIV/AIDS prevention strategy and plan for the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015.

Part of Governor LePage's solution to the $220 million budget shortfall for the Department of Health and Human Services includes cutting Targeted Case Management Services, which means agencies like HIV and AIDS Networks would receive less funding.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global HIV/AIDS Testing Market 2010-2014" report to th

According to the State Health Department, African Americans have the highest rate of new HIV/AIDS cases in Oklahoma.

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Health authorities in South Africa have recalled more than a million condoms that were handed out in the lead up to the African National Congress centenary celebrations...

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12/1/2011 Lambda Legal HIV Project Director Scott Schoettes released a statement to commemorate World AIDS Day.