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$3MM Grant ‘Illuminates the Path’ to New Center for Health, Education & Wellness for HIV/AIDS

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 19:53
Life-Changing Organization Receives Game-Changing Grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10729533.htm
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15,688 HIV-AIDS Deaths Since 1993

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 18:05
KUALA LUMPUR : Deaths totaling 15,688 due to HIV-AIDS related conditions were recorded between 1993 and 2012 in the country. However, Sungai Buloh hospital infectious diseases specialist Datuk Dr Christopher Lee said the mode of high-risk transmission of HIV-AIDS had changed since 2010. Read more...
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Harper Government Supports Innovation in the Fight Against Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 12:04
Canada will continue to be a leader in the fight against three of the world's most devastating diseases: tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS, announced the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International ...
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15,688 HIV-AIDS deaths since 1993

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 10:36
KUALA LUMPUR (May 13, 2013): Deaths totaling 15,688 due to HIV-AIDS related conditions were recorded between 1993 and 2012 in the country. However, Sungai Buloh hospital infectious diseases specialist Datuk Dr Christopher Lee said the mode of high-risk transmission of HIV-AIDS had changed since 2010.
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Asians, Pacific Islanders Reveal How HIV Affects Their Lives, Communities in New Digital Story Series

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 06:12
The Banyan Tree Project hosts a series of Twitter chats premiering videos from “Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community” in honor of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Follow @BTPMay19 and #BTPchat on Twitter to talk about HIV #withoutshame. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/asian_pacific_islander/HIV_awareness/prweb10706198.htm
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New Tool Can Identify Powerful HIV Antibodies, Could Speed HIV Vaccine Research

Medical News Today - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 04:00
A team of NIH scientists has developed a new tool to identify broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) capable of preventing infection by the majority of HIV strains found around the globe, an advance that could help speed HIV vaccine research...
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Oakland HIV/AIDS housing the focus of meeting

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 03:05
Just days before Affordable Housing Week, which runs through May 19, local activists, consumers and advocates read more
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Unprotected sex accounts for 80 per cent of HIV/AIDS infection

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Sun, 05/12/2013 - 07:03
The Coordinator of the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese of the Catholic Church in charge Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership through Evidence Based Results (SHARPER), Mr Kofi Anamboyine Ayamga on Friday, disclosed that unprotected sex accounts for 80 per cent of transmission of HIV/AIDS.
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The history of AIDS

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 19:42
IN the 30 over years since the scourge was first identified, over 30 million people around the world have died from AIDS-related illnesses, and twice as many have been infected with the HIV virus.
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Unprotected sex accounts for 80 per cent of HIV/AIDS infection

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 09:18
The Coordinator of the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese of the Catholic Church in charge Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership Through Evidence Based Results (SHARPER), Mr Kofi Anamboyine Ayamga on Friday disclosed that unprotected sex accounts for 80 per cent of transmission of HIV/AIDS.
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Medical and legal services team up for folks with HIV/AIDS

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 18:02
Leaders from the Mississippi Center for Justice, the University of Mississippi Medial Center, the state Department of Health and the Jackson Medical Mall are announcing the state's first-ever medical-legal partnership to provide free access to medical and legal services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond to Join “Keep the Promise on AIDS” March in Cleveland, OH

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 16:50
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hundreds of advocates and community leaders are expected to participate in the “Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS” March and Rally on Saturday, May 11th beginning at 12:00 noon in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Plaza in Cleveland, Ohio. The event — the fourth in a series calling on officials to commit to stopping AIDS — features Julian Bond, one of America's ...
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AIDS Walk Orange County Focuses on Reaching Youth With HIV Education and Prevention Messaging

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 14:33
IRVINE, Calif. -- The most recent statistics from the Orange County Health Care Agency paint a dramatic picture about HIV/AIDS and the youth of Orange County. For the year ending December 31, 2012, the ...
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Liberia: To Improving Access to HIV&Aids Treatment, Others - UN, Partners Discuss Further Assistance

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 11:18
[Heritage]A number of United Nations Agencies, National AIDS Commission along with partners are expected to converge next week in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County to discuss efforts to improve and access services for the treatment, care and prevention of HIV and AIDS in Liberia.
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National Institutes of Health names University of Rochester a Center for AIDS Research

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 04:15
The University of Rochester was named a Center for AIDS Research by the National Institutes of Health, a designation that infuses $7.5 million into HIV/AIDS work across the University and places it amongst the best in the nation for research to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of the disease.
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Mathematical Model Measures Hidden HIV Virus Replication

Medical News Today - HIV/AIDS - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 04:00
Scientists have long believed that measuring the amount of HIV in a person's blood is an indicator of whether the virus is actively reproducing. A University of Delaware-led research team reports new evidence that hidden virus replication may be occurring within the body's tissue, despite undetectable virus levels in the blood...
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UR Named HIV/AIDS Research Center

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 16:04
The National Institutes of Health has named the University of Rochester a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). The UR is one of only 18 places in the country with that designation.
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University of Rochester named Center for AIDS Research by the National Institutes of Health

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:47
( University of Rochester Medical Center ) The University of Rochester was named a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) by NIH, a designation that infuses $7.5 million into HIV/AIDS work across the University. The new CFAR will focus on Rochester's research strengths, including the disease's influence on the brain, HIV and aging and RNA biology. HIV and aging is an especially important area, as ...
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AHF, KANCO organize NO RETREAT ON AIDS march to call for more global HIV/AIDS funding

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 07:00
Concerned that key partners in the fight against HIV & AIDS like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief are losing funding due to government cuts, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in conjunction with Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium, have organized a NO RETREAT ON AIDS march from Jevanjee Gardens to Uhuru Park on Friday May 10, 2013 to ...
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Cuts open door to HIV: Plibersek

Yahoo News - HIV/AIDS - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 06:03
Health Minister warns Queensland of Papua New Guinea HIV risk.        
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