Rep. Rangel (D-NY) And Religious Leaders Discuss Health Care Reform

2010-03-17T15:30:47Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 17: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) (C) speaks to church leaders prior to a news conference on AIDS March 17, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. About 50 church leaders gathered on Capitol Hill to pushed for approval of the National Black Clergy for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act of 2009 which w...

Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn

2010-03-18T02:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. worker safety board to mull mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs</div><div><p>Condoms might be the only thing porn actors are required to wear if the state's workplace safety board approves a petition mandating their use.</p><p>In a hearing Thursday, the California Occupational UN AIDS chief says new HIV infections increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes</div><div><p>New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.</p><p>Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS

FDA To Reconsider Gay Blood Ban

2010-03-15T07:30:43Z

<div id="subtitle">The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood</div><div><p> <p>The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood, the 'Los Angeles Times...

Chancroid: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

2010-03-11T19:19:31Z

Haemophilus ducreyi is what is responsible for Chancroid. This is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease, but is curable. Genital ulcers are caused by Chancroid. This is associated with painful lymph glands in the groin area. This is curable and should be treated as and when the symptoms start to surface. If it is left untreated would give way to HIV. The Chancroid is very common in The US and Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.</p><p>Reporting in the journal Addiction, researchers say that based on their study -- an analysis of five pr...

S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing

2010-03-11T05:16:45Z

<div><p>The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.</p><p>President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, which approved the scaled up programme on Wednesday, will lead a voluntary and public testing campaign with the goal of a 50 percent drop in the rate ...

Australian authors protest China visa refusal

2010-03-11T01:00:12Z

<div><p>CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.</p><p>Robert Dessaix, whose 1996 nove...

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea

2010-03-10T16:16:34Z

<div><p>Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations.</p><p>The leading philanthropists went to

CORRECTED: U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC

2010-03-10T14:16:29Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, according to an analysis by the Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, according to an analysis by the Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.</p><p>"AIDS 2010 will be the conference for people without a voice," the head of U...

New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics

2010-03-10T08:18:00Z

<div><p>African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.</p><p>About 20,000 maps have been printed and distribution began last week, Catherine Larkin, a spokeswoman for the project, told AFP.</p><p>English maps for East, West and

Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms

2010-03-09T16:15:50Z

<div><p>Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.</p><p>The money, equivalent to 1.1 million euros or 1.5 million dollars, is to bolster the host's condom s...

Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men

2010-03-09T11:32:32Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.</p><p>A number of studies in African nations have found that circumcised heterosexual men were up to 60 percent l...

oscars elton john party 3

2010-03-08T19:01:49Z

Katie Price 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

oscars elton john party 4

2010-03-08T19:01:36Z

Niecy Nash 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

Jeremy Piven 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015'

2010-03-08T09:16:58Z

<div><p>Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.</p><p>But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Global Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding meeting in the Netherlands l...

World could soon shield "most newborns" from HIV

2010-03-08T09:16:56Z

<div><p>Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.</p><p>But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Global Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding meeting in the Netherlands la...

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