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Volunteers needed for HIV vaccine trials
When Kymone Freeman decided to become a volunteer for an HIV vaccine trial, he realized he was putting his name, face and possibly body at risk for social backlash.But he knew the potential for advances in HIV vaccine research were far more...
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Florida AIDS insurance program runs short of cash
Layoffs drive more patients to seek help maintaining health coverage By Bob LaMendola, Sun Sentinel January 28, 2010 said Tom Liberti, the state HIV/AIDS chief.He said the state also will struggle to avoid starting a waiting list for the AIDS Drugs...
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U.S. Freezes HIV Treatment Spending in Africa, Shifts Focus to Prevention
The Obama administration is freezing spending on HIV treatment in several African countries and is instead shifting its focus to HIV prevention, Agence France-Presse reports.In response, activists and health officials say they are concerned about...
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In Kenya, UN partners with MTV to dramatize stories of love and HIV infection
The United Nations and MTV are reaching out to young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series exploring the lives and love of a group of friends in Nairobi.Its fast, its furious, its cool and thats...
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Syringe Access Fund Awards Nearly $2 Million In Grants For Syringe Exchange And Related Public Policy Improvement
- The Syringe Access Fund (SAF), a collaborative funding initiative of the Irene Diamond Fund, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation and the National AIDS Fund, announced the award of 46 grants totaling nearly $2 million for SAF's...
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Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV
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Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV
TUESDAY, Feb.9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. Phase III trials of 2,000 HIV-infected people in Tanzania found that the mycobacterium vaccae (MV) vaccine reduced the rate of...
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Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV (HealthDay)
TUESDAY, Feb.9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. Phase III trials of 2,000 HIV-infected people in Tanzania found that the mycobacterium vaccae (MV) vaccine reduced the rate of...
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Gilead's quad pill for AIDS patients may overtake Atripla, COO says
Gilead Sciences, the world's biggest maker of AIDS medicines, will begin three final-stage tests this year for a four-drug combination pill against HIV that has the potential to generate $4 billion a year by 2014.The 'quad' may overtake sales of...
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Gilead's quad pill for AIDS patients may overtake Atripla, COO says
Gilead Sciences, the world's biggest maker of AIDS medicines, will begin three final-stage tests this year for a four-drug combination pill against HIV that has the potential to generate $4 billion a year by 2014.The 'quad' may overtake sales of...
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Gilead Quad Pill Can Overtake Atripla, Milligan Says
9 (Bloomberg) -- Gilead Sciences Inc., the world's biggest maker of AIDS medicines, will begin three final-stage tests in 2010 for a four-drug combination pill against HIV that has the potential to generate $4 billion a year.The "quad" can...
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Spotlight on HIV/AIDS: Barriers still keep thousands from HIV care and treatment
(ARA) - Today, almost three decades into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, there are 1.1 million people currently living with HIV in the United States.While strides have been made in the fight against this disease, there are an estimated 640,000 people with ...
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HIV Alliance Offers Free Rapid HIV Testing For People of Color
EUGENE, Ore--The most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 1.1 million Americans are infected with HIV/AIDS.The HIV Alliance and the University of Oregon's Black Student Union are teaming up to offer free HIV...
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Prezista Now Approved as Part of Combination Therapy for Pediatric Patients Six Years of Age and Older with HI
PREZISTA* Now Approved as Part of Combination Therapy for Pediatric Patients Six Years of Age and Older with HIV Approval based on DELPHI study that demonstrated 74 per cent of pediatric patients taking PREZISTA in combination with other antiretrovirals...
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Targeting Hidden HIV: Research Group Licenses New Prostratin Technology
Los Angeles-based AIDS Research Alliance (ARA) has been granted exclusive rights to novel technology that will allow researchers to synthesize prostratin, a natural compound believed to target HIV hiding in inactive CD4 cells in the body, according...
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Pre-exposure drug treatment holds HIV at bay
The announcement by researchers at the University of North Carolina at of Medicine of a successful trial of pre-exposure use of antiretroviral drugs in mice with 'humanized' immunity comes on the heels of a disappointing AIDS vaccine study in Thailand.
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Get Tested!
Ten years ago, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities.But one aspect that many people don't recognize is the ongoing effects of ...
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In Kenya, UN partners with MTV to dramatize stories of love - and HIV infection
In Kenya, UN partners with MTV to dramatize stories of love and HIV infection 9 February 2010 The United Nations and MTV are reaching out to young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series...
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In Country, UN Partners with MTV to Dramatize Stories of Love and HIV Infection
The United Nations and MTV are reaching out young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series exploring the lives and love of a group of friends in Nairobi.'It's fast, it's furious, it's cool - and...
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Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV
TUESDAY, Feb.9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. Phase III trials of 2,000 HIV-infected people in Tanzania found that the mycobacterium vaccae (MV) vaccine reduced the rate of...
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Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV
Clinical trial results mark 'significant milestone,' expert says -- Robert Preidt TUESDAY, Feb.9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. Phase III trials of 2,000 HIV-infected people in...
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AIDS tests for suspects
RAPE VICTIMS who have been attacked by a person with AIDS can avoid becoming infected themselves by beginning a drug treatment within 72 hours of the assault.Many victims start the treatment even without knowing whether their attacker was HIV...
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Gilead Quad Pill Can Overtake Atripla, Milligan Says (Update1)
9 (Bloomberg) -- Gilead Sciences Inc., the worlds biggest maker of AIDS medicines, will begin three final-stage tests in 2010 for a four-drug combination pill against HIV that has the potential to generate $4 billion a year.The quad can overtake...
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No headway on HIV vaccine after 20 years
Pune: Global efforts over the last two decades to produce an HIV vaccine have made little headway.Heres why: Vaccine trials on monkeys and chimpanzees have routinely failed to elicit a satisfactory immune response against the human immuno-deficiency...
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Lack of resources threaten gains in Pakistan's HIV response, warns UN agency
Although Pakistan has a plan of action to tackle HIV and AIDS, the country is facing a lack of resources that could jeopardize an effective and timely response to the epidemic, according to the lead United Nations agency on the issue.Pakistan has...
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