HIV & AIDS

Blockbuster vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.

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South Africa: Life Expectancy Drops

Johannesburg — South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations. Average life expectancy declined from...

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Syphilis cases climbing across N.C.

sadia.latifi@newsobserver.com A year after reports of syphilis plunged in Mecklenburg, the number of new cases is creeping back up amid what health departments are calling a statewide epidemic of the sexually transmitted disease.

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Liberia: Journalist Condemns Graphic Newspaper - Describes Publication Irresponsible, Unprofessional

A Liberian Broadcast journalist has described as unprofessional and irresponsible a story carried in the Thursday November 19, 2009 edition of the Daily Graphic Newspaper captioned AIDS Victim in Politics. The story was...

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DC AIDS activist among new Rhodes scholars

DC AIDS activist among new Rhodes scholars Washington Post A University of Virginia graduate who runs a program that trains athletes to be HIV/AIDS educators for youths in the District has been named a Rhodes scholar for 2010....

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Rescue units restore hope in the form of vegetables

Zambia (MNN) -- Imagine a country where half of the population is under the age of 15, and the older generation is dead or dying from AIDS. For millions in Zambia, this is their reality. Bob Bland with Teen Missions...

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Zimbabwe: 'Double HIV Response Efforts'

HarareZimbabwe may lose ground in the battle against HIV since more people are coming down with sexually transmitted diseases, an official in Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has said. The country's HIV prevalence had...

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Namibia: Big Brother Africa IIII - House of Conspiracies!

TUESDAY and yesterday were all about testing scientific theories and discussing conspiracy theories. No different from most days in the Big Brother house - except the conspiracies are part of the housemates' task this week!

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Uganda: I Work Towards an HIV Free-World

Kampala — FACT FILE Name: Umaru Gumusiriza Location: Kamwenge Contribution: He has formed a team of four to sensitise the community Position: Counsellor at Saluti in Kamwenge Town Council WHEN he approached me and said he was...

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Uganda: Step Up Aids Fight, Donors Tell Govt

Donors are demanding that the government checks the increasing HIV/Aids infections, which are expected to hit 200,000 by the end of 2009 if they are to release more funds. According to the manager of the Uganda Aids Control...

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