HIV :: HHS Awards $1.1 Billion to Deliver HIV AIDS Care
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced more than $1.1 billion in funding to help states and territories provide care, medications and services for low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
HIV
HIV :: HIV drug Prezista, darunavir performs well in clinical trials
A new drug for HIV has produced highly promising results in clinical trials, when combined with an existing treatment, researchers revealed.
HIV :: Drug used to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child damages DNA
HIV transmission from mother to child can occur in utero, during labor or from breastfeeding. If left untreated, approximately 25 percent of newborns exposed to the virus from their infected mothers will become infected themselves and potentially develop AIDS.
HIV :: Rabies-based vaccine could be effective against HIV
Rabies, a relentless, ancient scourge, may hold a key to defeating another implacable foe: HIV. Scientists at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have used a drastically weakened rabies virus to ferry HIV-related proteins into animals, in essence, vaccinating them against an AIDS-like disease.
HIV :: Religiosity can be an important tool in preventing the spread of HIV-AIDS
HIV-positive people who say religion is an important part of their lives are likely to have fewer sexual partners and engage in high-risk sexual behavior less frequently than other people with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corporation.
HIV :: Rush researchers participate in worldwide AIDS initiative led by Imperial College London
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have been selected to participate in a collaborative initiative to develop a simple, affordable and rapid test to measure the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The four-year CD4 Initiative is conducted under the leadership of Imperial College London with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
HIV :: IOM’s concerns about President Bush’s HIV Prevention Strategy
A new report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) shows that the fight against AIDS is being undermined by the requirement that most US funding to address sexual transmission of HIV go to abstinence-until-marriage programs.
HIV :: India’s battle against HIV & AIDS
Members of the Confederation of Indian Industry would spend around Rs 100 crore in setting up 100 anti-retroviral treatment (ART) centres throughout the country for free treatment of HIV/AIDS patients.
HIV :: Ashley Judd launches emergency contraceptive programme
After visiting sex workers and slum dwellers in Mumbai to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, Hollywood actress Ashley Judd has launched an Emergency Contraceptive (EC) programme here, in the presence of actor Akshay Kumar.
HIV :: Cornell researcher helping develop quick, cheap HIV AIDS test
A Cornell researcher is working to help develop a quick, simple and cheap immune-system test for people in the developing world. It could help HIV/AIDS sufferers in the poorest countries get appropriate treatment to extend their lives, possibly by as much as 10 to 15 years.