Bird Flu :: Flu viruses survive in frozen lakes
Bird flu or influenza virus can live for years in frozen lakes, and might be picked up and carried by birds to reinfect animals and peoples, researchers revealed.
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HIV :: AIDS programmes fail to reach high risk groups – UN
Surveillance for the HIV virus is weak in most of the world and prevention and treatment programmes often fail to reach high-risk drug users, homosexuals and sex workers, the World Health Organisation said.
HIV :: Create more openness about HIV/AIDS
Those of you who are young today can actually stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Forty million people are infected with HIV/AIDS, which makes it the most serious health-related catastrophe of modern times.
HIV :: No room for moralizing the epidemic
I would like to reiterate a common place saying in the HIV and AIDS response: `It is not about how you contracted the virus — it is about how we will all respond to the HIV infection.` So there is no room for moralizing the epidemic or placing judgment. I will not keep you guessing- yes, I am HIV positive; I am a woman, and I am from Africa. And I am here to remind each and every one of us of the importance of keeping our promise.
HIV :: Buddhism is a practical spiritual way
Given that, Buddhism is a practical spiritual way, essentially concerned about the fate of the human being. More than the pathology itself, it is the people, those who carry the virus and those who are ill, whom the Buddhist will focus his attention upon.
HIV :: Expanded Access Program for HIV patients – Pfizer
Pfizer announced today that it plans to establish a multi-national Expanded Access Program (EAP) to make the investigational CCR5 antagonist maraviroc, currently in ongoing phase 3 clinical trials, available to HIV/AIDS patients with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 who have limited or no approved treatment options due to resistance or intolerance.
Bird Flu :: H5N1 Bird flu hits second farm – South Korea
A second chicken farm in South Korea has been found to contain the highly-pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1. The outbreak occurred at a farm close to where a case was confirmed at the weekend.
HIV :: Interruption of antiretroviral therapy increases risk of disease and death
Findings from one of the largest HIV/AIDS therapy studies conducted to date show that a specific strategy of interrupting antiretroviral therapy more than doubles the risk of AIDS or death from any cause.
Bird Flu :: UN says $ 1.3 billion more needed to fight bird flu
As much as $1.3 billion more is needed to fight bird flu, with more than $500 million of that going to Africa, World Bank and U.N. experts said.
HIV :: AIDS kills 250,000 people each month – like monthly tsunami
More people die from HIV/Aids every month than in the Indian Ocean tsunami, says Professor Robert Gallo, who helped identify the HIV/AIDS virus nearly 25 years ago, said the Asian tsunami killed an estimated 230,000 people.