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STARS AGAINST AIDS exhibit in Moscow aims to raise awareness, reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma

A photography exhibit featuring 25 well-known women from Russia and Ukraine that aims to raise awareness and reduce stigma associated with HIV/AIDS opened Thursday in Moscow, the Moscow Times reports.

22 May 2008

Most HIV cases traced to transmission of single virus

Most HIV cases can be traced to the transmission of a single virus, according to a study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, the Birmingham News reports. According to researcher George Shaw, a professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, the findings are surprising and could have an impact on HIV/AIDS vaccine development.

22 May 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch examines small pharmacies' efforts to provide specialized services to people living with HIV/AIDS

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday examined the efforts of some small pharmacies to provide specialized services to people living with HIV/AIDS. According to the Post-Dispatch, HIV/AIDS care is "resisting" the pharmaceutical industry's overall trend toward distributing medication through mail-order pharmacies rather than through traditional retail.

22 May 2008

Uganda AIDS Commission drafts plan to streamline HIV/AIDS messages

The Uganda AIDS Commission has drafted a strategy to streamline HIV/AIDS communication in the country, the New Vision reports. The plan seeks to unify various national HIV/AIDS awareness messages, UAC Director-General Kihumuro Apuuli said at a recent meeting for the Young, Empowered and Healthy initiative in Kampala, Uganda.

22 May 2008

Emergency measures employed to stop measles epidemic

Emergency measures are being adopted in Britain to tackle the escalating numbers of new measles cases.

22 May 2008

Congress should 'resolve' issues preventing consideration of PEPFAR reauthorization legislation, editorial says

Although it is a "bit risky to herald progress during a global pandemic when infections of a disease such as AIDS still seem to multiply by the millions," the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief gives the U.S. a "record that is worth celebrating, if only to show others around the world what's possible," a Wilmington News Journal editorial says.

21 May 2008

Archbishop Tutu calls on governments to address health issues in Africa, including HIV/AIDS

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday at the World Health Assembly in Geneva called on governments to increase their efforts to fight diseases -- including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -- in Africa, the Associated Press reports.

21 May 2008

DOJ investigating Alabama resort after manager prohibits HIV-positive child from using pool, restrooms

The Department of Justice is investigating Wales West RV Resort in Silverhill, Ala., in preparation for a possible discrimination lawsuit after a manager at the facility prohibited an HIV-positive child from using the facility's swimming pool and restrooms in July 2007, the Birmingham Press-Register reports (Bean, Birmingham Press-Register, 5/19).

21 May 2008

Ugandan group launches no-cost HIV testing campaign aimed at children, urges parents to test children

The Joint Clinical Research Centre in Kampala, Uganda, recently launched a no-cost HIV testing campaign aimed at children born to parents living with HIV/AIDS and those orphaned by the disease, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. The campaign has tested at least 1,500 children in the Ugandan divisions of Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga, according to the New Vision/AllAfrica.com.

21 May 2008

Life insurance policies made available to sex workers in India

Commercial sex workers in India now have the option of purchasing life insurance policies, Smarajit Jana -- chief adviser to the group Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, or the Committee for Indomitable Women -- said Monday, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.

21 May 2008

New program promises to solve puzzling medical cases

A new research program in the U.S. promises to provide some answers for people suffering from mysterious diseases that have defied diagnosis.

21 May 2008

NIH announces new program to study patients with mystery diseases

NIH on Monday announced a pilot program that will study extremely rare diseases in people and could provide some no-cost care for study participants, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.

20 May 2008

Simple checklist at NYC public hospitals effective in preventing infections

A "simple checklist" used by the 11 New York City public hospitals is "credited with drastically reducing" the number of infections at the facilities, the New York Times reports.

20 May 2008

HIV/AIDS advocacy groups protest ruling in case regarding HIV-positive man, saliva

Several HIV/AIDS advocacy groups are saying that a recent ruling in a Dallas County, Texas, case that an HIV-positive man who spit into the mouth and eye of a Dallas police officer was using saliva as a deadly weapon was excessive, the Dallas Morning News reports.

20 May 2008

HIV/AIDS experts call for new ideas, increased funding on 25th anniversary of paper identifying virus

A novel strategy, new teams of researchers and increased funding are needed to revitalize the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide, experts said Monday on the 25th anniversary of the release of the study that identified HIV, AFP/Google.com reports.

20 May 2008

NPR program examines HIV/AIDS education in U.S.

NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" examined issues surrounding HIV/AIDS education in the U.S. The segment included a discussion with Adam Tenor -- executive director of Metro TeenAIDS, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that runs education programs in city schools -- and with John Jemmott, a specialist in health psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

20 May 2008

PEPFAR reauthorization legislation should make HIV/AIDS treatment 'priority,' letter to editor says

"When it comes to AIDS, treatment is prevention," Republican Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.) write in a Washington Post letter to the editor in response to a recent opinion piece by columnist Michael Gerson.

20 May 2008

Warning about lack of attention given to hepatitis

A report by the World Hepatitis Alliance has called for an increased focus on hepatitis and says the disease should be given the same attention as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

20 May 2008

Global burden of disease shifts from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases

The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases, with chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke now being the chief causes of death globally, according to a new WHO report published today. The shifting health trends indicate that leading infectious diseases - diarrhoea, HIV, tuberculosis, neonatal infections and malaria - will become less important causes of death globally over the next 20 years.

20 May 2008

Blood-free monitoring as good as blood tests in predicting the course of AIDS

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that monitoring treatment adherence to AIDS therapy is a simple blood-free way to monitor risk of disease progression. The international study was published in the May issue of the journal PLoS Medicine.

20 May 2008

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STARS AGAINST AIDS exhibit in Moscow aims to raise awareness, reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma

Most HIV cases traced to transmission of single virus

St. Louis Post-Dispatch examines small pharmacies' efforts to provide specialized services to people living with HIV/AIDS

Uganda AIDS Commission drafts plan to streamline HIV/AIDS messages

Emergency measures employed to stop measles epidemic

Congress should 'resolve' issues preventing consideration of PEPFAR reauthorization legislation, editorial says

Archbishop Tutu calls on governments to address health issues in Africa, including HIV/AIDS

DOJ investigating Alabama resort after manager prohibits HIV-positive child from using pool, restrooms

Ugandan group launches no-cost HIV testing campaign aimed at children, urges parents to test children

Life insurance policies made available to sex workers in India

New program promises to solve puzzling medical cases

NIH announces new program to study patients with mystery diseases

Simple checklist at NYC public hospitals effective in preventing infections

HIV/AIDS advocacy groups protest ruling in case regarding HIV-positive man, saliva

HIV/AIDS experts call for new ideas, increased funding on 25th anniversary of paper identifying virus

NPR program examines HIV/AIDS education in U.S.

PEPFAR reauthorization legislation should make HIV/AIDS treatment 'priority,' letter to editor says

Warning about lack of attention given to hepatitis

Global burden of disease shifts from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases

Blood-free monitoring as good as blood tests in predicting the course of AIDS

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