Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1409 health AIDS/HIV en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1409 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091119/wl_oneworld/world3681471258655926 oneworld/20091119/world3681471258655926 OneWorld.net health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:25 GMT OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (IRIN PlusNews) - In less than seven months South Africa will host the world's biggest single sporting event - the FIFA World Cup. The chance to reach millions of local and visiting football fans presents a golden opportunity, not only for the country's business and tourism sectors, but also for its efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_africa_afp/africapopulationhealth afp/20091116/africapopulationhealth AFP health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_africa_afp/africapopulationhealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258395307469-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5fGvXXNyZRmP6JDjR8GgMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A patient looks at a notice board where a scene representing the death of a man infected by Hiv-AIDS is painted on a paper in the Clinic of the Reach Out center Kampala, in 2003. Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_africa_afp/africapopulationhealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258395307469-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5fGvXXNyZRmP6JDjR8GgMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A patient looks at a notice board where a scene representing the death of a man infected by Hiv-AIDS is painted on a paper in the Clinic of the Reach Out center Kampala, in 2003. Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_aids_in_the_south ap/20091116/us_aids_in_the_south AP health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:09:47 GMT AP - When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthaidsiran afp/20091112/healthaidsiran AFP health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthaidsiran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091112/capt.photo_1258042826231-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KW49Z1lQRBcvGu4njNhifA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An Iranian woman reads a leaflet at an exhibition marking World AIDS Day in Tehran on December 1, 2008. Iran has recorded at least 3,409 deaths from AIDS, while another 2,097 people have been diagnosed as having the disease, according to health ministry figures reported by the ILNA news agency on Thursday.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran has recorded at least 3,409 deaths from AIDS, while another 2,097 people have been diagnosed as having the disease, according to health ministry figures reported by the ILNA news agency on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091112/hl_afp/healthaidsiran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091112/capt.photo_1258042826231-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KW49Z1lQRBcvGu4njNhifA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iranian woman reads a leaflet at an exhibition marking World AIDS Day in Tehran on December 1, 2008. Iran has recorded at least 3,409 deaths from AIDS, while another 2,097 people have been diagnosed as having the disease, according to health ministry figures reported by the ILNA news agency on Thursday.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_uk_afp/entertainmentgermanybritainmusicnobelpeople afp/20091111/entertainmentgermanybritainmusicnobelpeople AFP health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:08:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_uk_afp/entertainmentgermanybritainmusicnobelpeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091111/capt.photo_1257955644217-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=_3kZp3bmnhJUR64lErw5RQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Scottish singer Annie Lennox has been presented with the 2009 "Woman of Peace" award at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS.(AFP/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Scottish singer Annie Lennox was presented with the 2009 "Woman of Peace" award on Wednesday at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_uk_afp/entertainmentgermanybritainmusicnobelpeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091111/capt.photo_1257955644217-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=_3kZp3bmnhJUR64lErw5RQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Scottish singer Annie Lennox has been presented with the 2009 "Woman of Peace" award at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS.(AFP/John Macdougall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw afp/20091106/ugandaaidsrightslaw AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525662941-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=PN1O7.njZ0N5ok2LbtyEzg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/ugandaaidsrightslaw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525662941-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=PN1O7.njZ0N5ok2LbtyEzg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy ap/20091105/us_med_gene_therapy AP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:12:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257462468841-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BB3FTV6oIld1aKd.bC1FDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/us_med_gene_therapy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257462468841-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BB3FTV6oIld1aKd.bC1FDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo afp/20091105/healthaidsngo AFP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:26:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257452666293-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=sFPsKjPLjQEt71OAjikDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthaidsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257452666293-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=sFPsKjPLjQEt71OAjikDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding ap/20091105/af_south_africa_aids_funding AP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r1369675630.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=UCdVO3be.322VxPGEL2mpQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A nurse prepares doses of brand name and generic HIV-AIDS drugs for patients in Thailand's Lopburi Province February 17, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif" border="0" /></a>AP - A medical aid group says funding for AIDS is threatened, and that could set back "dramatic" progress in decreasing HIV illness and death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/af_south_africa_aids_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r1369675630.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=UCdVO3be.322VxPGEL2mpQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse prepares doses of brand name and generic HIV-AIDS drugs for patients in Thailand's Lopburi Province February 17, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091104/wl_oneworld/world3678631257308785 oneworld/20091104/world3678631257308785 OneWorld.net health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:25:55 GMT OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/hl_afp/healthunaidspolitics afp/20091101/healthunaidspolitics AFP health Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:12:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/hl_afp/healthunaidspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257041278969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=CpIRyOa3sxyaNTM2E.i7Rg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon is seen here in Mexico City, in August, during the XVII International AIDS Conference. Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/hl_afp/healthunaidspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257041278969-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=CpIRyOa3sxyaNTM2E.i7Rg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon is seen here in Mexico City, in August, during the XVII International AIDS Conference. Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_aids ap/20091031/us_obama_aids AP health Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:27:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.f135e456571d4a43abb7fc2c52b93895.obama_whgh106.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=OeGK2_Z6GS333WfQl0wXWQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama hugs Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, Friday, Oct. 30,2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.f135e456571d4a43abb7fc2c52b93895.obama_whgh106.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=OeGK2_Z6GS333WfQl0wXWQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama hugs Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, Friday, Oct. 30,2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/healthusaidspolitics afp/20091030/healthusaidspolitics AFP health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:24:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/healthusaidspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256922536327-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9dgpqzEhU3N6gwxKd_sf1A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington DC. Obama said Friday the United States would end in early 2010 a 22-year-old travel ban on foreign HIV patients, hailing the move as a step toward ending the stigma of the disease.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/healthusaidspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256922536327-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=9dgpqzEhU3N6gwxKd_sf1A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington DC. Obama said Friday the United States would end in early 2010 a 22-year-old travel ban on foreign HIV patients, hailing the move as a step toward ending the stigma of the disease.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091030/hl_nm/us_obama_aids_ban nm/20091030/us_obama_aids_ban Reuters health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:49:32 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama announced on Friday that a 22-year-old ban on allowing people infected with the AIDS virus into the United States will be lifted on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/hl_afp/swazilandhealthtuberculosisaids afp/20091030/swazilandhealthtuberculosisaids AFP health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/hl_afp/swazilandhealthtuberculosisaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256914729502-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eyxkdKtbD1qz.DInDDhqzQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A patient waits for his pills as he meets with a nurse at Nhlangano health centre on October 28, 2009. 80 percent of TB patients in Swaziland also have HIV, placing severe pressure on the small kingdom's public health system.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zodwa Mahlabane meticulously takes out her tablets from small yellow bags and puts them on a white tray.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/hl_afp/swazilandhealthtuberculosisaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256914729502-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eyxkdKtbD1qz.DInDDhqzQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A patient waits for his pills as he meets with a nurse at Nhlangano health centre on October 28, 2009. 80 percent of TB patients in Swaziland also have HIV, placing severe pressure on the small kingdom's public health system.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20091030/us_obama_preview AP health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:15:37 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is set to sign an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/wl_africa_afp/kenyagayshealthaids afp/20091029/kenyagayshealthaids AFP health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:15:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/wl_africa_afp/kenyagayshealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091029/capt.photo_1256831368292-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=.smO6dMqSmesIxWoJXG8RA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Kenya will conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091029/wl_africa_afp/kenyagayshealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091029/capt.photo_1256831368292-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=.smO6dMqSmesIxWoJXG8RA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_he_me/eu_russia_aids ap/20091028/eu_russia_aids AP health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:58:05 GMT AP - AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/russiaeuropehealthaids afp/20091028/russiaeuropehealthaids AFP health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/russiaeuropehealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091028/capt.photo_1256743890648-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3sXGUBjpX2.etHTLdzgE4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Russian FrontAIDS activist protests in downtown Moscow in 2006. Russia came under fire from international AIDS campaigners on Wednesday for refusing to provide drug users with drug substitution therapy to stem a spreading HIV epidemic.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russia came under fire from international AIDS campaigners on Wednesday for refusing to provide drug users with drug substitution therapy to stem a spreading HIV epidemic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/hl_afp/russiaeuropehealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091028/capt.photo_1256743890648-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3sXGUBjpX2.etHTLdzgE4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Russian FrontAIDS activist protests in downtown Moscow in 2006. Russia came under fire from international AIDS campaigners on Wednesday for refusing to provide drug users with drug substitution therapy to stem a spreading HIV epidemic.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091027/hl_hsn/spermmayplayroleintransmissionofhiv hsn/20091027/spermmayplayroleintransmissionofhiv HealthDay health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:50:14 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that sperm, not just semen, can transmit the virus that causes AIDS to immune cells in the body and, in fact, sperm may play a major role in transmission.