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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/aids-hiv health AIDS/HIV en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/aids-hiv http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv hsn/20100210/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:05 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids afp/20100208/africaushealthaids AFP health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/africaushealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265645871488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nPgswHTczluHA.2mIAjfuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/hl_nm/us_aids_focus nm/20100205/us_aids_focus Reuters health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:22 GMT Reuters - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/blackandhispanicinfantsmuchmorelikelytohavehiv hsn/20100205/blackandhispanicinfantsmuchmorelikelytohavehiv HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:40 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of HIV infection in infants are significantly higher among blacks and Hispanics than whites, and preventive measures are needed to reduce the disparity, a new government report says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_us_aids ap/20100204/af_south_africa_us_aids AP health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:10:35 GMT AP - U.S. and South African AIDS workers say putting more of the decision-making in local hands can help stretch donor money, amid concerns international giving will be limited because of the global recession. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/pl_afp/ugandapoliticsgayrightsuscongress afp/20100203/ugandapoliticsgayrightsuscongress AFP health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:06:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/pl_afp/ugandapoliticsgayrightsuscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265231173298-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=Gipq.K.ophuTzAqCGdT1kQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Moses, a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on February 2. US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday sharply condemning an anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda's parliament, calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday sharply condemning an anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda's parliament, calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/pl_afp/ugandapoliticsgayrightsuscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265231173298-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=Gipq.K.ophuTzAqCGdT1kQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Moses, a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on February 2. US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday sharply condemning an anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda's parliament, calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_zuma ap/20100203/af_south_africa_zuma AP world Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:21:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_zuma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.db8fb7ef60374c78b3f4161dc27bbaff.south_africa_zuma_joh101.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=Sk0CjkXdbKxSrmEvkmTfeg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo, South African president Jacob Zuma, second right, seen with his wives Sizakele Khumalo, right, Nompumelo Ntuli, left, and Tobeka Madiba, second left, after giving the State of the Nation address, at parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. A presidential spokesman on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 called a newspaper story that the country's polygamist leader had fathered a child out of wedlock 'a private, personal issue' without confirming or denying the report. Some political opponents already have criticized Zuma, who has three wives and is engaged to a fourth woman, saying his alleged actions send the wrong message in a country where one-tenth of the population is living with the virus that causes AIDS. (AP Photo/Mike Hutchings, Pool, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - South Africa's polygamist president confirmed Wednesday that he fathered a daughter last year with a woman who is not one of his three wives or fiancee, and criticized those who said his actions undermined the country's campaign against AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_zuma"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100202/capt.db8fb7ef60374c78b3f4161dc27bbaff.south_africa_zuma_joh101.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=Sk0CjkXdbKxSrmEvkmTfeg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo, South African president Jacob Zuma, second right, seen with his wives Sizakele Khumalo, right, Nompumelo Ntuli, left, and Tobeka Madiba, second left, after giving the State of the Nation address, at parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. A presidential spokesman on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 called a newspaper story that the country's polygamist leader had fathered a child out of wedlock 'a private, personal issue' without confirming or denying the report. Some political opponents already have criticized Zuma, who has three wives and is engaged to a fourth woman, saying his alleged actions send the wrong message in a country where one-tenth of the population is living with the virus that causes AIDS. (AP Photo/Mike Hutchings, Pool, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100203/hl_hsn/studysuggestshighhivrateamongafricanteens hsn/20100203/studysuggestshighhivrateamongafricanteens HealthDay health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:49:21 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- In a study that highlights the growing crisis of birth-acquired HIV in teens and young adults, new research has found that nearly 50 percent of youths aged 10 to 18 who were admitted to two public hospitals in Zimbabwe were infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_aids_hiv_enzyme nm/20100201/us_aids_hiv_enzyme Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:36:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_aids_hiv_enzyme"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r3703381550.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=.4xL9Eov7LfE3ZG8RX8W.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="About 2880 candles are seen lit during a World AIDS Day event in Jakarta December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Dadang Tri" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_aids_hiv_enzyme"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r3703381550.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=.4xL9Eov7LfE3ZG8RX8W.Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="About 2880 candles are seen lit during a World AIDS Day event in Jakarta December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Dadang Tri" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20100127/wl_oneworld/world3686871264631786 oneworld/20100127/world3686871264631786 OneWorld.net health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:33:05 GMT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (OneWorld.net) - Barack Obama is "missing a historic opportunity" to improve lives across the continent of Africa, says a new report from a pair of Africa policy think tanks, urging the U.S. president to create a new, "people-centered" strategy to tackle major ongoing challenges including HIV/AIDS, poverty, human rights violations, and climate change. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100127/hl_hsn/prematureagingofthebrainseeninhivpatients hsn/20100127/prematureagingofthebrainseeninhivpatients HealthDay health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:49:01 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Premature aging is striking the brains of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/haitiquakeaids afp/20100126/haitiquakeaids AFP health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:04:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/haitiquakeaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264521667529-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FPw0iO9TpDx4SsIgajEGNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Patients wait to receive medecine and a check up at an AIDS clinic in Port-au-Prince on January 25. Located in the center of the city, Ghiesko (Haitian Group for Studies in Karposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) is one of the first AIDS clinics in the world to be set up after the disease broke out in 1981.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Even in the chaos left by the January 12 earthquake, Resena and her one-year-old baby made their monthly visit to Port-au-Prince's Ghiesko clinic for AIDS treatment, preserving an unbroken lifeline that has sustained them for two years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/haitiquakeaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264521667529-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FPw0iO9TpDx4SsIgajEGNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Patients wait to receive medecine and a check up at an AIDS clinic in Port-au-Prince on January 25. Located in the center of the city, Ghiesko (Haitian Group for Studies in Karposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) is one of the first AIDS clinics in the world to be set up after the disease broke out in 1981.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/hl_afp/healthaidspharmacompanymerck afp/20100125/healthaidspharmacompanymerck AFP health Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:09:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/hl_afp/healthaidspharmacompanymerck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100125/capt.photo_1264450094660-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W16QozsUzWJZtyQbpcQWhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A view of Merck Pharmaceuticals in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The largest US HIV/AIDS health care provider on Monday accused Merck of price-gouging its AIDS treatment Isentress and banned the drug giant's sales reps from its clinics in protest.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The largest US HIV/AIDS health care provider on Monday accused Merck Pharmaceuticals of price-gouging its AIDS treatment Isentress and banned the drug giant's sales reps from its clinics in protest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/hl_afp/healthaidspharmacompanymerck"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100125/capt.photo_1264450094660-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W16QozsUzWJZtyQbpcQWhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of Merck Pharmaceuticals in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The largest US HIV/AIDS health care provider on Monday accused Merck of price-gouging its AIDS treatment Isentress and banned the drug giant's sales reps from its clinics in protest.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100123/hl_hsn/llamaresearchaidsdefenseagainstpotentialbioweapon hsn/20100123/llamaresearchaidsdefenseagainstpotentialbioweapon HealthDay health Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:49:04 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Using proteins found in llamas, researchers have produced a way to simultaneously detect seven types of neurotoxins that cause botulism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100123/hl_hsn/drugcomboblockshivinfectioninmice hsn/20100123/drugcomboblockshivinfectioninmice HealthDay health Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:49:03 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research in mice suggests that a commonly used drug combination might protect people from being infected by the AIDS virus through the major routes of transmission. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/hl_nm/us_strength_training nm/20100121/us_strength_training Reuters health Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:12:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/hl_nm/us_strength_training"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100122/i/r2127077401.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=dRnYFtBiB6r_9PFMUeb4CQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Bulgarian national team weightlifters practice during a training session in the town of Asenovgrad, some 140 km (87miles) east of the capital Sofia, February 15, 2008. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Strength training improves hand grip and arm function in people who have suffered a stroke without causing increased muscle spasticity or pain, according to combined data from multiple studies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/hl_nm/us_strength_training"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100122/i/r2127077401.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=dRnYFtBiB6r_9PFMUeb4CQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bulgarian national team weightlifters practice during a training session in the town of Asenovgrad, some 140 km (87miles) east of the capital Sofia, February 15, 2008. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/hl_afp/healthchinaaidsscandal afp/20100121/healthchinaaidsscandal AFP health Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:07:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/hl_afp/healthchinaaidsscandal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264084369581-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ryGcbIM5UlpO6HSdToJWJA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A man walks past banners bearing a message calling upon people to help halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in Beijing in December 2009. At least 80 hospital patients in central China were infected with HIV through contaminated blood, according to a state media report that highlighted the continuing impact of a 1990s blood-selling scandal.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 80 hospital patients in central China were infected with HIV through contaminated blood, according to a state media report that highlighted the continuing impact of a 1990s blood-selling scandal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/hl_afp/healthchinaaidsscandal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264084369581-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ryGcbIM5UlpO6HSdToJWJA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past banners bearing a message calling upon people to help halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in Beijing in December 2009. At least 80 hospital patients in central China were infected with HIV through contaminated blood, according to a state media report that highlighted the continuing impact of a 1990s blood-selling scandal.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100120/hl_afp/healthmedicineusaidsherpes afp/20100120/healthmedicineusaidsherpes AFP health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:59:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100120/hl_afp/healthmedicineusaidsherpes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264031930816-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=ejurdviQcHrO27V2tZNuwA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not reduce the risk of transmission of HIV-AIDS, according to a medical study published Wednesday after a five-year trial.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not reduce the risk of transmission of HIV-AIDS, according to a medical study published Wednesday after a five-year trial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100120/hl_afp/healthmedicineusaidsherpes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264031930816-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=ejurdviQcHrO27V2tZNuwA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not reduce the risk of transmission of HIV-AIDS, according to a medical study published Wednesday after a five-year trial.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100119/hl_nm/us_circumcision_rwanda nm/20100119/us_circumcision_rwanda Reuters health Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:12:43 GMT Reuters - Circumcising newborn boys to stop them becoming infected with the AIDS virus in later life is more cost-effective than circumcising adult men, Rwandan health experts said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100115/ap_on_re_us/us_hiv_hoax ap/20100115/us_hiv_hoax AP health Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:00:39 GMT AP - A Detroit woman who claimed in a video posted online that she infected more than 500 people with HIV has admitted it was a hoax, police said Friday.