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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1409 health AIDS/HIV en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:39 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/advocate/20090703/ts_advocate/report_shows_lgbt_health_disparities advocate/20090703/report_shows_lgbt_health_disparities The Advocate health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:39 GMT The Advocate - A new report on the non-HIV health and human service needs of LGBT people in New York state shows significant disparities compared to non-LGBT people, reflecting national trends exacerbated by lack of adequate data and homophobia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_veterans_colonoscopies ap/20090702/us_veterans_colonoscopies AP health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:32:01 GMT AP - An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights afp/20090701/rwandaaidsrights AFP health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246470628386-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=CCMoS44drjsqz1WpTi5_0w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based rights group, urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.(HRW)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/hl_afp/rwandaaidsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246470628386-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=CCMoS44drjsqz1WpTi5_0w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based rights group, urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.(HRW)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_he_me/un_med_who_tb_vaccine ap/20090701/un_med_who_tb_vaccine AP health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:43:49 GMT AP - The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/hl_nm/us_hiv_teens nm/20090630/us_hiv_teens Reuters health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:06:18 GMT Reuters - A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_africa_afp/malawihealthaids afp/20090628/malawihealthaids AFP health Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:14:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_africa_afp/malawihealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246216360758-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XYGSOWzwSl55b1vzMprJNw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A nurse (L) explains to a patient how to take anti-retroviral drugs at a clinic in South Africa in 2008. Malawi is supplying 250,000 HIV positive citizens with free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and plans to start producing anti-AIDS drugs locally, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Sunday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Malawi is supplying 250,000 HIV positive citizens with free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and plans to start producing anti-AIDS drugs locally, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_africa_afp/malawihealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246216360758-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XYGSOWzwSl55b1vzMprJNw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse (L) explains to a patient how to take anti-retroviral drugs at a clinic in South Africa in 2008. Malawi is supplying 250,000 HIV positive citizens with free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and plans to start producing anti-AIDS drugs locally, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Sunday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/ts_alt_afp/healthaidsusobama afp/20090627/healthaidsusobama AFP health Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:56:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/ts_alt_afp/healthaidsusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246132576480-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XDoxV3_8Mjs7H2SPzvUWXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama, seen here on June 23, 3009, on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/ts_alt_afp/healthaidsusobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246132576480-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XDoxV3_8Mjs7H2SPzvUWXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama, seen here on June 23, 3009, on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090627/hl_hsn/hivtestingdaysetforsaturdayinus hsn/20090627/hivtestingdaysetforsaturdayinus HealthDay health Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:46 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Raising awareness of the importance of HIV testing is among the goals of the U.S. National HIV Testing Day on June 27. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090627/hl_hsn/hivpatientsmayhavestifferarteries hsn/20090627/hivpatientsmayhavestifferarteries HealthDay health Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:42 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- HIV patients receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are more likely to have a level of arterial stiffness similar to that in healthy patients with high blood pressure, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090627/hl_hsn/toofewamericansgethivtestearlyenough hsn/20090627/toofewamericansgethivtestearlyenough HealthDay health Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:48:40 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their disease and miss out on the optimal benefit of effective treatments, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/advocate/20090626/ts_advocate/hiv_travel_ban_to_be_lifted_ advocate/20090626/hiv_travel_ban_to_be_lifted_ The Advocate health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:14:16 GMT The Advocate - The first step to ending the HIV travel ban in the United States has been taken by the Obama administration. The Office of Management and Budget posted a notice on its site Friday afternoon indicating that the department of Health and Human Services could move forward with steps to change a regulation that has restricted HIV-positive people from gaining entrance into the United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/hl_nm/us_hiv_testing nm/20090625/us_hiv_testing Reuters health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:15:41 GMT Reuters - An analysis of data from 34 states suggests that many people still do not undergo HIV testing until late into the course of infection, when treatments may have limited effectiveness. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/hl_nm/us_hiv_testing_usa nm/20090625/us_hiv_testing_usa Reuters health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:31:06 GMT Reuters - Nearly half the HIV-positive U.S. adolescents and young adults are unaware of their infection, and less than a quarter of sexually active high school students are tested for the virus, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/hl_afp/mozambiquehealthaidsdrugsbrazil afp/20090623/mozambiquehealthaidsdrugsbrazil AFP health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:26:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/hl_afp/mozambiquehealthaidsdrugsbrazil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245769202708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=piSDnMe6SerN74P3PhjoCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Zimbabwean orphans infected with the AIDS virus play here in Mozambique in 2008. A factory for producing anti-retroviral drugs, the first in Mozambique, will begin selling the key HIV medication by year's end.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Brazilian-funded factory for producing anti-retroviral drugs, the first in Mozambique, will begin selling the key HIV medication by year's end, officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/hl_afp/mozambiquehealthaidsdrugsbrazil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245769202708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=piSDnMe6SerN74P3PhjoCg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Zimbabwean orphans infected with the AIDS virus play here in Mozambique in 2008. A factory for producing anti-retroviral drugs, the first in Mozambique, will begin selling the key HIV medication by year's end.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090623/hl_hsn/newstrategyeyedforaidstreatment hsn/20090623/newstrategyeyedforaidstreatment HealthDay health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:49:09 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A radical new therapy could improve treatment of people with HIV-AIDS by destroying the viruses circulating in the body as well as those hiding in immune system cells, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090623/hl_hsn/hivatlasshowsvirustargetingminorities hsn/20090623/hivatlasshowsvirustargetingminorities HealthDay health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:48:59 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Your chances of getting infected with HIV may largely depend on where in America you live, a new report finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_he_me/us_med_hiv_map ap/20090622/us_med_hiv_map AP health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:20 GMT AP - A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090618/us_nm/us_porn_hiv nm/20090618/us_porn_hiv Reuters health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:46:15 GMT Reuters - California health officials are investigating the Los Angeles clinic where a pornographic film actress recently tested positive for HIV, saying it has failed to alert local authorities to cases of sexually transmitted disease in the adult film industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_aids_evictions ap/20090618/as_cambodia_aids_evictions AP health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:57:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_aids_evictions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090618/capt.cc1e8918f0654083bb3312e58e51dc5c.cambodia_aids_evictions_hs108.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=JjL6.iI1PwCNyDbJLs3.cA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A Cambodian man, right, watches a man who carries belongings before being transported to a new location, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV and AIDS from their homes in Phnom Penh, forcing them to move to a tiny settlement on the capital's outskirts in an action critics charge is discriminatory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV from their homes in the capital, forcing them to move to a tiny settlement on its outskirts in an action critics called discriminatory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_aids_evictions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090618/capt.cc1e8918f0654083bb3312e58e51dc5c.cambodia_aids_evictions_hs108.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=JjL6.iI1PwCNyDbJLs3.cA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Cambodian man, right, watches a man who carries belongings before being transported to a new location, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV and AIDS from their homes in Phnom Penh, forcing them to move to a tiny settlement on the capital's outskirts in an action critics charge is discriminatory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aids/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/advocate/20090617/ts_advocate/porn_star_tests_positive_still_performs_ advocate/20090617/porn_star_tests_positive_still_performs_ The Advocate health Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:01:11 GMT The Advocate - Health officials in Los Angeles County are reporting that an adult-film star who tested positive for HIV on June 4 performed in a film on June 5.