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Egypt HIV cases jump six-fold, report says

UPI - Thu Dec 31, 2:19 pm ET

CAIRO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Cases of the virus that causes AIDS have risen six-fold in Egypt, moving the Arab country toward an HIV epidemic, a government report said.

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Grants to help HIV/AIDS patients, theater group
Daily Record - Fri Jan 1, 4:25 am ET
HIV/AIDS patients and a theater group performing shows throughout Morris County will be helped with funding, thanks to grants awarded this week by the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.
African Doctor Sees More Drug-Resistant HIV
WCVB Boston - Wed Dec 30, 2:37 pm ET
Dr. Theresa Rossouw lives on the front lines of the fight against HIV and AIDS, and it's becoming even more of an uphill battle as the virus mutates.
South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Dec 30, 12:39 am ET
It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts _ new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them. Her cell phone chirps. Her desk phone bleats. She scribbles notes on... Drug resistance - HIV - African people - Africa - AIDS
GIVE! Campaign: So. Colorado AIDS Project
FOX21 Colorado Springs - Thu Dec 31, 5:03 pm ET
Sarah Sacco found out she was HIV positive in 2003. "I was 23 years old. I just graduated from college and had been traveling the world. [I was] on top of everything going to take on life and then I was devastated when I got the news," explained Sarah.
United Way grant pays for free HIV/AIDS testing in Vail Valley
Vail Daily - Tue Dec 29, 6:51 pm ET
VAIL, Colorado - This is the fourth article in a series that focuses on how some organizations the United Way works with are facing current challenges and meeting the needs of the Vail Valley community. The United Way of Eagle County has worked with over 30 local charities for more than a decade and has raised close to $1.3 million during that time. Most people think of United Way as a national ...
AIDS and Aging
KTSM El Paso - Tue Dec 29, 2:21 pm ET
Thanks to a powerful combination of drugs, HIV is for the most part a chronic, but treatable condition. But while those drugs help people live longer, it appears people with HIV are aging faster. Stu Smith has lived with HIV since the early '80's and living with the virus for him means living with a huge list of medications. 39 to be exact. Stu says "I take heart medications, I take liver, I can ...
Heroin, HIV stalk tropical resort of Zanzibar
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 30, 7:12 am ET
A Zanzibari man crouches in a half-built roofless building, struggling to find a vein in his arm, while his friend takes over and injects the heroin for him, drawing blood back into the syringe.
APNewsBreak: Saudi, Norway gov'ts give to Clinton
AP via Yahoo! News - 16 minutes ago
Foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Norway gave millions of dollars to former President Bill Clinton's charity as Hillary Rodham Clinton served her first year as President Barack Obama's secretary of state.
HIV/AIDS vaccines in the pipeline
The Downey Patriot - Fri Dec 25, 3:18 am ET
BioWorld Today recently highlighted a new report published by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America that identifies 97 new drugs and vaccines in development to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions.
Keith Murray Talks HIV/AIDS Awareness Trip to Africa
The Boombox - Thu Dec 24, 6:48 pm ET
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Rapper Keith Murray took his fight to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS to Mozambique, Africa in an attempt to bring global attention to the plight of children fighting the virus. The topic is close to the 35-year-old's hearts as both his mother and older sister died from the virus. "My trip to Mozambique was a very emotional and inspirational experience," he ...
Decade in review: Scandal, conflict in religion
USA Today - Thu Dec 31, 5:51 pm ET
The decade's religious news featured scandal, conflict, new leaders coming to the fore and a new statistical portrait of American religiosity.
Science, efficiency to drive CDC changes
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 2 hours 58 minutes ago
Science, efficiency to drive CDC changes
KENYA: Maasai warriors take on AIDS
IRIN - Tue Dec 29, 7:45 am ET
MAGADI, 29 December 2009 (IRIN) - Attempts to promote HIV awareness among Kenya's Maasai community have often foundered on the community's unwillingness to accept externally driven change; but a new initiative is using Maasai 'morans', or warriors, to spread the word.
Elk Grove church to host AIDS exhibit
The Sacramento Bee - Sat Dec 26, 4:21 pm ET
An exhibit spotlighting the lives of African children affected by HIV and AIDS will be at First Bapt
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The Buffalo News - Fri Jan 1, 6:40 am ET
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