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Michael Saag, M.D., director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for AIDS Research and a renowned leader in the establishment of best practices for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment, has been installed as chair of the board of directors of the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).
By CLEVELAND TINKER Special to the Guardian Dreary skies and cold temperatures didn't stop members of the non-profit group Black AIDS Services & Education Inc., or BASE, from walking around the Duval neighborhood in east Gainesville to educate people about HIV/AIDS. The walk was organized to recognize World AIDS Day, which was last Tuesday.
The misconception that gays contract HIV/AIDS more often than heterosexuals still exists in today’s society, regardless of published statistics and research that clearly state that this is not the case.
PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.
A Fargo native got candid with North Dakota State College of Science students and faculty Tuesday while relaying his daily life living and not suffering from HIV.
Those living with HIV/AIDS often lack access to reliable health care that could make the disease manageable and instead are relegated to society’s fringes, left to live out too much of their remaining time without needed care, artists said at the Queens Media Arts Development’s launch of the group’s World AIDS Day event Sunday.
Malama Pono Kaua‘i AIDS Project announced that Faith Harding, HIV prevention specialist, has been chosen by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta to receive a year long scholarship to the Institute for HIV Prevention and Leadership.
When HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus which causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), was first discovered in the early 1980s, it was a death sentence. Nearly 30 years later, new medications are helping people with HIV or AIDS in this country live comparatively longer. “The HIV infection has become more of a chronic [...]
South Africa has the largest number of HIV-infected people on the planet, but the country is taking aggressive new steps to fight AIDS.
NEW BRITAIN — Nearly 500 people suffer from AIDS or HIV in the city and officials are taking a stand about it.
It might be worth a look to see how much your state spends on health care associated with this remarkable number of inmates with HIV. "Florida (3,626), New York (3,500) and Texas (2,450) reported the largest number of HIV/AIDS cases.
A number of people braved stormy weather conditions to commemorate World AIDS Day and to light candles in memory of lives lost to AIDS at the 2nd Annual Candlelight Vigil.
More than 1,700 walkers showed up in support of people living with HIV and AIDS in Guilford County.
World AIDS Day, observed Dec. 1 since 1988, serves as a day to remind the world that HIV/AIDS is still a serious epidemic, and there is still no cure or vaccine for HIV or AIDS. Events were held across the state to commemorate the significance of this day through education, remember those who have died from this disease and increase general awareness of HIV and AIDS.
KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Uganda is considering legislation that would impose a death sentence for intentional or willful transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, authorities say.
Innovative strategy could be effective against other chronic viral diseasesResearchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and colleagues have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells — a process that potentially could be used against a range of chronic viral diseases. The study, published Dec.
