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Singapore - Singapore's health ministry is concerned about the increasing number of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases being detected in the late stage of HIV-infection. It is also concerned that 27 women tested positive between Jan...
The number of people infected with the AIDS virus worldwide has remained virtually unchanged over the past two years at about 33 million, the United Nations experts reported Tuesday.An estimated 33.4 million people are now infected the virus, compared with 33.2 million in 2007, as more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs.Officials said the global epidemic likely peaked in ...
This year two local toy drives will be held to benefit clients of Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services and their families.
Maumee Churches United representatives from four churches and a hospital assemble 200 kits for volunteers working with people living with HIV or AIDS in Africa. Right, Emmy Bates, left, and Lisa Seibert help at the event Sunday in St. Joseph Catholic Parish Center in Maumee. At right, Jessica Buehler adds an item to a kit carried by Eddie Mader. Notes are included in the kits, which cost $28 ...
In honor of World AIDS Day, The AIDS Institute (TAI), one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for support of people with HIV/AIDS and their providers, joined Nobel Laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, in calling for government leaders, patient advocates and the research community to expand therapeutic HIV vaccine research.
JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability.
In observance of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the Unified Government Public Health Department and the Johnson County Health Department will offer free rapid HIV testing Tuesday. In Wyandotte County, testing is available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the health department at Sixth Street and Ann Avenue. Hours in Johnson County are noon-6 p.m. at 11875 S. Sunset Drive in Olathe. No appointments are ...
It is estimated that the number of new HIV infections each year has declined about 17 percent since 2000, but for every five people infected, only two begin treatment, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS that was released Tuesday. About 2.7 million people were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS last year, compared with about 3.3 million in 2000 ...
SELMA — Living with AIDS or HIV is something the person will have to deal with every day of his life. Sometimes they have to face the disease alone, but on Dec. 1 Selma wants AIDS or HIV patients to know they are not forgotten.
A few weeks ago, Kim de St. Paer, who runs the HIV testing and counseling program at the Laguna Beach Community Clinic, treated an older gentleman who complained of weakness in his arms, only after it began to hinder his greatest passion — painting.
“When I was informed I was HIV-positive, I shared the news with my husband. He warned me against disclosing my status to anyone. I did not dare defy his orders,” says Tatu Saidi, a 14-year-old widow from the Coast Province of Kenya.
Nearly 1,200 Idahoans live with HIV or AIDS, with more than 50 new cases reported in Idaho in 2009. People can show support for those affected, their families, caregivers and friends — and take advantage of HIV testing — at a number of events around the state on Tuesday, World AIDS Day.
An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a report issued on Tuesday in Shanghai by the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Manila - Congressman Ferdinand Marcos Junior, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, on Saturday filed his certificate of candidacy for senator in next year's elections. It will be the second attempt of a Marcos scion to seek a national post sinc...
Looking back over the last two decades, I remember the '90s being permeated by HIV/AIDS benefits, education, research. As a teen, I was downright scared of contracting HIV. Back then, it was an epidemic. by Rachael Daigle By the time I was 17, I was too busy being an obnoxious teenager to hang out with my parents on weekend afternoons. One particularly cold Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb ...
Manila - Senator Benigno Aquino III, son of Philippine democratic icon and former president Corazon Aquino, filed on Saturday his candidacy for president in next year's elections. Aquino, 49, accompanied by vice-presidential running mate Manuel Roxas...
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