At last, a lift on HIV/AIDS travel ban | © 2009 Longmont Times-Call
The Longmont Times-Call - Mon Nov 9, 8:20 am ETThe United States finally has lifted a symbolically discriminatory mark on those with HIV/AIDS.
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Winston-Salem Journal - Tue Nov 10, 12:00 am ETToday VOLUNTEER TRAINING: The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold training for new volunteers, 6-9 p.m., at The Shepherd's Center offices, 1700 Ebert St. Volunteers are needed to assist with services for older adults that include providing transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, performing minor home repairs, and visiting homebound clients. Hours are ...
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Examining science on the fringes: vital, but generally wrong
Ars Technica - Mon Nov 9, 8:54 pm ETThe history of science is replete with examples, from plate tectonics to prions, of heretical ideas that received a poor reception from the scientific establishment when they were first proposed. The apparent resistance to new ideas has earned scientists a fair bit of criticism. But some recent publications have indicated both that it is possible for fringe ideas to get a hearing from mainstream ...
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Stuck by a Needle, Not by a Decision
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 5:34 pm ETA health care worker faced an immediate decision on her treatment after sustaining an injury while taking blood from a patient.
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Will Tamiflu Shortage Drive U.S. To India's Version?
NPR - Tue Nov 10, 4:23 am ETWith demand for the swine flu vaccine outpacing supply, the CDC says it's open to considering importing a generic flu drug from India. There's just one problem: The brand-name drug is still under U.S. patent. The company's chairman says he just wants to help.
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Doing well by doing good
Columbia Daily Spectator - 2 hours 21 minutes agoWhere there was once a cursory mention of corporate social responsibility, there is now an entrepreneurial movement toward creating sustainable, environmentally oriented businesses.
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The Gloucester County Times
Gloucester County Times - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 am ETCLAYTON Adults ages 18 through 40 with chronic medical conditions may receive a free H1N1 flu vaccine Nov. 13 at the county's office complex on North Delsea Drive here.
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Bloomington bazaar effort aims to help widows in Uganda
Bloomington Sun-Current - Tue Nov 10, 2:58 am ETSome of the proceeds from the annual Arts and Crafts Bazaar sponsored by the Women's Ministries of Redemption Lutheran Church of Bloomington will go toward assisting a group of widows in Uganda.
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Treatments for AIDS
ThirdAge - Thu Nov 5, 6:40 pm ETTreatment aims to decrease the amount of virus in the body and keep the immune system as healthy as possible to prevent infections and cancers. Treatment for HIV may involve the following:
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NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia
SportingNews - 15 minutes agoNEW YORK -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 5:12 pm ETFrench scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.
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NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar treated for leukemia
Houston Chronicle - 20 minutes agoThe six-time NBA MVP intends to post updates to his Facebook and Twitter accounts and stay connected through www.CMLearth.com, a Web site for those afflicted by the disease.
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Agassi opens up about his life, tennis and new book
USA Today - Mon Nov 9, 3:56 pm ETFor a life lived in the public eye, Andre Agassi kept his tormented soul out of the limelight. But in his new autobiography, Open, the onetime "haircut and a forehand" who became the sport's pre-eminent ambassador on and off the court turns the microscope on himself, detailing in revealing and often excruciating detail his struggle to reconcile his gift for striking balls with a life foisted ...
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Swine flu vaccines coming Wednesday
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Tue Nov 10, 3:47 am ETSeasonal flu vaccines also planned for five-county region
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WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 3:39 pm ETIn its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
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In Brief - 11/10/09
Cumberland Times-News - Mon Nov 9, 10:58 pm ETCUMBERLAND — Allegany County Utilities Division personnel will flush fire hydrants in the following water districts. • This week: Grahamtown/Wrights Crossing, Upper/ Lower Consol, state Route 36 and Vale Summit.
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Fears of sex worker HIV explosion at World Cup
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Experts fear AIDS epidemic in Russia
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San Francisco: HIV drug study needs volunteers with dark hair (AEGiS)
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Thailand: HIV-positive mums to get drug boost: Trials Show New Regimen Saves Money, Reduces Mother-To-Child Transmission (AEGiS)
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CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update 11/09/2009 (AEGiS)
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial of CTP-518, Protease Inhibitor for Treatment of HIV (AEGiS.org)
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Another Kind of AIDS Crisis (AEGiS.org)
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