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05/02/08

AUSTRALIA:  New Immune Treatment May Control AIDS Virus

05/02/08

UNITED KINGDOM:  Cases of Drug-Resistant TB Have Doubled, Study Shows

05/01/08

CALIFORNIA:  AIDS Housing Alliance Faces Cuts

04/30/08

GLOBAL:  Global Warming Set to Fan the HIV Fire: Expert

04/28/08

UNITED STATES:  Study Shows Promising New Approach to Thwart HIV

04/28/08

UNITED STATES:  Study Links HPV to Lung Cancer

04/26/08

Egypt Film Stars Seek to Shatter Stigma of AIDS

04/25/08

UK: HIV Patients May Not Need Regular Lab Tests While Taking Antiretroviral Drugs, Study Says

4/24/08

US Funding of Abstinence-Only Programs Debated

4/21/08

UNITED STATES: Pap Smears Still Needed, More Interest in New Tests, Too

04/16/08

UNITED STATES:  Co-Payments Go Way Up for Drugs with High Costs

04/16/08

GLOBAL:  Researchers Join Forces for AIDS Vaccine

04/16/08

CHINA:  Hepatitis B Tied to Bile Duct Cancer Outside Liver

04/16/08

MINNESOTA:  Number of State HIV Cases Highest Since ‘95

04/14/08

UNITED STATES:  Los Alamos Lab Suggests HIV Spreads Faster than Thought

04/10/08

Marked Rise in Hepatitis C-Related Deaths Seen in United States

04/10/08

UNITED STATES:  The State of ADAP

04/09/08

Egyptian Court Sends Five Men to Prison for Homosexual Acts in Case Condemned by Rights Group

04/06/08

ILLINOIS:  For Children with HIV, Growing Up Is a New ‘Frontier’

04/05/08

UNITED STATES:  The STD Scare for Teens

04/04/08

CALIFORNIA:  Desert AIDS Project: Sessions Offer Help to Older Gay Men

04/03/08

House Votes to Continue and Expand President’s Global Effort Against AIDS

04/01/08

US Lawmakers Consider Proposals to Curb Rape as Weapon of War

03/26/08

UNITED STATES:  Rethinking Is Urged on a Vaccine for AIDS

03/25/08

NEW YORK:  Targeting Sex Diseases Among Teens

03/24/08

Mississippi Tuberculosis Rate Surges Past National Average

03/23/08

UNITED STATES:  Ban on Travelers with HIV into US Reviewed

03/20/08

SOUTH AFRICA:  Some People May Transmit Weaker AIDS Virus: Study

03/19/08

Gilead Sciences Receives European Regulatory Recommendation for Viread as Hepatitis

03/19/08

US Government Agrees to Consider Approving Gardasil Use by Women Up to Age 45

03/19/08

Lack of Labs Fueling Spread of Resistant TB in Asia: World Health Organization

03/18/08

UNITED STATES:  Factors Behind Head and Neck Cancer Revealed

03/17/08

GLOBAL:  WHO Warns More TB Cases Slipping Through Detection Net

03/17/08

UNITED STATES:  Doctor Training Urged to Fight Syphilis Spread

03/15/08

Chlamydia Trachomatis Reinfection Rates Among Female Adolescents Seeking Rescreening

03/15/08

NEVADA:  Inspectors Cite Two More Surgery Centers

03/14/08

CANADA: Taking Hepatitis B Drug with Interferon Potentially Dangerous: Health Canada

03/14/08

CALIFORNIA:  Anti-Meth Campaign Aimed at Gay Men

03/13/08

FLORIDA:  Area Officials Hope STD Study Raises Awareness

03/13/08

TEXAS:  Parents, Health Officials in Dallas County Alarmed by STD Report

03/12/08

UNITED STATES:  CDC Reports Syphilis Cases Up for 7th Straight Year

03/11/08

UNITED STATES:  1 in 4 US Teen Girls Has Sexually Transmitted Disease

03/11/08

UNITED STATES:  Gay-Rights Activists See Chance to Repeal HIV Travel Restrictions

03/10/08

UNITED STATES:  Glaxo Says Data Show Cervarix Vaccine Works Against Cancer-Causing HPV Strains in W

03/08/08

Nevada to Cite More Surgery Clinics for Unsafe Practices in Hepatitis C Investigation

03/07/08

UNAIDS Calls for Lifting of HIV-Related Travel Restrictions

03/06/08

NEVADA:  Inspections Prompted by Hepatitis C Outbreak Find More Violations

02/28/08

GLOBAL:  Pact Would Give Global AIDS Fight Triple the Money

02/28/08

FRANCE:  Insulin Resistance Tied to Hepatitis C Infection

02/26/08

Drug-Resistant TB Seen at Record Levels Globally

02/25/08

FINLAND:  Vitamin E Use May Raise Tuberculosis Risk in Heavy Smokers

02/24/08

AFRICA:  HIV Fight Boosts Circumcisions

02/22/08

UNITED STATES:  New Therapy Helps Boost Immune System of HIV Patients

02/21/08

China Launches First Anti-AIDS Drive for Gay Men: State Media

02/20/08

SOUTH AFRICA:  Budget Provides for Increase in AIDS Funding for Medicines

02/19/08

SOUTH AFRICA:  African Trial of HIV Drug Disappoints

02/19/08

NEW YORK: Wanted: Multiuse Vial Rule

02/19/08

MASSACHUSETTS:  Court: MassHealth Must Consider Payment for HIV-Related Surgery

02/17/08

Bush to Congress: ‘Stop the Squabbling,’ Renew AIDS Relief Program Without Changes

02/15/08

State Department Drops Ban on HIV-Positive Diplomats After Pressure from Lawsuit

02/14/08

CANADA: Now You Can Email a Sexual Partner to Warn of Exposure to Infection

02/12/08

NEW YORK: Dental Clinic Specializes in HIV/AIDS Patients, Cuts Out Fear of Seeing Dentist

02/11/08

UNITED STATES:  Scientists Find New Receptor for HIV

02/07/08

AUSTRIA: More Trial Data Back Merck’s Cervical Cancer Shot

02/07/08

UGANDA:  AIDS Vaccine Not on Horizon, but Drugs Offer Hope

02/07/08

Civil Rights Groups, Others Seek End to Ban on US Federal Funding for Needle Exchange

02/06/08

GLOBAL:  Vaccine Research Going Back to Square One

02/05/08

TB Eradication in the US by 2010 Unlikely: Survey

02/05/08

HIV Infections on the Rise in Sweden: Officials

02/04/08

UGANDA:  Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study

02/02/08

UNITED STATES:  HPV Causing More Oral Cancer in Men

02/02/08

MARYLAND:  New Sex Education Lessons Can Stay in Schools

02/01/08

GLOBAL:  Health Agencies Stick to Condom Advice After Swiss AIDS Study

02/01/08

CDC Underscores Current Recommendation for Preventing HIV Transmission

02/01/08

Factors Associated with HIV Seroconversion in Gay Men in England at the Start of the 21st Century

01/31/08

NEW YORK:  State Health Commissioner Calls on FDA to Ban Multidose Vials After Hepatitis C Incident

01/31/08

NEW YORK:  Hepatitis Victim Sues State in Delayed Warning

01/30/08

GLOBAL:  Pfizer Seeks to Prevent HIV

01/30/08

CANADA:  Announcement a ‘Huge Step’ in Cancer Prevention

01/30/08

KENYA:  Health Experts Fear HIV Crisis for Uprooted Kenyans

01/29/08

UNITED STATES:  Under 1 Percent of US Adults Have HIV: Report

01/28/08

AUSTRALIA:  Vitamin D May Help Fight Tuberculosis, Study Finds

01/20/08

UNITED STATES:  After Linking New Strain of Staph to Gay Men, University Scrambles to Clarify

01/19/08

UNITED STATES:  FDA Clears New Johnson & Johnson HIV Drug

01/17/08

CALIFORNIA:  Governor Proposes $11 Million Cut to HIV/AIDS Programs

01/16/08

Botswana Confirms First Cases of Extremely Drug-Resistant TB

01/15/08

UNITED STATES:  New Bacteria Strain Is Striking Gay Men

01/15/08

UNITED STATES:  New Study Blames Columbus for Syphilis Spread

01/13/08

UNITED STATES:  High HPV Rate Seen Even Among Girls Who Had Just One Sex Partner

01/11/08

UNITED STATES:  HIV Research Opens Up Potential Targets for Drugs

01/08/08

UGANDA:  Circumcision ‘Does Not Curb Sex’

01/08/08

UNITED STATES:  Teen Voices of AIDS

01/07/08

NEW YORK:  Examining Bathhouse Policy, NYC Says HIV Infections Up

01/02/08

NEW YORK:  As New HIV Cases Drop Overall, a Worrying Rise Among Young Gay Men

12/31/07

UNITED STATES:  Fliers Sought After Tuberculosis Scare

12/29/07

WEST VIRGINIA:  TB Diagnosis Prompts Testing of Hospital Staff, Patients

12/28/07

CALIFORNIA:  Woman Back from India Has Difficult-to-Treat Strain of TB

12/27/07

FLORIDA:  Federal Grants to Help Combat AIDS

12/27/07

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  Federal Bill Clears Way for D.C. to Fund Needle Exchange

12/26/07

ARIZONA:  Arizona Declares Syphilis Crisis Among Gay Men

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TRANSMISSION

Trannsmission, Diagnosis and the HIV Epidemic

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PROGRESSION

Pathogenesis and Progression of HIV Disease.

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MANAGEMENT

Treatment, Resistance and Management of HIV/AIDS

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COMPLICATIONS

Complications and Comorbidities

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COINFECTIONS

Coinfections and Opportunistic Infections

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