Better communication is needed around HIV vaccine trials to ensure those in at-risk communities understand the process and continue to participate, according to a new University of Toronto study. The study - published in the September edition of the American Journal of Public Health - centred...
The Terrence Higgins Trust is launching Tacking the Spread of HIV in the UK, with HIV being diagnosed in approximately 7,000 individuals in the UK each year, and the costs of lifetime treatment rising to an additional £1 billion each year, the plan is designed to reduce HIV transmission and the...
Rates of HIV have increased in Pakistan's general population, as the virus has spread beyond at-risk groups to women and their children, according to an international team of researchers, including a University of Florida scientist. The researchers raise concern that the transmission across...
1 in 3 meth users reports sex with an HIV-infected person A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere shows that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with men (MSM), a group that includes openly gay and bisexual...
New University of Cincinnati (UC) research on HIV testing at local emergency departments shows that hospitals miss opportunities to diagnose patients who do not know they are infected with HIV, even when a regular testing program is in place. The study is part of a special supplement to the July...
Scientists at Osel Inc. and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have developed a new way to prevent HIV infection by genetically enhancing the ability of naturally occurring vaginal bacteria to block viral transmission. Bioengineered bacteria introduced into the vaginal cavity of macaques a...
With increasing numbers of people worldwide - 5 million in 2010 - on antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV, the International Forum for Collaborative HIV Research recommends that improved and sustained global drug safety monitoring, including monitoring for substandard products, drug...
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that novel data from a preclinical study of its SynCon™ DNA vaccine against HIV were published in two separate scientific...
Thirty years ago yesterday, "the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMR) published a report of five young men with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia who were treated at three different hospitals in Los Angeles, California." (see This Blog Post for details). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
So I was diagnosed HIV+ about two months ago and I've been handling it pretty well. Emotionally I've accepted it and am intergrating it into my daily life, and most of my friends and family now know. The anxiety has eased off and I'm feeling like myself again. That being said, and me feeling...
I am so worried that I may have contracted Hiv from a dude i work with, i shared a cig with him, but i only puffed on it with him like twice, but spit all the saliva from my mouth, and chewed gum cause it was gross. i had dental work done to get rid of an abscess and the thing had healed...
...that contained period blood.. ? This is the story I recently had protected sex with a female unprotected oral/ and protected intercourse..after we had sex i noticed blood stains on my shirt and on the condom .I shaved my srotum the day before and had little cuts could hiv possibily be...
...that contained period blood.. ? This is the story I recently had protected sex with a female unprotected oral/ and protected intercourse..after we had sex i noticed blood stains on my shirt and on the condom .I shaved my srotum the day before and had little cuts could hiv possibily be...
There's an ongoing rumor in my town about HIV infected people who prick their fingers with a needle and draw their blood in a cold water for you to drink. Could you really get HIV from that?
22 y/o female in Virginia. Taken advantage of during a night of drinking about 9 months ago. I got tested for HIV at 4 1/2 months and 6 months with an HIV 1/2 AB test. All negative. Confronted co-worker about him taking advantage of me. He showed me his HIV test results. It was mailed in...
Ok this came up in conversation the other day.
My sister has a friend who is gay, and is convinced he isn't allowed to give blood because of it.
I had heard the same thing, but also at some point heard that was a myth.
So the questions are, can gay guys give blood? If not, it's presumably...
U.N. Issues $51M For Sri Lankans Affected By Floods; Sri Lankan Government Says Agricultural, Nutrition, Sanitation Among Needs Priority Needs For Country The U.N. on Wednesday issued an appeal of $51 million "to meet the urgent needs of more than one million people affected by recent...
On December 17, Science Magazine recognized a promising HIV study as one of the top ten achievements of 2010. The groundbreaking research provided the first-ever proof of concept that a microbicide can effectively and safely reduce HIV transmission in women. Ninety percent of the study was...
Government Agencies In The Philippines Sign Sanitation Agreement To Expand Clean Water Access Filipino Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, Health Secretary Enrique Ona, and National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary General Jose Eliseo Rocamora signed an agreement to...
An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The researchers found that screening high-risk...