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Advocates Hail AIDS Drug but Worry About Cost

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 24) -- AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for preventing the disease's spread. But they caution that no drug alone can address the social factors blamed for the persistence of the epidemic. And they say concerns remain about who will pay for...

World Debates Pope's Remarks on Condoms

GENEVA (Nov. 21) -- The pope's positive comments about condom use by male prostitutes will help fight the AIDS crisis, health groups said Sunday, although they cautioned that his remarks fell short of declaring condoms an acceptable method of disease prevention for all. Speaking to a German journalist whose book was...

UN Report: Repressive Laws Increasing AIDS Risk in Asia

UNITED NATIONS (July 21) -- Repressive laws and social barriers are blocking vital AIDS-prevention efforts for homosexuals and transgender people in Asia, which has some of the fastest-growing rates of HIV in the world, according to the United Nations. A new report released by the U.N. today warned that unless prevention...

UN Report: AIDS Spreading Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

(July 20) -- AIDS is spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, especially among marginalized youth, according to warnings from United Nations advocates at this week's International HIV/AIDS Conference in Vienna. Rates of HIV in the region, which includes Russia and Georgia, have been climbing for much of the past...

UN Outlines 'Treatment 2.0' to Prevent AIDS Deaths

UNITED NATIONS (July 13) -- The United Nations' AIDS agency today pushed for a simplified HIV treatment plan, called Treatment 2.0, which it says could prevent 10 million AIDS-related deaths by 2025. A report released in Geneva by UNAIDS revealed that HIV prevalence among young people has declined by more than 25 percent...

Background on AIDS prevention

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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