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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...

Obama to Unveil New Plan for Combatting HIV, AIDS

WASHINGTON (July 13) -- President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination. The strategy calls for reducing the rate of new HIV infections by...

Discovery Helps Researchers Close In on HIV Vaccine

(July 8) -- American scientists are touting a major stride toward a vaccine that can ward off HIV, after finding two key proteins that neutralize 91 percent of the virus' 190 strains. The team of researchers with the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center hopes the antibody discovery can spur successful...

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Richard Wiese: Meeting A Survivor On Everest (PHOTOS)

You would think that after trekking for almost a month in the high Himalaya, it would be the mountains that I would remember most, but when I look back on that expedition in 2007, it's not the sea of snow-capped peaks or even the massive beauty of Everest itself that comes to mind.

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Glow-In-The-Dark Cats Help With AIDS Research

Scientists are making strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and the latest involves â¦ glow-in-the-dark cats.

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05/18/12 AIDS researchers sideline women Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA At any one time, hundreds of clinical trials are underway in the U.S. to test simpler and more effective ways to treat and prevent HIV infection, which afflicts more than 1 million people in this country.

Background on aids research

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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