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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...

Federal Report: HIV Among US Poor Matches Rates in Developing Countries

(July 19) -- HIV is so pervasive in the poorest urban regions of America that infection rates match those of developing countries, where the condition is endemic among the general population. That's the startling conclusion of a new report, commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and presented at...

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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12/22/11 The Center on Halsted will be increasing its... Source: Windy City News - Chicago IL The Center on Halsted will be increasing its HIV-prevention services in 2012.
12/21/11 AIDS: Center awarded city HIV grant Source: Windy City News - Chicago IL The Center on Halsted will be increasing its HIV-prevention services in 2012.
07/25/11 Philly Nonprofit Unveils HIV-Prevention Campaign... Source: Philadelphia Weekly - Philadelphia PA HIV-prevention campaigns have been largely dominated by scare tactics that make sex appear dangerous.
06/13/11 25,000 undergo `cut` in HIV/Aids prevention drive Source: IPP Media Via Guardian At least 25,000 men underwent circumcision in Iringa â a region with the highest HIV prevalence in Tanzania â under a special campaign to prevent transmission of HIV/Aids implemented by the government with the financial support from the USAID.