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New hope for HIV vaccine efforts
By Helen Briggs
Health reporter, BBC News
US researchers say they are a step closer to understanding why some people have natural protection against HIV.
They believe rare individuals who progress very slowly to Aids when infected make white blood cells that are better at fighting the virus.
The findings, published in Nature, may help international efforts to design an effective Aids vaccine.
But the research team at MIT and Harvard says any such vaccine is at least a decade away.
The findings relate to so-called "elite controllers" - a small number of people who, when exposed to HIV, progress very slowly to Aids or never develop it at all.
" It shows another piece in the puzzle of what we want a vaccine to do "
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Insurance scheme for HIV/AIDS patients
Supriya Shelar
Thursday, May 06, 2010 AT 12:00 AM (IST)PUNE: Here is a good news offering some relief for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). A unique health insurance scheme for PLHA in Maharashtra has successfully completed a year, in partnership with Network of Maharashtra by PLHA (NMP+), Population Services International (PSI)- a NGO and insurance company Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI).
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HIV Information
Dear Doctor, I have some doubt of hiv , i had sex with a lady about 7 months and because of hiv fear i had take a tridot test after 4 months and after 6 months also, both are negative and , some one said tridot is outdated and then i took an elisa also from a lab after 7 months ,it is also negative, but they put a remark that "its a screening test and it has to confirm with WB Test" this make me more confuse ,pls advise me , what is the window period and about the test. -
AIDS Programs Hit Setbacks in Africa
One year ago, Obama unveiled a new $63 billion global health initiative. So why are advocacy groups raising the alarm about HIV treatment shortage?
By Katie Paul, Newsweek, April 27, 2010
Peter Mugyenyi runs the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC), one of the most successful AIDS-treatment providers in Uganda. Back in 2003, he went to Washington on a day's notice to help the Bush administration draft its plan for what would become PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the most ambitious public-health initiative ever to tackle the AIDS crisis, then sat beside Laura Bush at the State of the Union address when the program was announced. In the years since, he has been applauded when he exceeded his enrollment targets.
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China lifts travel restrictions for HIV carriers
China has lifted a law which banned foreigners who have HIV and Aids ffrom entering the country.
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“HIV test”
Dear Madam,I had sexual encounter before few days and I want to test myself for HIV. Please guide me from where I can do it. There are few more questions to ask? Thanks
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Hello,
If you had a sexual …
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SC quashes ‘pre-marital sex’ cases against Khushboo
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed 22 criminal cases filed against South Indian actress Khushboo for her remarks in various magazines allegedly endorsing pre-marital sex.
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Sarwan bats for HIV awareness
Ramnaresh Sarwan has joined forces with Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara and Virender Sehwag to promote awareness and understanding of HIV at the World Twenty20.
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Our families have been supportive
By Vishakha Sharma
Posted On Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 12:00:50 AMWorking around HIV-infected patients isn't easy, but nurses at Sassoon General Hospital are keeping up the good work
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