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Experimental drug blocks HIV in lab study, human tests planned
NEW YORK — Can an experimental drug developed to treat epilepsy block the AIDS virus? A preliminary lab study suggests it’s possible, and researchers are eager to try it in people.
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Mich. governor condemns GOP leader’s remark that gays are dying of AIDS
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan has condemned GOP National Committee member Dave Agema’s statement that gay people are seeking health insurance for same-sex partners because they are dying of AIDS and want free medical care.
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Mich. RNC member says gays want free healthcare because they’re dying of AIDS
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan member of the Republican National Committee said Thursday that gays want free healthcare because they are dying of AIDS.
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Obama announces $100 million HIV research initiative
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV.
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World AIDS Day 2013: Presidential Proclamation
Each year on World AIDS Day, we come together as a global community to fight a devastating pandemic. We remember the friends and loved ones we have lost, stand with the estimated 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and renew our commitment to preventing the spread of this virus at home and abroad…
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World AIDS Day 2013: For the countless many, gone too soon
Thirty-two years ago, on June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as “homosexuals” — two had died. This was the first official mention of a disease […]
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World Health Organization apologizes for claiming HIV cases were deliberate
LONDON — The World Health Organization has apologized for a claiming in a September report that half of the new HIV cases in Greece were acquired deliberately by people trying to claim government benefits.
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Obama signs bill lifting research ban on HIV organ transplants
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on research into the possibility of transplanting organs from one HIV-positive person to another.
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U.S. Senate approves extension of program to combat AIDS
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has approved an extension of a program established by former President George W. Bush to fight AIDS worldwide.
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Former student charged with exposing two other students to HIV
BROOKINGS, S.D. — A former South Dakota State University student is accused of intentionally exposing two other students to the virus that causes AIDS.