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Plans for large-scale AIDS vaccine trial dropped

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:49:19 +0000

Plans for a large-scale trial of a potential AIDS vaccine are being dropped in favor of a smaller, more focused study, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.

How they voted: Senate roll call on AIDS bill

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:21:16 +0000

The 80-16 roll call by which the Senate on Wednesday approved spending $48 billion over the next five years to treat and prevent the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa and elsewhere around the...

Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:07:26 +0000

The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and...

Senate passes $48B global AIDS relief bill

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:05:27 +0000

The Senate has approved spending $48 billion over the next five years to treat and prevent the spread of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa and elsewhere around the...

Senate nears vote to triple anti-AIDS funding

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:49:05 +0000

The Senate on Wednesday diverted $2 billion from a $50 billion global AIDS bill to improve the lives of American Indians.

US ban on visitors with HIV could end soon

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:23:42 +0000

A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the...

Protect yourself while exploring - the AIDS illustration

Arpita Mukherjee — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:44:22 +0000

Every adult resident of this world have been taught the importance of safe sex in preventing AIDS. The French ad agency TBWA has come up with an interesting advert as a part of the AIDS prevention campaign. The colorful illustration creates...

G-8 discusses system to follow-up on aid pledges

AP — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:59:02 +0000

An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only $3 billion of the additional $25 billion promised for Africa for everything from AIDS drugs to training...

Lifestyle diseases a greater threat than AIDS to Indians?

Leena Komarraju — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:34:15 +0000

LIFESTYLE DISEASES pose a greater threat to ordinary Indians than even HIV/AIDS, according to renowned cardiologist Dr R.R. Kasliwal. Quoting a Lancet report, he warned India would account for 60 per cent of the world’s cardiovascular...

The AIDS Mafia and “The Wisdom of Whores”

Grace — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:42:52 +0000

The way the international community, national governments, NGOS, and AIDS activists have dealt with the epidemic has been frustrating. Enormous amounts of money have been spent but in the wrong places with the wrong...