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The 'Big Apple' - not the place to be sassy and single!

According to official statistics, living in New York City is risky in more ways than one.

11 Jun 2008

Horse industry let off the hook over horse flu debt

The horse industry in Australia has been let off the hook over last year's equine influenza (EI) outbreak.

11 Jun 2008

Few HIV-positive people receiving antiretrovirals in Mozambique despite no-cost treatment program

Few HIV-positive people in Mozambique are coming forward to receive no-cost antiretroviral drugs despite a government program that provides access to the medications, Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido said recently at a news conference, Reuters reports.

11 Jun 2008

Washington Post examines Jamaican campaign to address HIV/AIDS stigma

The Washington Post on Sunday examined an HIV/AIDS campaign launched last year in Jamaica that aims to "destigmatize" the disease and to teach HIV-positive people the "importance of protecting others" from contracting the virus.

10 Jun 2008

HIV/AIDS implementers' meeting closes in Uganda; participants call for increased prevention efforts

The 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting in Kampala, Uganda, closed on Saturday with participants calling for an increase in efforts to prevent the spread of the virus worldwide, Xinuahnet reports.

10 Jun 2008

Indonesia criticised over change in bird flu reporting policy

A decision by authorities in Indonesia to restrict the reporting of bird flu cases in humans to every six months, has been condemned as irresponsible.

9 Jun 2008

Global Business Coalition to award nine companies for efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria

The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday will award nine companies for their efforts to fight the three diseases among employees, South Africa's Business Day reports. The coalition is a group of 220 companies worldwide that aim to address HIV, TB and malaria in the workplace.

8 Jun 2008

Indian Government to establish small antiretroviral clinics to provide treatment to more people from rural areas

The Indian government plans to establish "link centers," or small antiretroviral clinics, in rural areas to address the challenges associated with accessing the drugs in isolated areas, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, long distances between clinics are hindering the country's efforts to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in rural areas.

8 Jun 2008

Jamaican Health Ministry secures 40% of funding for $200 million plan to fight HIV/AIDS

The Jamaican Ministry of Health and Environment has secured 40% of the funding needed to implement a $200 million, five-year strategy to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, Kevin Harvey -- treatment, care and support coordinator at the health ministry -- said recently, the Jamaica Observer reports.

8 Jun 2008

Role of breastfeeding in preventing infant death, HIV infection in developing countries

In many poor countries, mothers with HIV face a stark choice: to nurse their infants, and risk passing on HIV through their breast milk - or to formula feed, and deprive their infants of much of the natural immunity needed to protect against fatal diseases of early infancy. Now, two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health offer insights into preventing early death and HIV infection among breastfeeding infants of mothers with HIV in these countries.

5 Jun 2008

Bird flu hits the UK and the U.S.

Tests currently being conducted will determine just how virulent the H7 strain is and in the meantime a temporary inner control zone of 3km has been set up around the farm along with a 10km outer zone.

5 Jun 2008

Living condom gives protection from AIDS

Scientists in Australia have developed a natural condom which could prevent the spread of AIDS.

5 Jun 2008

New grant to enable University of Rochester to increase HIV research by 25 percent

The University of Rochester today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a team of more than 50 researchers a five-year, $3.2 million grant.

4 Jun 2008

Cetuximab and chemotherapy combination proves safe, effective for head and neck cancer patients

Patients treated for locally advanced head and neck cancer may respond better to treatment with the addition of cetuximab to chemotherapy, according to a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) phase II study. The results will be presented at the 44th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago as an oral presentation.

2 Jun 2008

Researchers find gene signature profile for metastasis

A common signature of tiny, specific pieces of non-coding genetic material known as microRNAs (miRNAs) may be directly involved in the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.

2 Jun 2008

New Imperial College centre to tackle respiratory infections

Think that colds and flu are easy to catch, hard to avoid and impossible to treat? That nobody ever dies of a cold? That's all wrong, say the medics and scientists at a new research centre which launches today (Monday 2 June).

1 Jun 2008

Self-assembled viruses

Viruses are true experts at importing genetic material into the cells of an infected organism. This trait is now being exploited for gene therapy, in which genes are brought into the cells of a patient to treat genetic diseases or genetic defects. Korean researchers have now made an artificial virus. As described in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they have been able to use it to transport both genes and drugs into the interior of cancer cells.

30 May 2008

Case involving HIV-positive man, saliva illustrates 'long way to go' in efforts to reduce stigma

"In the AIDS field, we often talk about how things were 20 years ago when widespread fear prevailed and knowledge of the virus was minimal," John Samuels -- administrative director of AIDS services at Beth Israel Medical Center -- writes in a New York Times letter to the editor written in response to a recent case involving an HIV-positive man who received a 35-year jail sentence for spitting into the mouth and eye of a Dallas police officer.

28 May 2008

University of Pennsylvania researcher to launch drug trial in Chinese province among IDUs

David Metzger, director of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues plan to launch a trial in China among injection drug users to determine if a drug that reduces the craving for heroin also can reduce the spread of HIV through the sharing of contaminated needles, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

28 May 2008

Risk factors for spread of HIV in Afghanistan high, Health Ministry says

Although the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is relatively low in Afghanistan, the country's Ministry of Public Health recently said that the potential risk factors for the spread of the virus are high, Reuters reports.

28 May 2008

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Latest Virology News and Research

The 'Big Apple' - not the place to be sassy and single!

Horse industry let off the hook over horse flu debt

Few HIV-positive people receiving antiretrovirals in Mozambique despite no-cost treatment program

Washington Post examines Jamaican campaign to address HIV/AIDS stigma

HIV/AIDS implementers' meeting closes in Uganda; participants call for increased prevention efforts

Indonesia criticised over change in bird flu reporting policy

Global Business Coalition to award nine companies for efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria

Indian Government to establish small antiretroviral clinics to provide treatment to more people from rural areas

Jamaican Health Ministry secures 40% of funding for $200 million plan to fight HIV/AIDS

Role of breastfeeding in preventing infant death, HIV infection in developing countries

Bird flu hits the UK and the U.S.

Living condom gives protection from AIDS

New grant to enable University of Rochester to increase HIV research by 25 percent

Cetuximab and chemotherapy combination proves safe, effective for head and neck cancer patients

Researchers find gene signature profile for metastasis

New Imperial College centre to tackle respiratory infections

Self-assembled viruses

Case involving HIV-positive man, saliva illustrates 'long way to go' in efforts to reduce stigma

University of Pennsylvania researcher to launch drug trial in Chinese province among IDUs

Risk factors for spread of HIV in Afghanistan high, Health Ministry says

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