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African Leader in AIDS Fight Wins $5 Million Prize
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Festus Gontebanye Mogae has received a prize worth more than $5 million that recognizes good governance in Africa.October 20, 2008
Circumcision Benefit In AIDS Is Divided
By REUTERS
There is not enough evidence to show that circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS in sex between men, researchers are reporting, even though previous studies in Africa have shown its pronounced benefit in reducing AIDS from heterosexual sex. ''Over all, we're not finding a protective effect associated with circumcision for gay and bisexual men,'' said Gregorio A. Millett of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the lead author of a report that appears Wednesday in The Journal of the Ame... October 8, 2008
Discoverers of AIDS and Cancer Viruses Win Nobel
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to three European scientists who had discovered viruses behind two devastating illnesses, AIDS and cervical cancer. Half of the award will be shared by two French virologists, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, 61, and Luc A. Montagnier, 76, for discovering H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Conspicuously omitted was Dr. Robert C. Gallo, an American virologist who vied with the French team in a long, often acrimonious dispute over credit for the discovery ... October 7, 2008
H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR
Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country’s original high-risk groups and the virus has spread to all provinces.October 7, 2008
More on AIDS and: MEDICINE AND HEALTH, CHINA
Detailed Study on Spread of H.I.V. in U.S.
By GARDINER HARRIS
A study of people newly infected with H.I.V. has confirmed that the majority of new cases occur among gay and bisexual men and that blacks are most at risk.September 12, 2008
More on AIDS and: BLACKS, HOMOSEXUALITY, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
RWANDA; Orphaned by Genocide and AIDS, A Generation Poor and Depressed
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
Rwanda, a country that suffered 100 days of tribal genocide in 1994 and has also been hit hard by the AIDS epidemic, is believed to have the highest percentage of orphans in the world. Now a survey finds that depression is alarmingly common among teenage and young adult orphans there who head households and care for younger children.September 9, 2008
H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at Three Times the National Rate, a Study Finds
By SEWELL CHAN
The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally.August 28, 2008
More on AIDS and: NEW YORK CITY
Teenagers Changing Sexual Behavior
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Compared with their peers in 1991, high school students today are less likely to be sexually active, and when they are, more likely to use condoms.August 26, 2008
More on AIDS and: SEX, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, CONDOMS, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Foreclosures Mean Crises for H.I.V. Positive Renters
By APRIL DEMBOSKY
At least 50 H.I.V.-positive renters have complained to city housing organizations in the past months of being forced out or threatened with eviction because of foreclosures.August 26, 2008
More on AIDS and: HOUSING, FORECLOSURES, NEW YORK CITY
Lifting the Veil on AIDS in a Mexican Prison
By MARC LACEY
An American organization has set up an AIDS awareness program inside Mexican prisons, since the myths associated with AIDS are pronounced among the prisoners.August 26, 2008
More on AIDS and: SEX, PRISONS AND PRISONERS, MEXICO CITY (MEXICO)
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