VIA THE GAZETTE: County health officials and the University of Maryland, College Park’s School of Public Health launched an outreach effort Tuesday at the University of Maryland, College Park that they hope will address high rates of HIV, AIDS and other health ailments in Prince George’s County. The university’s new Prevention Research Center will team […]
VIA YAHOO NEWS: BANGKOK – For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible. The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by […]
The William J. Clinton Foundation and two drug manufacturers have announced plans to reduce the cost of HIV/AIDS treatments for developing nations. Former President Bill Clinton has announced drugmakers Pfizer and Matrix Labs will substantially reduce the cost of four, second-line antiretroviral therapies. The price cuts will save a combined 400-million dollars over the next […]
(Washington, DC) — District officials are expected to release details of a new report which shows some improvements in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the city. The report, compiled by the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, gives the District high marks for increasing testing and funding for free condom programs, but […]
(Baltimore, MD) — Several Baltimore faith-based groups are banding together in the fight against the HIV virus and AIDS. Eleven churches across the city became testing sites where more than 40 trained volunteers administered swab tests. The goal was to test one-thousand people. It’s called Project Shalem because Shalem means “peace” or “a safe place” […]
Did you know that 1 in 32 black women will be infected with HIV in their lifetimes, if current trends continue? Did you know…?…
