Tag: AIDS
Bill Gates pledges $750 million to troubled AIDS fund
by on Jan.26, 2012, under Health and Fitness
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives. "These are tough econom…
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AIDS killed 28,000 in China in 2011, study says
by on Jan.21, 2012, under Health and Fitness
AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.
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Children with HIV in Asia suffer resistance to AIDS drugs
by on Dec.01, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming resistant to AIDS drugs, an anti-AIDS group said on Thursday, urging more attention be given to young HIV patients.
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Funding crunch puts progress on AIDS at risk
by on Nov.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday.
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UN: AIDS epidemic stabilizing, still work to do
by on Nov.21, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The AIDS epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus that causes it has remained unchanged since 2007, the United Nations said in a report Monday.
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Aurobindo uses patent pool for generic AIDS drugs
by on Oct.11, 2011, under Health and Fitness
India's Aurobindo Pharma has become the first major generic drugmaker to join a patent pool designed to make HIV/AIDS treatments more widely available to the poor, paving the way for it to sell cheap medicines in many countries.
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Life expectancy rises with AIDS therapy in Uganda
by on Jul.22, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Ugandan HIV and AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral "cocktail" therapy can expect to live nearly as long as their compatriots who don't have HIV, a new study finds.
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Major AIDS forum gets down to work amid surge of good news
by on Jul.17, 2011, under Health and Fitness
A global medical forum on AIDS got down to business on Sunday for four days of debate on powerful new weapons to combat a pandemic that in 30 years has claimed as many lives as a World War.
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Philippines warns against geckos as AIDS treatment
by on Jul.15, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The Philippines warned Friday against using geckos to treat AIDS and impotence, saying the folkloric practice in parts of Asia may put patients at risk.
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Gilead kickstarts patent pool for AIDS drugs
by on Jul.12, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Gilead Sciences, the leading maker of HIV drugs, is to share intellectual property rights on its medicines in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available to the poor.
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