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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Access Health Corporation, America's leading provider of at-home HIV tests, today recognized World Aids Day Saturday by urging individuals at risk for HIV infection to get tested. "World AIDS Day is a reminder that testing saves lives, plain and simple," said Mary Vogt, president of Home Access Health Corp. "The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend...
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L'Oreal USA's Hairdressers Against AIDS announced today a new goal to start one million conversations about HIV testing in 2013. In the U.S., nearly 1.2 Million people have HIV and 1 in 5 don't know it(([i])). The only way to "know your status" is to get tested. Hairdressers Against AIDS, an advocacy program, mobilizes hairdressers and salon professionals to use their voice to educate their clients about HIV/AIDS and help stop the spread....
University of Washington The only way to protect against HIV and unintended pregnancy today is the condom. It's an effective technology, but not appropriate or popular in all situations. A University of Washington team has developed a versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection. The research was published this...
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that JQ1 can reactivate latent HIV and potently suppress inflammation, making it effective against HIV and other inflammatory conditions Breakthrough drugs have made it possible for people to live with HIV longer than ever before, but more work must be done to actually cure the disease. One of the challenges researchers face involves fully eradicating the virus when it is latent in the body. A new report appearing in the...
FHSSA's Online Crowdfunding Site will Raise Awareness and Support ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- December 1 is World AIDS Day, a time of international outreach to raise awareness of the global AIDS pandemic. Nowhere has the magnitude of the pandemic been felt more strongly than in sub-Saharan Africa. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121130/DC21441) UNAIDS offers some statistics on HIV/AIDS in the region that underscores the need: In 2011,...
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of World AIDS Day 2012, the MAC AIDS Fund, recently recognized by Funders Concerned About AIDS as the top U.S.-based corporate philanthropic HIV/AIDS funder, calls on the HIV community to prioritize the most marginalized, underserved populations at the highest risk of infection in the fight against HIV/AIDS. "We're never going to end the AIDS epidemic without focusing on the people the disease is most likely to take advantage of,...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online “The goal of an AIDS-free generation may be ambitious, but it is possible with the knowledge and interventions we have right now. And that is something we’ve never been able to say without qualification before. Imagine what the world will look like when we succeed.” These were the words of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a little over a year ago. Since then, Clinton has worked towards constructing a plan to, one day,...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Obama administration announced that HIV/AIDS will be one of the chronic conditions eligible for enhanced federal reimbursements through Medicaid, garnering strong praise from San Francisco AIDS Foundation and HIV/AIDS leaders around the country. Today's announcement means people living with HIV/AIDS can continue to rely on expert care from HIV specialists who, in turn, will receive enhanced...
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This morning, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the release of a new "blueprint" to guide the U.S. government's landmark global AIDS initiative, PEPFAR. This document is a major milestone in the global effort to achieve an "AIDS-free generation." Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC, issued the following statement in response to Secretary Clinton's announcement: "PEPFAR's blueprint has enormous potential to...
Achieving an AIDS-free generation requires President Obama's leadership and funding commitments from Congress NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the release of "The PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation." Modeling contained in the report shows that by applying the tools and knowledge we have, it is possible to have a generation with no new HIV infections, no AIDS-related deaths and no...
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The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1988 and is currently published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The journal was renamed ‘Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology’ in 1995, and then returned to its original title in 1999. The journal was the official publication of the International Retrovirology Association until 2000. This journal covers aspects of research in HIV/AIDS, including...
AIDS is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published 18 times yearly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London, UK. It was established in 1987 and is the official journal of the International AIDS Society. It covers all aspects of HIV and AIDS research, including basic science, clinical trials, epidemiology, and social science. As of May 2012, the editor-in-chief is Jay A. Levy. AIDS has been cited as the most read journal in its area of science and has the highest impact of all...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), also known as African Green Monkey virus, is a retrovirus able to infect at least 33 species of African primates. SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least 32,000 years, probably longer. Strains from two of these primate species have crossed the barriers into humans resulting in HIV-2 and HIV-1. Contraction involves contact with the blood of chimps that are often hunted for bushmeat in Africa. SIV infections appear in many cases to be...
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) one of seven currently known human cancer virus, is also the eighth human herpesvirus. Kaposi's sarcoma, caused by the virus, is common in AIDS patients, primary effusion lymphoma, and some types of multicentric Castelman's disease. Moritz Kaposi discovered the blood vessel tumor, in 1872, which would eventually be names Kaposi's sarcoma. It was originally though that KS was of Jewish and Mediterranean origins until it was found to be common...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a lentivirus, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) which is a condition in humans were the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Infection is transferred through bodily fluids where HIV is present as both free virus particles and within infected immune cells. The four most common routes of infection are unsafe sex, contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother to her...
