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Klitschko-Chagaev fight on, hepatitis B no threat
World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko will fight Ruslan Chagaev as planned on Saturday as the challenger’s hepatitis B virus poses no health threat, health officials said on Friday. “Infection doesn’t mean illness. According to international expert opinions Ruslan Chagaev is regarded as non-infectious.” “The risk of infecting officials and visitors is beyond minimal,” Gelsenkirchen health […]
HIV Antibody Tests Unreliable for Early Infections in Teens
All too often, teenagers are going to their doctor’s office with flu-like symptoms, aches and pains, etc.- having some routine blood work done – and when everything comes back negative they are sent home with no-questions-asked. A few weeks later (symptoms still persistent) the teens return to have more blood work. This time the HIV […]
Gel for Safer Sex Shows Promise for Herpes Sufferers
Doctors at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have tested a gel that when applied topically in the vagina, may help prevent infection by both H.I.V. and herpes simplex virus. The effectiveness of the gel, called PRO 2000 and made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals, was shown in a pilot study of 20 H.I.V.-infected women. The study […]
Porn industry clinic takes anti-HIV steps
The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, reacting to a case disclosed last week, says it’s increasing database controls and urging producers to not accept paper test results from performers. In an effort to prevent the possible spread of HIV in the adult film industry, the San Fernando Valley-based health clinic that serves the porn industry […]
HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates
The 2009 Global TB control report reveals that one out of four TB deaths is HIV-related, twice as many as previously recognized. In 2007, there were an estimated 1.37 million new cases of tuberculosis among HIV-infected people and 456 000 deaths. “These findings point to an urgent need to find, prevent and treat tuberculosis in […]
Porn actress tests positive for HIV
An actress who works in Southern California’s pornography industry has tested positive for HIV, renewing county and state health officials’ concerns that the adult entertainment industry lacks sufficient safety measures to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Jonathan Fielding, health officer for Los Angeles County, said Wednesday that his office […]
Obama Seeks a Global Health Plan Broader Than Bush’s AIDS Effort
President Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to spend $63 billion over the next six years on a new, broader global health strategy that would reshape one of the signature foreign policy efforts of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Mr. Bush made combating global AIDS a centerpiece of his foreign agenda. The program he created — […]
Mothers Helping Mothers Stop HIV
Mothers2Mothers program aims to prevent AIDS virus transmission to infants. At the World Economic Forum on Africa, the impact of HIV/AIDS on African countries is being addressed. The forum has honored one program that helps prevent mother-to-child transmission and turns stigmatized women into role models. By giving the Mothers2Mothers program the Schwab Award, Falk says […]
Porn Industry Hit With 16 Confirmed HIV Cases
Los Angeles County health officials say there have been 16 previously unpublicized confirmed cases of HIV in adult film industry performers since 2004 when an outbreak shut down porn production for a month. The newly released data brings the number of known HIV cases in adult film performers to 22 since 2004, including a porn […]
GLOBAL UPDATE; Parasites: Giving a Deworming Drug to Girls Could Cut H.I.V. Transmission in Africa
Schistosomiasis is a worm disease that primarily exists within rural Africa. The worms typically infect humans who are swimming or washing in snail-infested waters by leaving the snails and burrowing into the skin. The disease starts as a urinary tract infection, but if left untreated it can lead to genital sores. These sores provide an […]
