This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) released new HIV incidence data. The CDC released its 2007 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report and the NYC DOHMH released its semiannual HIV Epidemiology & Fields Services report.
The surveillance data from the CDC indicate that among people newly diagnosed with HIV or AIDS in 2007, men who have sex with men (MSM) accounted Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the United States, African American men and women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases noted in a statement issued to coincide with the 9th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7.
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, African Americans make up 12 percent of the U.S. population but account Read the rest of this entry »

reports that Phillip Terrence Ragon will announce the gift to Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday.
The hospital will get $10 million a year for the next decade to bring together doctors, engineers and biologists from Massachusetts General as well as other research institutions, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The 59-year-old Ragon is the founder and sole owner of InterSystems Corp., a company Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government and the richest
charity are offering bounties to a new wave of scientists to
wipe out HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and is one of the
world’s biggest killers.
Frustrated by one failure after another, the U.S. is asking
scientists to outline a major program to find a cure for HIV,
while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is offering
grants of $100,000 for researchers working on ways to drive Read the rest of this entry »

The December alert, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warned consumers not to purchase or consume 25 products claiming weight loss benefits. Of the 25 products listed in the warning, many are manufactured in or contain ingredients from China or Japan and not deemed compliant with U.S. standards. However, there are many weight management products sold over-the-counter that are compliant and clinically shown to work.
Wayne, NJ (
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12:00 AM CST on Monday, December 22, 2008
The number of Dallas County residents living with HIV and AIDS has steadily increased during the past five years.
But county health workers still are not allowed to distribute condoms in high-risk neighborhoods because of a controversial Commissioners Court policy passed 13 years ago.
At least two court members, however, are hoping to reverse that policy.
“I can’t continue to join the ostrich head-in-the-sand Read the rest of this entry »

Published Date: November 29, 2008
(Message from Dr Rashed Al-Owaish, Director, Department of Public Health
National AIDS Program Manager, Ministry of Health)
Welcome to World AIDS Day – the international day of action on HIV/AIDS which takes place every year on Dec 1. The World AIDS Campaign connects and strengthens AIDS campaigns from around the world. Leadership is the theme for World AIDS Day 2008, promoted with the global campaign slogan, Read the rest of this entry »

Human rights organizations, health groups and some foreign governments have united in condemning Senegal for imprisoning nine local
activists.
, tried in two weeks and sentenced to eight years in prison for “unnatural acts” and “belonging to a criminal association.” Their group, AIDES Senegal, gave
and counseling to gay men.
said the men were beaten in detention.
The arrests and harsh sentences came as a surprise Read the rest of this entry »

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA –
Editors Note: A photo is included with this press release.
Vancouver-based circumcision and vasectomy surgeon, Dr. Neil Pollock, recently returned from a 10 day mission to sub-Saharan Africa where he taught Rwandan doctors proper infant circumcision technique to help them stem the spread of AIDS in the region. Dr. Pollock travelled as part of a team assembled by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and their Read the rest of this entry »

South Carolina has the ninth-highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the nation, but 25 percent of those infected don’t realize they carry the virus, Beaufort health care providers say.
Getting that 25 percent into a clinic for diagnosis and treatment is the goal of eight Lowcountry medical school students who are launching a local HIV/AIDS awareness program as part of Monday’s World AIDS Awareness Day.
Their long-term objective, according to student Derek Read the rest of this entry »