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12/12 REUTERS	ASIAN DANGER	PS	The spread of AIDS in Asia risks rising exponentially unless renewed prevention efforts are undertaken in the next few years, health experts told a regional conference on Saturday.
12/12 REUTERS	VACCINE	S	Scientists are increasingly optimistic that an AIDS vaccine will be available in the next 6 to 10 years, although the first one may not be 100% effective, researchers said on Sunday.
12/12 REUTERS	NEW AIDS DRUG	S	A revolutionary new AIDS drug, which could help thousands of people who fail to respond to conventional therapy, has produced promising results in clinical trials, researchers said on Tuesday.
12/10 REUTERS	TREATMENT HOLIDAY	S	Antiviral HIV drugs may be just as effective, cheaper and less toxic when taken as an on-again, off-again regimen, findings of a small study suggest.
12/10 AP	GARLIC STUDY	S	Garlic supplements, often taken in hopes of lowering cholesterol, can seriously interfere with drugs used to treat the AIDS virus, a new federal study concludes.
11/15 NYTIMES	STRESS	PS	Stress, long thought to play a role in many diseases, appears to be an ally of the AIDS virus in its attack on the immune system, researchers said this week.
11/15 REUTERS	HIGH CONTAGEON	S	HIV may be highly transmissible before an infected person has the first, flu-like symptoms or before HIV tests can pick up the virus
11/15 REUTERS	BRISTOL-MEYERS	S	A new AIDS drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co appears to avoid the fat-in-blood problems experienced by patients taking other similar medicines, a conference was told on Monday.
10/31 TIMES-PICAYUNE	SENEGAL SETS EXAMPLE	SP	While other African heads of state were debating whether HIV causes AIDS or whether the disease would infect anybody other than gay men, the government of Senegal was going about the much more important business of protecting its citizens from the virus.
10/31 THE AGE	5 MILLION MAY DIE	SP	A devastating report on AIDS, suppressed by the South African Government because it identifies the disease as the country's largest killer and predicts millions more deaths.
10/17 REUTERS	S. AFRICA'S BIGGEST KILLER	SP	The MRC report, initially blocked by Mbeki's cabinet, said that without government intervention or a change in sexual behavior, HIV and AIDS would account for 66% of all deaths by 2010.

10/07 REUTERS	SCIENTISTS	S	Scientists have identified a protein in normal body cells that appears to help HIV spread throughout the body. They speculate that drugs designed to block this protein could leave HIV stranded in certain cells, unable to spread and progress to AIDS.
10/01 GUARDIAN	TANZANIA TROOPS	SP	A company owned by the South African government has been testing an HIV/Aids treatment made from burnt coal on Tanzanian soldiers without the approval of the Tanzanian authorities.
10/02 REUTERS	NEW DRUG	S	Gilead Sciences Inc.'s experimental drug Viread on Tuesday received a favorable review from U.S. regulatory scientists, who said the pill appeared to help reduce levels of the deadly HIV virus.
9/28 AP	NEW AIDS TEST	S	The government has approved the first gene-based test to tell quickly whether an HIV patient's virus is mutating to make a particular drug therapy fail, important to know so the person can switch AIDS medications.
9/27 REUTERS	IV USERS	SP	Many IV Drug Users with HIV Don't Get Medications - Although the number of HIV-infected injection drug users who take anti-HIV medications is on the increase, many may not be aware they are eligible for treatment with such medications, according to a researchers.
9/27 REUTERS	CANCER	S	Suppression of the immune system in patients with HIV increases the risk of some types of cancer that are not specifically related to AIDS, according to a report.
9/27 REUTERS	CHILDREN'S IMMUNE SYSTEM	S	The immune system of HIV-infected children appears to undergo accelerated aging, according to a report published in the September issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
9/27 USA	GEHRIGS TREATED	S	Gehrig's Fatal Nerve Disease Responds Positively to HIV Treatments - Following anti-HIV treatment, two French patients and a 32-year-old woman from New York recovered completely from the nerve disease, which was thought to be fatal in all cases, doctors report in today's Neurology.
9/27 REUTERS	SIMILAR TO GEHRIGS	S	Scientists report that HIVmay trigger cases of a neurological disorder similar to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Unlike normal ALS, which is always fatal, symptoms of the HIV-related neurological disorder stopped progressing or improved once patients began therapy to treat HIV.

9/27 REUTERS	FAT DISTRIBUTION	S	The longer HIV-infected patients are on the drug regimen called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the more likely they are to develop abnormalities in fat distribution, according to researchers in France.
9/27 GAZETTE	NEEDLE EXCHANGE	SP	Thanks to a life-saving decision by the Allegheny County Board of Health, the exchange of clean needles for intravenous drug users may soon come out from underground. The likely result would be a reduction in the spread of AIDS and hepatitis.
9/22 IRISH TIMES	COUNSELING	SP	Early counseling of hemophiliacs diagnosed with HIV and hepatitis C could have limited the psychological damage resulting from their infection, the Lindsay tribunal heard yesterday.
9/19 LA TIMES	BIOTECH FEUD	SP	A biotechnology company founded by Jonas Salk ended its multimillion-dollar feud Tuesday with the University of California, San Francisco
9/19 REUTERS	POSSIBLE PROTECTION	SP	Because the diaphram protects the cervix and upper reproductive tract, which are vulnerable to infection, it could be an effective HIV prevention method when combined with microbicide, researchers suggest.
9/19 LA TIMES	BRAZIL PROGRAM	SP	An international medical relief group said Thursday it planned to use Brazil's anti-AIDS program and AIDS drugs -- including locally made copies of patented medicines -- in other developing countries.

9/18 REUTERS	S. AFRICA DEATHS	SP	South Africa's Medical Research Council said on Tuesday it would release official figures on AIDS-related deaths between 1997 and 2000 by the end of the year.
9/18 REUTERS	OLD TREATMENT	S	Perhaps one in five HIV-infected patients appear to remain stable on treatment with an older form of antiretroviral therapy, which suggests some could be spared the toxicity of highly active antiretroviral therapy
9/17 REUTERS	TRACKING HIV	SP	Surveillance systems set up to track the HIV/AIDS epidemic are ``poorly functioning'' or even ''non-existent'' in some 40% of the world's nations, according to an article in a recent issue of the journal AIDS.
9/12 DUSN	HOW HIV CELLS	S	New three-dimensional images from researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provide the fullest picture yet of how the AIDS virus blunts the immune system's ability to mount an attack against infections and cancer.
9/12 DUSN	MAUFACTURING DRUGS	S	Using bacteria as factories to produce drugs could be safer, cheaper and more efficient than traditional chemical manufacturing methods
9/10 REUTERS	RISKY BEHAVIOR	SP	Despite concerns that participants in AIDS vaccine trials might feel a false sense of security and engage in more risky sexual behaviors, the results of one study show that most such participants actually reduce such behaviors.
9/10 REUTERS	S. AFRICA TRIALS	SP	South Africa is ready for its first AIDS vaccine trial, according to Dr. William Makgoba, president of the Medical Research Council in Cape Town.
9/10 REUTERS	DUTCH STUDY	SP	Only about half of HIV-infected patients in a study published Sunday were found to be taking their antiretroviral drugs according to directions, opening the way to treatment failure and possible drug resistance.

9/08 REUTERS	UK GUIDELINES	S	The British HIV Association on Thursday formally announced new HIV treatment guidelines that call for an even longer wait before drug therapy begins.
9/08 REUTERS	VACCINE FIGHTS	S	An HIV vaccine based on a live, weakened virus has shown promise in preliminary research in monkeys, protecting all seven vaccinated animals from progressing to AIDS-like disease.
9/08 REUTERS	VACCINE CONF	S	The first international AIDS vaccine conference opened here Wednesday night on a cautiously optimistic note. There is a new optimism in the international scientific community that an AIDS vaccine will ultimately be possible.
9/07 REUTERS	BRAZIL TARGETS OLDER	SP	Brazil's health ministry said on Thursday it is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS among older people with education campaigns and the distribution of condoms.
9/07 LA TIMES	PROMISING RESULTS	S	For 600 days and counting, monkeys given an experimental new AIDS vaccine have survived with no signs of illness despite exposure to lethal doses of virus, raising hopes that scientists may be headed at last toward an effective vaccine for people.
9/07 LA TIMES	VACCINE-INFECTED	S	Vaccines intended to protect people from getting AIDS may also work as a treatment for those already infected, boosting their immune system so they can temporarily stop taking AIDS drugs.

9/07 REUTERS	VACCINE	S	Patients with HIV given a new vaccine were able to keep levels of the virus in their blood down even after they stopped taking the potent cocktail of anti-AIDS drugs known as highly active antiretroviral therapy
9/06 REUTERS	HORMONE TREATMENT	S	Recombinant human growth hormone (GH) may become a new treatment option for people suffering from abnormal body fat distribution associated with HIV infection, according to the results of a recent pilot study.
9/06 LA TIMES	VIRUS HELPS	S	An apparently harmless and relatively common virus discovered only six years ago allows HIV-positive people to live substantially longer by slowing the progression to full-blown AIDS, researchers report today in two new studies.
9/01 NY TIMES	WOMEN	SP	"In the past, I never allowed myself to think about having a baby or even look at a baby." said Dr. Prager, who was infected with H.I.V. 15 years ago after being pricked by a needle residency. "But now, everything has changed, and I suddenly have the opportunity to have a child."
9/01 ADVOCATE	SWEDEN	SP	The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control reports that the number of new HIV cases in the country increased by 48% in the first half of 2001 compared with the same period last year.
8/31 REUTERS	DRUG RESISTANT	SP	By 2005, nearly half of all HIV patients in San Francisco will not respond to drugs now used to treat the disease, due mostly to inaccurate use of those drug regimens by doctors, a study reported on Thursday.
8/30 FRONTIERS	TREATMENTS IN PIPELINE	S	If the future of HIV/AIDS treatment could be described in terms of a weather forecast, then the immediate outlook is rather sunny and bright, followed by a medium-term drought with hopes of a rather encouraging climate change in the coming years. At the moment, there are five drugs close to approval or well on their way to approval.

8/30 NY TIMES	MOST NOT AWARE OF HIV	S	More than 40 percent of HIV-positive Americans don't know they are infected until just before developing full-blown AIDS, sometimes missing out on a decade or more of treatment, suggests a government study released Tuesday.
8/30 LA TIMES	CDC FEARS MAJOR RESURGENCE	SP	"For the last two to three years, we have seen signs that have suggested that there really could be a resurgence" said Dr. Helene Gayle. "Increasingly, the drumbeat is louder and louder . . . that there is cause for real concern." Gayle announced the new data at the second National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.
8/30 LA TIMES	BREEDING GROUNDS FOR HIV	SP	Prisons are breeding grounds for HIV, but officials ignore problem.
8/30 NY TIMES	CDC CONCERNED	SP	The declines in the number of Americans contracting AIDS and those dying of the disease are leveling off, signaling a disturbing turning point in the 20-year epidemic, federal health officials said Monday.
8/30 ADVOCATE	PRISONERS	SP	Former president Bill Clinton, speaking Wednesday at the annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention in Chicago, called for increased HIV prevention, testing, and treatment for U.S. prisoners, the Chicago Tribune reports.
8/30 ADVOCATE	AIDS IN CHINA	SP	For the first time the Chinese government has admitted that Henan province in central China faces a serious AIDS crisis, BBC News reports.
8/30 ADVOCATE	AIDS PREVENTION CONFERENCE	SP	Health issues of concern to men who have sex with men, gaps in HIV testing, and the rise of HIV infections in communities of color will be among the topics addressed at the 2001National HIV Prevention Conference, to be held August 12-15 in Atlanta.

8/30 FRONTIERS	AIDS COCKTAIL	SPB	Chris Bennett readily accepted the reality of his own diagnosis in 1993. He was positive he would die, shortly and without question. His whole world, changed when he went on the AIDS cocktail in 1996.
8/15 LA TIMES	A CHILLING PORTRAIT	SP	The nation's AIDS prevention efforts are hobbled by delayed testing, sporadic safe-sex education from physicians, and continued risky behavior among infected people, according to a series of studies released Tuesday.
7/10 S.F.CHRON	VACCINE ELUSIVE	S	AIDS has been the motivator in gathering tremendous scientific knowledge but experts discuss why a vaccine remains elusive
7/10 S.F.CHRON	NEW INFECTIONS	SP	New wave of infections hitting minorities hardest. Efforts to promote safe sex breaking down.
7/03 NY TIMES	8th RETROVIRUS CONF	S	20 Years After AIDS Emerges, HIV's Complexities Still Loom Large - Those complexities were readily evident here at the 8th Annual Retrovirus Conference, where some 3000 participants gathered to hear reports of the latest findings.
6/16 ADVOCATE	SAFE SEX COUNSELING	SP	Safer-sex counseling for gays may backfire.

6/16 ADVOCATE	PROTEASE INHIBITOR	S	Protease inhibitor–resistant HIV might not adversely affect T-cell counts.
6/07 ADVOCATE	EXPERIMENTAL AIDS DRUG	S	Researchers have developed an experimental HIV medication that is 2 million timesmore potent than AZT.
6/07 FRONTIERS	AIDS VACCINE A PROMISE IS NOT ENOUGH	SP	Efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine are showing renewed promise, but they desperately need increased funding and coordination in order to realize their potential, declared the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.
6/05 LA TIMES	ALARMING JUMP IN AIDS RATE	SP	Two decades after the discovery of AIDS, a new government survey suggests gay men and bisexuals too young to remember the disease's explosive first years are contracting it at alarming rates.
6/05 LA TIMES	HOPE FOR A VACCINE	S	Research Scientists envision a drug that can slow HIV. In U.S., rates hold steady, but some brace for reversal. Poor nations still far behind.
6/05 LA TIMES	A NEW RESURGENCE	SP	Federal study of young gay men indicates infection rate is rising. 'We are damned by our own successes,' one official says.
6/05 LA TIMES	YOUNG GAYS CARELESS AGAIN	SP	Gay men too young to remember the earliest reports of AIDS are now spreading the disease at alarming rates that remind health officials of the explosive first years of the epidemic.

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