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By: intellectual
The AIDS Vaccine A vaccine is not exactly a novel invention, but one that's designed to fight HIV certainly is. More than 20 years after the AIDS virus was identified, researchers have devised the first immunization to protect people against HIV infection. A six-year trial showed that the vaccine, which consists of two shots that given ...
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1 in 4 teenage girls has a STD, new research shows
By: mjameson
It's a shocking statistic, but one that the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention says is a growing trend. The study looked at over 800 girls between the ages of 14-19 and screened them for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis, herpes simplex virus type 2 and human papillomavirus (HPV).
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By: minakshi15
According to Andrew Irwin-Smiler, majority of boys and men prioritize and value emotional connection to their partner. “As a culture, we have a perception that men just want sex and that all men are promiscuous,” said Smiler. But the research shows that while men do have more partners than women, most men only have one ...
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Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS
By: chnarendra
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly. The&...
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- News Source: Labor Herald | 3 months agoHighly Specialised Drugs program, more than $9 million to fund Australia's four national research centres to undertake research into HIV, and $5.3 million to community-based organisations to educate at-risk Australians about HIV and other sexually...
- News Source: The Courier-Mail | 3 months agoAustralian research into a common sexually transmitted infection. More than 430 backpackers were quizzed on their drinking habits and sexual practises for the study, which also took in samples to test for Chlamydia...A "wide spectrum of behaviour"...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months agoUniversity of New South Wales scientists say chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Australia, with 58,500 cases last year, 10 per cent more than the previous year. Researchers say that could be due to increased levels...
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 3 months agoAssociate Professor David Wilson, head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, said gay men and young heterosexuals were engaging in unprotected casual sex at...
- News Source: The Courier-Mail | 3 months agoNew figures to be released today at a major sexual health summit show Australian doctors detected 995 new cases of HIV during 2008...Australia's annual number of new HIV diagnoses has increased by 38 per cent over the decade, from 718 cases in 1999.
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