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HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Anti-AIDS drugs have helped save 19 million years of human life since 1996, said an analysis Tuesday which also slashed UN estimates for HIV deaths and disease ...
Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 ...
AIDS cure: Study sees advance for 'kick and kill' strategy
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
The elusive quest for an HIV cure received a boost at the world AIDS conference Tuesday as scientists said they had forced the virus out of a hiding place where...
Latvia extends emergency zone for African swine fever
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Latvia on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in a second area of this Baltic EU state as efforts continued to contain an outbreak of deadly African swine fev...
AIDS: Circumcision campaign lifted by new evidence
Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)
A campaign to encourage circumcision among men in sub-Saharan Africa to help protect them against the AIDS virus was backed by new research on Monday showing th...
AIDS: Anger flares at homophobic laws
Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)
Campaigners at the world AIDS conference are taking aim at countries with anti-gay laws, accusing them of creating conditions that let HIV spread like poison. P...
Search for AIDS cure pushes ahead despite setbacks
Jul 19, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists on Saturday vowed to press ahead with their quest for a cure for AIDS, despite losing a veteran colleague and suffering a setback in research. Addres...
Study finds promise toward treating HIV and hep C
Jul 19, 2014 (AFP)
A new hepatitis C drug has shown early promise in patients whose infection with both HIV and hepatitis C has made them traditionally difficult to treat, said a ...
People with HIV living longer, study
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
HIV-positive people in the world's rich countries now live nearly as long as those who don't carry the AIDS-causing virus, as drugs have cut the overall death r...
Setback for cure overshadows AIDS council of war
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
For more than three decades, AIDS and those fighting it have been locked in a tango whose steps have gone sideways, backwards or forwards with the lives of mill...
US health chief admits 'pattern' of safety failures
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
The chief of the US government's top public health agency acknowledged a pattern of safety errors Wednesday after dangerous mixups in the handling of influenza ...
AIDS deaths up in Russia, against global trend
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
The number of deaths from AIDS is going up in Russia, contrary to a global downward trend, a senior Russian health official said Wednesday, blaming a lack of pu...
Sierra Leone Ebola Suggest Presence In West Africa By 2006
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
Analysis of clinical samples from suspected Lassa fever cases in Sierra Leone showed that about two-thirds of the patients had been exposed to other emerging di...
AIDS could be wiped out by 2030: UN
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
Global AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by over a third in a decade, raising hopes of beating the killer disease by 2030, the United Natio...
UN leader vows to help Haiti fight cholera epidemic
Jul 15, 2014 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited Haiti on Monday, vowing to help the country end a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 8,500 people since 2010 and that some ...
UN has 'moral responsibility' to tackle Haiti cholera: Ban
Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)
The United Nations has a "moral responsibility" to help impoverished Haiti end a devastating cholera outbreak some blame on peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban ...
US govt lab reveals series of dangerous mix-ups
Jul 11, 2014 (AFP)
The United States' top public health agency revealed Friday a series of alarming incidents in which dangerous biological agents including anthrax, influenza and...
WHO urges gay men to consider preventive drugs for HIV
Jul 11, 2014 (AFP)
The World Health Organization on Friday urged men who have gay sex to consider taking antiretroviral drugs, warning that HIV infections are rising among homosex...
France warns of epidemic after chikungunya deaths in Antilles, Guiana
Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)
France's health minister warned Thursday of a serious epidemic in the Antilles and French Guiana after 33 deaths were reported in connection with the chikunguny...
Switzerland halts pork imports over swine fever fears
Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)
Switzerland is to ban imports of live pigs and pork from several EU countries in a bid to stop an African swine fever outbreak from reaching the country. Import...
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