Health Authorities-HIV

Malawi to test 250,000 people for HIV in one week

A nurse takes a blood sample to test students for HIV

Malawi on Monday launched a week-long campaign to test 250,000 people for HIV in what health authorities called a crucial intervention in a country ravaged by AIDS. read more..

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HIV

Nearly 1 in 5 people infected with HIV don't know it. The least-awkward way to b...

Nearly 1 in 5 people infected with HIV don't know it. The least-awkward way to bring up STI testing with your partner:
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Discrimination Fuels-Incurable Disease-Health Activists-The Philippines-Rapid Rise

Discrimination fuels rise of HIV in Philippines

Discrimination against homosexuals and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the incurable disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said Friday. read more..

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Food And Drug Administration-Healthday News-HIV

FDA Panel Backs At-Home HIV Test

TUESDAY, May 15 (Healthday News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday approval of the first HIV test that would give people the results in the privacy of their own home. read more..

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Food And Drug Administration-Gilead Sciences-Hiv Infection-Regulators

FDA panel backs first pill to block HIV infection

The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. read more..

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US experts urge approval of first AIDS prevention pill

US health advisers urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people. read more..

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Food And Drug Administration-Cardiovascular Side Effects-Healthday News

FDA Advisers Back Pill to Help Prevent HIV Infection

THURSDAY, May 10 (Healthday News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Thursday endorsed the use of the drug Truvada as a means to help prevent HIV infection in healthy people at high risk of contracting the AIDS-causing virus. read more..

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FDA Panel Gives Blessing to New Weight-Loss Drug

THURSDAY, May 10 (Healthday News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended approval of the weight-loss medication lorcaserin, even though concerns remain about cardiovascular side effects. read more..

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Food And Drug Administration-Gilead Sciences-Hiv Infection-Federal Drug-The Pill

FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention

A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. read more..

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