AIDS

30 October 2007 -- The strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the United States and Europe has been traced back to Haiti by a team of scientists. The team hopes that knowing the virus's origin could help find a cure for HIV, which can lead to AIDS.

A team of scientists, whose work was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that a specific strain of the HIV virus passed from Haiti to the United States in about 1969 before spreading further.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- **Remarks Prepared for Delivery**
Opening Statement of Chairman Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the Next Phase of the Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) delivered the following remarks at today’s Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the next phase of the global fight against HIV/AIDS:    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- Three agencies have been chosen to receive state HIV prevention funding for programs designed to reach foreign-born residents in Minnesota who are most at risk for HIV. The grants were made by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in response to legislation passed in 2007.

In announcing the grants Wednesday, MDH’s STD and HIV Section Manager Peter Carr said the programs were “necessary to promote knowledge and understanding about HIV in a culturally specific way, including addressing HIV stigma, in order to reduce the risk for HIV infection.”    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s Senate vote in support of an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that reinstates severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:    » read more »

10/15/2007 -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hispanics in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Although Hispanics comprised 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2005, they accounted for 19 percent of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Hispanic women are especially vulnerable. The CDC reports that their infection rate was more than five times higher than that of white women in 2005. Hillary Clinton issued the following statement to mark National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, observed on October 15th:    » read more »

08 October 2007 -- Doctors in Rwanda are encouraged by test results in three African countries that show a high correlation between male heterosexual circumcision and a reduction in the transmission rate of HIV/AIDS. Consequently, Rwanda’s health ministry says it will promote circumcision through a nationwide education campaign that will reinforce other methods of aids prevention, such as condom use and abstinence.    » read more »

26 September 2007 -- A new report says it will cost up to $51 billion dollars to achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS by the year 2010. The report from UNAIDS says despite progress in scaling-up treatment, current efforts are falling far short of helping all those in need.    » read more »

Comprehensive plan will fight HIV/AIDS epidemic at home and abroad

Sep 24, 2007 -- District of Columbia– Today, Senator John Edwards unveiled a series of specific proposals to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS at home and around the world.    » read more »

Grand Auction Items to Include the Chance to Have a Character Named After You and Lunch with Bobbie Eakes of "All My Children"

Thursday, September 20, 2007 -- ABC Daytime is proud to continue its association with Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids (BCEFA) by participating for the second consecutive year in the annual Broadway Cares Flea Market and Grand Auction, Sunday September 23, from 10:00 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m. in New York's famous Shubert Alley (between West 44th and 45th Streets).    » read more »

Grants help low income residents living with HIV/AIDS obtain affordable housing, counseling and nutritional services

September 15, 2007 -- CHICAGO- Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced $2.55 million in grants to 17 community based organizations across Illinois to provide housing services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. This is an increase of $125,000 from grants awarded last year.    » read more »

Young blacks and Hispanics hit hardest

11-Sep-2007 -- HIV infection is on the rise among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City, according to preliminary data from the Health Department. New HIV diagnoses among MSM under age 30 have increased by 33% during the past six years, the agency reported today, from 374 in 2001 to almost 500 in 2006. New diagnoses have doubled among MSM ages 13 to19, while declining by 22% among older MSM. The under-30 group now accounts for 44% of all new diagnoses among MSM in New York City, up from 31% in 2001.    » read more »

Bill Richardson honors victims of AIDS, including friend Billy Griego

09/07/2007, LOS ANGELES, CA -- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson spoke today at the dedication of The Wall Las Memorias project in Los Angeles, California.

Governor Bill Richardson talked about his friend Billy Griego, who passed away after battling AIDS.

"When I was first getting ready to run for Congress, people told me that I could not win -- I did not have enough money or support," Governor Richardson said. "But what I did have was Billy Griego."    » read more »

Research published in the Journal of Immunology

6-Sep-2007 -- Three related papers published in the Sept. 1 edition of The Journal of Immunology provide key new insights into the complexity of HIV/AIDS. Don Sodora, Ph.D., a principal investigator in SBRI’s Viral Vaccines Program who recently joined SBRI from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, is senior author on one of three papers that collectively show CD4 T-cell depletion, a critical symptom of AIDS, is likely a part of a multifaceted scenario that triggers disease rather than the only cause.    » read more »

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23 August 2007 -- When it comes to the subject of AIDS, the world's attention often turns to sub-Saharan Africa. That area has the greatest number of AIDS deaths and people infected with the HIV virus. The Asia-Pacific region has the second highest number of infections. Some health care workers and activists at the International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific being held in Sri Lanka until August 24 say Asian governments must do more to prevent the disease.    » read more »