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PrEP Can Significantly Lower Risk of Getting HIV, but Is the Public Buying?
June 3, 2011 Researchers from the U.S. and Lima, Peru, who used consumer marketing techniques to gauge acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among high-risk groups in Lima, found that study participants ... > full story -
Safer Sex: Study Examines Sexual Communication in Transgender Community
June 2, 2011 A new study shows that talking about safer sex is a complicated process for individuals in the transgender community. The finding may help efforts to promote safer sex practices in a community facing ... > full story -
Host Mta1 Gene Is Required for Optimal Survival of Schistosome Parasites, a Leading Global Cause of Cancer
June 1, 2011 By using mice lacking a crucial gene that controls the process of chromatin remodeling of cytokines including those responsible for inflammation and comparing them to normal wild type mice with the ... > full story -
Viewers Look to TV Characters to Advise How to Talk About Sexual Health
June 1, 2011 "What would Samantha and Miranda do?" That's what viewers of the past HBO series "Sex and the City" may ask themselves when faced with the prospect of uncomfortable discussions about sexual health ... > full story -
Unprotected Sex More Likely in Serious Gay Relationships, Research Suggests
June 1, 2011 Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new research. The findings provide a new direction ... > full story -
One in Four New HIV Infections in Ontario Are Among Women
June 1, 2011 Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 percent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a new health ... > full story -
Cholera in Haiti: Universal Vaccination Campaign Is Essential to Ending Crisis, Experts Say
May 31, 2011 Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither ... > full story -
Key Goals for Building on 30 Years of HIV/AIDS Research
May 31, 2011 In the 30 years since the first reported cases of a mysterious illness now known as AIDS, researchers have made extraordinary advances in understanding, treating and preventing the disease. Now the ... > full story -
Mouse Virus Erroneously Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Study Finds
May 31, 2011 Two years ago, a widely publicized scientific report plucked an old mouse virus out of obscurity and held it up as a possible cause of chronic fatigue syndrome. According to a new study, that report ... > full story -
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2020 Vision of Vaccines for Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS
May 25, 2011 In a new article, experts discuss recent advances in vaccine development. New tools including systems biology and structure-based antigen design could lead to a deeper understanding of mechanisms of ... > full story
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