A Phase III clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand has demonstrated that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was safe and modestly effective in preventing HIV infection. According to final results released by the trial sponsor (the U.S. Army Surgeon General), the prime boost combinati
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While surfing the web late last night, I came across a story on Yahoo news (which was actually a Reuters piece) that detailed the early success of a clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine. Apparently this particular vaccine is composed of two separate vaccines that have previously been considered failures when administere
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Sull’allegro tema dell’AIDS – a riguardo del quale non prendo posizione (totalmente incerto tra la posizione ufficiale e quella dissenziente, di cui ho accennato un mese fa) - oggi leggo due notizie.
La prima viene da Mr. Faucy e co. (i boss del mondo anti-AIDS), che alludono a un possibile vaccino c
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, a perennial favorite book used in colleges and common reading programs, has recently been selected at Cornell University, along with more than 100 other colleges and high schools since its publication. This compelling and insp
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Can you give five minutes? That’s all it takes to make an impact. There are so many people that could use your prayer, encouragement, time, help. Will you take five minutes to do something for someone today and this weekend? A sample of stories I’ve heard about this week…
Numerous people battling can
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Well not exactly, it’s hasn’t been fully tested and requires you to take a cocktail of HIV retrovirals everytime you have sex (so in other words a vaccine you have to take before having unprotected sex with an HIV positive man/woman, like the pill)…and if you’re a regular Casanova at The Outback
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Near the beginning of this month I went for a quickie HIV test, although not actually on World AIDS Day, because I try not to be a walking cliche. You know, it’s been a while since I’ve had a test, and being deported from Dubai is a life experience I’m quite happy to miss out on.
So I went to a go
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The National Minority Aids Council (NMAC) recently released their first Public Service Announcement in ten years- GET REAL about AIDS. Sista’s it’s time to GET REAL!
The revised CDC report on HIV/AIDS among Women (August 2008 ) contained alarming numbers:
“In 2004 (the most recent year for wh
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