http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hiv/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:11:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418976/posts Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418976/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417964/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417964/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414859/posts Scientists seeking to understand how to make an AIDS vaccine have found the cause of a major roadblock. It turns out that the immune system can indeed produce cells with the potential to manufacture powerful HIV-blocking antibodies – but at the same time, the immune system works equally hard to make sure these cells are eliminated before they have a chance to mature. "These studies show that a potentially protective neutralizing antibody against a viral disease is under the control of immunological tolerance," said Barton Haynes, M.D., director of the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) at Duke University Medical... Duke University Medical Center via biologynews.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414859/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:38:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409987/posts The BBC has apologised after complaints about an online debate which asked: "Should homosexuals face execution?" in response to proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda. Critics flooded the British broadcaster's website after it launched the provocative debate ahead of a World Service Africa Have Your Say feature. The headline question asking if gays should face execution was later changed to: "Should Uganda debate gay laws?" and the BBC World Service admitted the original version overstepped the mark. "The original headline on our website was, in hindsight, too stark. We apologise for any offence it caused," the director of BBC World Service,... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409987/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409989/posts snip Christianity Today spoke on the phone with Niringiye about the cultural context of the bill and how he thinks American Christians should respond.How are Ugandan Christians generally responding to this legislation?This is not just a Christian response. I can certainly say the objectives of the bill have the total support of most of Uganda, not just Christians, but also Muslims and Roman Catholics. It would not be right to talk about how Christians feel. They're all agreed on the objectives. There will be a difference of opinion on the details of the bill.The second thing I need to say... Christiantiy Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409989/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409817/posts A coalition of human rights groups is condemning a proposed amendment to Rwanda's criminal law that would criminalize homosexual behavior and advocacy. Meanwhile, Rwanda's northern neighbor, Uganda, is receiving heat for a "draconian" anti-gay bill being debated in its legislature. The coalition Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says the draft language to criminalize homosexuality could be voted on in the Rwandan lower house of parliament by Friday.  The draft code would then pass to the Rwandan senate for approval. The amended language for Article 217 acquired by the group would give offenders - those who "practice," "encourage,"... VOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409817/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408882/posts JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She was 69. The ruling African National Congress said Tshabalala-Msimang died in a Johannesburg hospital Wednesday from complications related to a 2007 liver transplant. Media outlets said she was possibly undergoing tests for a possible second transplant when she died. Tshabalala-Msimang's disastrous HIV policies during her nine years in office made her the most unpopular government minister in post-apartheid South Africa. She was ridiculed locally and internationally and nicknamed "Dr. Beetroot" — another... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408882/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:24:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts Fistgate instructor Margot Abels had been with the Massachusetts DOE “Safe Schools” program for seven years by the time she ran the scandalous workshop documented at the GLSEN-Boston conference in 2000. That takes her back to 1993, the year the “safe schools” program began in the DOE. She had run “at least five” workshops similar to Fistgate prior to 2000.... It was in 1992 that Kevin Jennings joined radical David LaFontaine at the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, to “run its education committee” – which set up the “safe schools” programs in the Department of Education..... Isn’t it... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403196/posts Members of the curling community are excited about a joint fundraising program between United States Curling Association and Central Coast HIV/AIDS. With the help of the curling team’s sponsor, Kodiak Technology Group, they will sell Hurry Hard condoms. “Hurry Hard!” is part of the curling vocabulary. The condom’s logo will feature a smiling curling stone on a house. The condoms will be sold leading up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games in British Columbia, Canada. Canada Views http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403196/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402733/posts KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Uganda is considering legislation that would impose a death sentence for intentional or willful transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, authorities say. UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402733/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401488/posts An HIV-positive man has infected his sleeping wife with the virus, which can cause AIDS, by pricking her with a sewing needle dipped in his own blood. It's believed he wanted to give her the disease so she would start having sex with him again, the Sunday Star Times reported. It's the first case of its kind in New Zealand. Other cases have seen HIV-positive people infect others through unprotected sex. The man, 35, admitted infecting his wife, 33, and has been remanded in prison awaiting sentence for wilfully infecting another with a disease, an offence that carries a maximum... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401488/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401345/posts An HIV-positive husband injected his wife with his contaminated blood while she slept, infecting her with the virus so that they would be 'equals' and she would start having sex with him again. The 35-year-old man wanted to give her the disease because she had refused to have sex with him, fearing she would be infected. But he took things into his own hands and pricked her twice with a sewing needle laced with his infected blood while she slept. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401345/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 04:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397629/posts Shanghai HIV cases on the increase Cai Wenjun SHANGHAI reported 886 new HIV carriers and 392 AIDA patients, with 25 fatalities, from January to November 20 this year, the city's Health Bureau said yesterday. The release of statistics yesterday comes ahead of World AIDS Day today. Cases positive to HIV tests were 26.5 percent more than for the same period last year. People from outside Shanghai accounted for 72 percent of this year's new HIV cases, while Shanghainese covered 60.5 percent of the new AIDS patients. People younger than 45 and men covered the majority of HIV/AIDS cases registered this... Shanghai Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397629/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:38:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396225/posts Public health and AIDS experts hailed President Obama's announcement Friday to end a two-decade ban on people with HIV from entering the country, a restriction they described as archaic and discriminatory. The United States is among just a handful of countries, including Yemen, Qatar and Sudan, that bar HIV-visitors from entering their borders. SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396225/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394663/posts Latino immigrants considered at risk for HIV are less likely to be tested or to have access to healthcare services if they are in the country illegally and have not fully adapted to U.S. culture, according to a new study. The findings underscore the need for more targeted education and prevention programs within the diverse Latino community, which accounts for a disproportionate number of new HIV and AIDS cases in the U.S., said Janni Kinsler, one of six UCLA researchers who conducted the study. “HIV is not declining, and it should be,” Kinsler said. “If you don’t know that you... Los Angeles Times / latimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394663/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394052/posts Ban Lifted For Green-Card Applicants With HIV A two-decade-old rule kept those with the virus out of the U.S. Now such immigrants will be able to visit the country and apply for legal status. By Anna Gorman November 25, 2009 A stamp in Heidemarie Kremer's passport reveals her health status as HIV-positive. Because of the disease, Kremer -- a native of Germany -- has been barred from becoming a legal resident of the United States. She and her two children are fighting possible deportation, and their plans for the future are on hold. But that soon may change. This month,... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394052/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392498/posts At a time when our country is sick, it shouldn't surprise that one our sickest places is our nation's capital. The poverty rate of Washington, DC, almost 20 percent, is one of the highest in the nation. Its child poverty rate is the nation's highest.. DC's public school system, with a graduation rate of less than 50 percent, is one of the worst in the country. According to DC's HIV/AIDS office, three percent of the local population has HIV or AIDS. The Administrator of this office notes that this HIV/AIDS incidence is "...higher than West Africa...on par with Uganda and... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392498/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:39:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374840/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration. The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status. "If we want to be the global leader in combatting HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," Obama said at the White House before signing a bill to extend the Ryan White HIV/AIDS... New.Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374840/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:16:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374777/posts The US is to end its 22-year ban on people with HIV entering the country, President Barack Obama has confirmed. Mr Obama made the announcement as he extended funding for an act that provides HIV/Aids related health care. "If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/Aids, we need to act like it," Mr Obama said. The US is one of only about a dozen countries barring entry on HIV status. The ban is expected to be lifted at the beginning of 2010. 'End the stigma' Mr Obama confirmed the move as he signed the Ryan White HIV/Aids... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374777/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374646/posts President Obama called the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals a decision "rooted in fear rather than fact" and announced the end of the rule-making process overturning the ban. The president signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 at the White House Friday and also spoke of the new rules, which have been under development more more than a year. "We are finishing the job," the president said. The regulations are the final procedural step in ending the ban, and will be published Monday in the Federal Register, to be followed by the standard... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374646/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:29:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370530/posts A Toronto man who contracted HIV from his former stripper wife is hoping he's alive to see her get deported to Thailand. Whiteman and his lawyer appeared before a Federal Court of Canada last Thursday in an ongoing battle with immigration officials to get Iamkhong deported due to her criminal record. He has launched a $30-million lawsuit against the Canada Border Services Agency and Zanzibar Strip Club in Toronto in connection with the case. He claims Iamkhong, 40, a former stripper at the Zanzibar, was allowed into the country with HIV and that led to his life being placed in... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370530/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369820/posts The sponsors of the largest ever HIV vaccine trial yesterday hailed a "historic" moment as they formally announced the trial's results at an international AIDS vaccine meeting in Paris. The results received rapturous applause from an audience of more than 1,000 HIV researchers. But some scientists are much more sceptical of the findings, arguing that the response of the HIV research community, long deprived of any good news from vaccine trials, is based more on hope than on rigorous science.The US$119-million phase III trial, sponsored by the health ministry of Thailand and the US Army, started in Thailand in 2003.... Nature News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369820/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368127/posts Needle exchanges prevented 32,000 HIV cases: reportBy Brendan Trembath for AM Updated 6 hours 30 minutes ago A new report has found needle and syringe exchange programs have directly prevented tens of thousands of cases of HIV and hepatitis C. There are nearly 1,000 sites around the country where clean needles and syringes are handed out to drug users. Researchers from the University of New South Wales, who authored the report, say it is also saving on health costs. For every $1 spent on needle and syringe exchange programs, state and federal governments save $4. In the heart of Sydney's... ABC Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368127/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:13:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366503/posts A deeper analysis of the results of an HIV vaccine tested in Thailand suggests that the vaccine may not have been as effective as originally indicated. When first publicly disclosing the outcome of the Thai trial in September, researchers said the vaccine had lowered the risk of infection by about 31%. That result was modest but statistically significant, meaning it wasn't the result of a fluke. That announcement, coming after two decades of failed HIV vaccine trials, garnered headlines around the world. Now, two other analyses of the trial data suggests that the results could have been due to pure... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366503/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:19:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360304/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Human-Rights-Campaign-Dinner/ THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 10, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DINNER Walter E. Convention Center Washington, D.C. 8:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please, you're making me blush. (Laughter.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Barack! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Applause.) To Joe Solmonese, who's doing an outstanding job on behalf of HRC. (Applause.) To my great friend and supporter, Terry Bean, co-founder of HRC. (Applause.) Representative Patrick Kennedy. (Applause.) David Huebner, the... 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