HIV & AIDS
Instant self-test HIV kit on sale in Britain
Britain's first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent accuracy rate.
Apr 27, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Case study Cabo Verde: Simulation offers policy Rx for curbing HIV
When a whole country's public health is at stake, making the wrong policy choices can cost lives and money. That's why researchers have worked to develop computer simulations of epidemics that can model individual behaviors ...
Apr 8, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
So much has changed since the first HIV test was approved 30 years ago
Thirty years ago today, on March 2, 1985, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new HIV test. It was the result of nine months of round-the-clock labor by dozens of scientists. Immediately adopted by the American Red ...
Mar 2, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
HIV testing yields diagnoses in Kenya but few seek care
Between December 2009 and February 2011, health workers with the AMPATH Consortium sought to test and counsel every adult resident in the Bunyala subcounty of Kenya for HIV. A study in the journal Lancet HIV reports that ...
Jan 29, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook can be valuable in the fight against HIV in the United States, where research has demonstrated they can prompt high-risk populations to request at-home testing kits for the virus ...
Dec 16, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Most Americans with HIV don't have virus under control, CDC says
(HealthDay)—Fewer than one-third of Americans living with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, with many either not receiving regular medical care or unaware they carry the virus, a new U.S. study finds.
Nov 25, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Variation in proportion of cancer survivors undergoing HIV testing
(HealthDay)—The proportion of cancer survivors undergoing HIV testing varies by state and demographic and health-related factors, according to a study published Nov. 13 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...
Nov 19, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
In addition to providing other potential benefits to public health, all of those tweets and Facebook posts could help curb the spread of HIV.
Oct 29, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Real-life social networking prompts people to get tested for HIV
Old-school face-to-face social networking is a more effective way to identify people with HIV than the traditional referral method, suggests research being presented at IDWeek 2014. The study shows that social networking ...
Oct 10, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Less than half of HIV-positive US Hispanics are getting proper care
(HealthDay)—Even though Hispanics in the United States become infected with HIV at rates triple those of whites, less than half of Hispanics with the virus are receiving adequate treatment, a new report finds.
Oct 9, 2014
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