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AIDS ribbons. Doctors have unleashed a counterblast to a Swiss panel that said patients with HIV whose infection is curbed by drugs do not pass on the AIDS virus during unprotected sex.

Lancet study blasts Swiss stance on HIV protection

AFP - Friday, July 25 12:24 am

PARIS (AFP) - Doctors have unleashed a counterblast to a Swiss panel that said patients with HIV whose infection is curbed by drugs do not pass on the AIDS virus during unprotected sex. More »

Staying alive: Drug cocktail boosts HIV survival by 13 years
AFP - Friday, July 25 12:23 am
PARIS (AFP) - Anti-HIV drugs have slashed death rates among people with the AIDS virus by nearly 40 percent since combination therapy was introduced in 1996, boosting their life expectancy by some 13 years, a study says. More »
New polio case detected in southern Pakistan
AFP - Thursday, July 24 06:30 pm
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan on Thursday confirmed a new case of polio in an eight-month-old boy in the southern port city of Karachi, health officials said. More »
MSF medical aid group expelled from central Niger: radio
AFP - Thursday, July 24 06:18 pm
NIAMEY (AFP) - The government of Niger, suspicious of contacts between Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and Tuareg rebels, has ordered the French NGO to suspend aid activities, local radio reported Thursday. More »
Bill Gates, Bloomberg launch anti-smoking drive
AFP - Wednesday, July 23 11:46 pm
NEW YORK (AFP) - Multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg launched a worldwide anti-smoking campaign Wednesday, fueled with 500 million dollars of their money. More »
Dengue cases in Philippines rise by 43 percent: government
AFP - Wednesday, July 23 05:04 pm
MANILA (AFP) - Global warming may have contributed to a 43 percent rise in the number of dengue cases in the Philippines for the first half of the year, the health secretary said Wednesday. More »
ASEAN states to test readiness on bird flu pandemic
AFP - Wednesday, July 23 10:45 am
JAKARTA (AFP) - Bird flu chiefs from across Southeast Asia have agreed to assess the ability of their governments to respond to a deadly human pandemic of the virus, an Indonesian official said Wednesday. More »
SKorea to start year-round monitoring for bird flu
AFP - Tuesday, July 22 07:30 am
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will start year-round monitoring for bird flu after this year's outbreak -- the country's worst -- began later than normal, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. More »