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Immunisations
US CDC recommends HPV vaccine for young men

Young men and adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 21 should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, the cause of genital warts, anal and cervical cancer,

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Keith Alcorn
Sexually transmitted infections
Gardasil protects against recurrence of pre-cancerous anal lesions in HIV-negative gay men

The genital wart vaccine Gardasil significantly reduces the risk of high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesion recurrence in men who have sex with men, US investigators report in the online

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1 hour ago
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Michael Carter
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Gilead Gains on Positive Data From Experimental Hepatitis C Drug

Gilead Sciences Inc., the drugmaker that acquired Pharmasset Inc. last month for its experimental hepatitis C treatments, gained the most in three years after one of the medicines produced positive clinical trial results.

Published
03 February 2012
From
Bloomberg
Transmission and prevention
HIV docs tell a powerful tale of combination prevention

“This is an extraordinary moment in the AIDS epidemic – we finally have the tools to turn the tide,” said Diane Havlir, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, speaking to the arsenal of HIV prevention interventions the AIDS community now has at its disposal to combat new infections worldwide.

Published
03 February 2012
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Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
About 70 new HIV cases found in Kyrgyz children

Health officials in Kyrgyzstan say they have diagnosed 70 new cases of HIV among children during a widespread check following a scandal over transmission of the virus in hospitals.

Published
03 February 2012
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Kyiv Post
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses

Published
03 February 2012
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Finance and funding
ZIMBABWE: Improved AIDS levy collections fill part of funding gap

With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.

Published
03 February 2012
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IRIN Plus News
TB diagnosis
Inaccurate TB blood tests commonplace in many TB high-burden countries

Although recent press attention has highlighted the problematic use of TB serological tests by medical providers in India, a new paper in The European Respiratory Journal (Widespread use of serological tests for tuberculosis: data from 22 high-burden countries) demonstrates that the use of these tests is much wider spread.

Published
03 February 2012
From
Science Speaks
Types of tests
Chembio, OraSure vie over Over The Counter HIV tests

Even as a Pennsylvania-based company made news last month by advancing toward approval for an over-the-counter HIV test, a Long Island company is making strides with its own version of the test.

Published
03 February 2012
From
Long Island Business News
Condoms and lubricant
Uncomfortable news on lubes for anal sex

Commercially available sexual lubricants may increase people’s susceptibility to sexually transmitted infection (STIs), US scientists reported recently. A study found that people who consistently used shop-bought ‘lubes’ for

Published
03 February 2012
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