national hiv news

A three-year initiative will seek to give HIV tests to everyone in the Bronx from age 18 to 64, the New York City Department of Health announced Thursday.

Did you know that there's a new infant formula that blocks transmission of HIV from mother to baby? â?¦that a mother's Vitamin D status during pregnancy will affect her baby's future dental health? â?¦ that there's a new topical oral syrup that prevents early-childhood tooth decay?The

Underage drinking is a national concern that led the U.S. surgeon general to issue a 'Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking' last year. Now, a new report by an Iowa State University researcher assesses the effectiveness of underage drinking prevention programs and provides a better idea of how to achieve key goals outlined by the surgeon general.

Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) disclosed this evening that its CEO, James A. Joyce, is currently featured in an on-line interview with CEOcast, Inc. During the interview, Mr. Joyce discusses the 'first-in-man' clinical study of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as a treatment for HIV/AIDS.

Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder ...

An analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of hiv diagnoses among men who have sex with men shows a disturbing 12 per cent annual increase in new cases among 13 to 24 year olds, especially young blacks males.

To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formed a new Vaccine Discovery Branch within the Vaccine Research Program in the Division of AIDS (DAIDS).

The number of young homosexual men being newly diagnosed with HIV infection is rising by 12 percent a year, with the steepest upward trend in young black men, according to a new report.