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Frustrated researchers say developing an effective AIDS vaccine is going to require 'enormous intellectual leaps.' the researchers, including a top official of the national Institutes of health, want new people ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that the hepatitis C virus impairs the immune system's ability to restore itself after hiv patients are treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy .

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and partners are hosting the 3rd national Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery: Inspiring Leadership, Changing Lives, September 15-17, 2008, in Tampa, Florida.

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.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Hepatitis C virus doesn't impair recovery of immune function during treatment of hiv as was thought, researchers said.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released new and updated resources on HIV/AIDS reporting. Summaries and links appear below. Reporting on HIV/AIDS: Lessons From the Field: This new video features interviews with reporters who share their views on the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new study challenges thelong-held belief that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) impairs the immunesystem's ability to restore itself after hiv patients are treated withhighly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

People infected with parasitic worms that cause schistosomiasis might be more susceptible to hiv and more likely to transmit the virus, according to a study published Tuesday in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, the findings might help explain why hiv particularly has affected regions like sub-Saharan Africa.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an appeal for a $21 million, three-year HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Nigeria, AFP/Google.com reports.

This year's survey by the Hawai'i State Department of Health's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) shows that illegal sales of tobacco to minors in Hawai'i has increased from 8.7 percent in 2007 to 11.2 percent in 2008. At the current rate, Hawai'i is above the national average of 10.5 percent. The 13th annual survey was conducted by a joint program with the University of Hawai'i's cancer Research Center of Hawai'i and ADAD. The program conducts inspections of retail outlets that sell tobacco to determine the extent of illegal sales of tobacco products to minors.read more