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At least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the United States - 40 percent more than previous estimates, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.

There are probably about 225,000 more people living with HIV in the USA than official figures have been reporting, according to a new study carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC has used a new laboratory test to calculate yearly incidence of new HIV infections in the USA. Official figures had informed that in 2006 there were 40,000 new HIV infection cases nationally.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the United States -- 40 percent more than previous estimates, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One in four new mothers in Oklahoma report symptoms of maternal depression after giving birth, according to a recent study conducted by the Oklahoma State Department of health (OSDH). Using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), an ongoing statewide survey of maternal behaviors and experiences, OSDH officials found that 40 percent of Oklahoma mothers did not discuss postpartum depression, or PPD, with their health care provider.read more

NHS and private healthcare providers have taken positive steps to improve the monitoring and management of controlled drugs following the Shipman Inquiry. But more work is necessary to ensure all concerns are picked up, investigated and, where appropriate, action is taken. This is the main finding of a Healthcare Commission report published yesterday (Friday).

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al Qaeda number two, Ayman al Zawahri, might have been killed or wounded in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan's border region last Monday.

AP - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported Sunday, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al Qaeda number two, Ayman al Zawahri, might have been killed or wounded in a U.S. missile strike on the Afghan border last Monday.

ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic....