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U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.

New strategies are needed to boost HIV testing in the U.S., a government report said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.

When formulating their HIV strategies, governments worldwide overlook research showing the importance of behavior change in HIV prevention, several experts said Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the

U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.

Government and global health agencies have failed to adequately address the HIV/AIDS epidemic among men who have sex with men, according to a report by the American Foundation for AIDS Research released Monday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City,

LOS ANGELES -- For hundreds of homeless people, posing as phony hospital patients provided them a clean bed and cash. For the hospitals that processed them, it meant a full patient-load and a paycheck from the government.

The government has a legitimate interest in protecting minors from the use of tobacco products. The proposed advertising regulations in H.R. 1108, however, are over broad and impermissibly restrictive. They are clearly unconstitutional.JOE BARTON.STEVE BUYER.JOSEPH R. PITTS.MARSHA BLACKBURN.NATHAN DEAL.GEORGE RADANOVICH.JOHN SULLIVAN.

A decision by the Federal government to introduce a grocery unit-pricing scheme has been applauded by the nation's leading nutrition organisation. The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) said uniform pricing information, such as cost per kilogram, would make it easier for shoppers to compare products at competing supermarkets, and to compare similar food items on the shelf.

it has taken the U.S. government 225 years to get up to speed.In a landmark move last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would put the tobacco industry under the umbrella of federal health officials for the first time. Now it will be up to the U.S. Senate and President Bush to decide if Big Tobacco should be seen as a public health issue.In the minds of Americans, however, that issue was decided decades ago. Even kids in the 1960s knew enough to call cigarettes 'cancer sticks' and 'coffin nails.'The foot-dragging to regulate tobacco has gone on for centuries. And a lot of ironies have been stirred up in that time. The notion of the government subsidizing tobacco crops . . .Opponents claim it will clog the system and create havoc. But isn't that what tobacco has been doing to Americans since Jamestown?Still, despite all the warnings, public service announcements and scientific evidence, one in five Americans continues to smoke. It's time to stub o