Critical Encounters: HIV AIDS Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/IJHRVP1ZJL.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine prevents tuberculosis in people with HIV, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv.html Y! Health HIV & AIDS News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/vaccinemaypreventtbinpeoplewithhiv.html? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:03 GMT AFP - A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/africaushealthaids_20100208173429.html Y! Health HIV & AIDS News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/africaushealthaids_20100208173429.html? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23 GMT A new study conducted in a multi-country HIV treatment program in sub-Saharan Africa has found that pregnancy rates increase in HIV-infected women after they start antiretroviral therapy. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100208211921.htm ScienceDaily: HIV and AIDS News http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100208211921.htm? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT A recent study demonstrates that with advanced imaging technique, the vesicular stomatitis virus can be modified to serve as an anti-cancer agent because it displays high selectivity in killing cancer cells while sparing normal cells. It can also be engineered as a potent vaccine against HIV/AIDS. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209111757.htm ScienceDaily: HIV and AIDS News http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209111757.htm? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT As part of local efforts marking National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, volunteers with AIDS Community Resources (ACR) on Friday gathered at Croly and East Fayette streets to talk with Syracuse residents about the disease. The central New Yorkers distributed condoms and informational pamphlets about the virus. In addition, they counseled youth about screening and set up a resource table in front of a nearby grocery store. “I have a simple story and if sharing it will save lives, then OK,” said Edward Davis, a Brooklyn native who years ago enjoyed a Manhattan life of drug abuse and sex without a thought to consequences. Diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago, Davis decided he had to change his life and has since volunteered with ACR for 14 years. With assistance from the Central New York HIV Care Network, Chauncey Brown, a pastor at True Vine Baptist Church in Syracuse, sent informational packets to about 75 predominantly black Syracuse-based churches. In each packet, a letter urged pastors and clergy to publicly observe the awareness day during Sunday services. At least 35 said they would use the information. While historically people with AIDS were rejected by their community, “We think the churches can have an important role in developing compassion,” said Stephen Waldron, coordinator for the network. In 2006, blacks accounted for just 12 percent of the US population but 46 percent of people living with HIV, according to CDC. In Syracuse that year, black residents had the second-highest number of AIDS diagnoses. [Article source: http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard] http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54725 CDCNPIN News http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54725? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT