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Monkeys reveal new clues toward elusive HIV vaccine and cure

BOSTON—Despite enormous efforts over more than 30 years, HIV/AIDS researchers have yet to develop either a vaccine or cure for the disease. But they have made progress in monkey ex...

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7 condom myths everyone needs to stop believing, according to a doctor

When it comes to condoms, chances are pretty good that you think you know everything there is know on the matter. Like, you've been learning about safe sex since eighth grade healt...

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New test extends window for accurate detection of Zika

Diagnosis of Zika infection is complex. Molecular tests for exposure are only reliable in the first two to three weeks after infection while the virus is circulating in the bloodst...

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New ways to fight HIV and tuberculosis emerge at AIDS conference

BOSTON—Some people naturally handle HIV infection better than others, but only two clear genetic explanations have ever been found. Now, a new study reported here today at the Conf...

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USPSTF Recommends Screening Pregnant Women for Syphilis

It's an unfortunate reality that the number of infants born with congenital syphilis in the United States nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016. Congenital syphilis can lead to intraute...

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An Intimate Conversation: Cancer and Sexual Health

When a cancer diagnosis is made, patients immediately ask many questions: What’s the prognosis? What will treatment involve? What are the adverse effects of treatment? Although the...

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Risk Networks Recruiting Effective in Detecting Undiagnosed Patients with HIV

Identifying and interviewing risk networks of individuals who may be infected with HIV using the Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) is an effective, low-cost and fe...

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Florida Begins Offering Free HIV Prevention

12345After years of rising HIV rates, Florida health officials are taking an unexpected step. They’re offering preventative medication for free.Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is b...

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Sexually transmitted disease? At my age?

For as long as humans have engaged in sex, there have been sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The term STD (which has replaced the older "venereal disease") generally refers to ...

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AIDS In America Is A Black Disease

My colleagues and I marched in the Kingdom Day Parade last month, and toward the end of the route, a group of 10-15 men and women began heckling us. “All Black people don’t have AI...

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USPSTF releases draft recommendation on syphilis screening in pregnant women

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft recommendation affirming its 2009 decision that all women who are pregnant should be screened for syphilis.The “A” grade ...

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Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs

Hi. I'm Dr Gail Bolan, director of the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I'm reaching out to healthcare p...