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New WHO Report Flags Major Increase In HIV And Hepatitis
RTT News· 5 days agoGlobal HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report.
How British patients were infected with HIV from US prisoners who donated blood for a few dollars
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoRichard Vincent, a prisoner at Louisiana State Penitentiary, testified in the US that he had been...
Coalition calling for change to HIV/AIDS penalty laws
WFMJ Youngstown· 6 days agoCoalition calling for change to HIV/AIDS penalty laws
What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal from the 1970s to '90s?
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 4 hours agoLONDON (AP) — The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry was published on Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted ...
'Vampire facials' were linked to cases of HIV. Here's what to know about the beauty treatment
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoThis electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes ...
US pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban on breastfeeding for those with HIV
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 7 days agoPeople with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change.
Health Headlines: Long-time ban on breastfeeding with HIV reversed
WTNH-TV New Haven· 6 days agoIn today’s health headlines, a long-time ban on breastfeeding for people with HIV has now been...
Felony charges prompt call for change to ‘outdated’ Ohio laws criminalizing HIV
WCMH via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWatch a previous NBC4 report on Ohio’s HIV-criminalization laws in the video player above. COLUMBUS,...
Children told in 'batches of five' if they had HIV at infected blood school, then sent back to class
Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoMore than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C while they were receiving NHS care...
People with HIV can now breastfeed, new regulations say
WBUR Boston· 7 days agoThe American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its position on breastfeeding. The organization says people with HIV who are taking medications to suppress the virus can now ...