http://aids.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for aids en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:30:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039148 unknown@Netscape.com Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:30:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039148hivaidsvirusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033888 unknown@Netscape.com Germany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033888g860billioncombataidsAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034994 unknown@Netscape.com The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:40:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034994aidsAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2026207 unknown@Netscape.com Over the past two decades there have been only a handful of other physicians and health professionals who have had the courage to alert the public to evidence that AIDS is man-made. In general, their research have been ignored by the CDC, the NIH, the AIDS establishment, the major media, etc. Now an CIA insider speaks out. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:02:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2026207aidshivdiseasesBiologicalWarfareNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1968572 unknown@Netscape.com The European Union and families of children who contracted Aids are close to clinching a deal that would allow Bulgarian nurses held in Libya to escape the death penalty, Libyan sources said. Sat, 19 May 2007 19:22:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1968572nursesaidschildrenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1821876 unknown@Netscape.com Bill Clinton announced agreements with drug companies Tuesday to lower the price in the developing world of AIDS drugs resistant to initial treatments and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than $1 a day. Thu, 10 May 2007 13:14:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1821876aidspillClintonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1794613 unknown@Netscape.com Former President Bill Clinton announced agreements with drug companies Tuesday to lower the price in the developing world of AIDS drugs resistant to initial treatments and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than $1 a day. Tue, 08 May 2007 15:07:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1794613billClintonAnnouncesaidsdrugdealNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1448614 unknown@Netscape.com A U.S. toddler who nearly died from a rare skin reaction to his father's smallpox shot is out of intensive care and on the mend, thanks to a novel combination of drugs that had never been tried in children. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:09:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1448614newTreamentaidsBoywithrareAilmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1390643 unknown@Netscape.com About 120,000 elephants and countless lions, leopards, crocodiles and hippos run through Botswana's Chobe National Park. But the most dangerous thing -- to wildlife and humans -- is AIDS. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:41:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1390643aidsWildlifeanimalsconservationAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1396383 unknown@Netscape.com Abbott Laboratories Inc. , widely criticized for aggressive pricing of its AIDS medicines in developing countries, said on Tuesday it would slash the price of a key AIDS drug by more than half in more than 40 poor countries. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:01:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1396383healthMoneybusinessAbbottaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1309044 unknown@Netscape.com The new AIDS drug Prezista performed very well in halting the onslaught of the human immunodeficiency virus in people with advanced infection, a study published on Wednesday showed. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:00:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1309044aidsdrugPrezistaperformswellinnewstudyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1248968 unknown@Netscape.com A new campaign to raise awareness about HIV infection uses shock tactics to get its message across. The foundation behind it says the pictures are meant to provoke in order to bring the issue of HIV back into focus. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:16:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1248968hivaidsGermanyProvocativeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1243180 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. global AIDS initiative has provided therapy and brought testing and counseling to millions around the world. Now the challenge is to move from emergency to sustained efforts, the Institute of Medicine said Friday. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:23:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1243180aidshealthprogramsuccessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1227176 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. global AIDS initiative has provided therapy and brought testing and counseling to millions around the world. Now the challenge is to move from emergency to sustained efforts, the Institute of Medicine said Friday. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:46:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1227176agencyaidsfightshouldBeSustainedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1176795 unknown@Netscape.com A Cornell researcher is working to develop a quick, simple and cheap immune-system test for people in the developing world. It could help HIV/AIDS sufferers in the poorest countries get appropriate treatment to extend their lives, possibly by as much as 10 to 15 years. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:57:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1176795healthhivaidstestcheapNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1032896 unknown@Netscape.com The unthinkable has happened. Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn't - or perhaps wouldn't - answer. Did he support the distribution of taxpayer-subsidized condoms in Africa to fight the transmission of H.I.V.? Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:21:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1032896johnMcCainaidsPolitics2008electionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1031691 unknown@Netscape.com At the only hospital in the capital of this tiny West African nation, a 3-year-old AIDS patient named Suleiman receives his daily dose of medication -- a murky brown concoction of seven herbs and spices served out of a bottle that once contained pancake syrup. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:37:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1031691aidscureAfricajokeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/933518 unknown@Netscape.com The trouble with making a cautionary film about a social problem is that it can get preachy and start to look like an after-school special. What's good about "Life Support" is that it doesn't. It makes its points within the context of a stirring family family drama. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:11:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/933518HBOaidslifesupportnelsonGeorgehivNews http://web2announcer.com/go/753345 unknown@Netscape.com A film about Chinese orphans of AIDS victims won an Oscar for best documentary short film, which a prominent AIDS activist in China said showed people still cared. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:25:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/753345chinaaidsdocumentaryawardoscarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/723032 unknown@Netscape.com Zambia's government announced Friday that widely publicized herbal drugs held to cure AIDS have been proved ineffective after clinical trials conducted on dozens of HIV patients. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:00:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/723032herbaldrugscureaidsineffectiveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/705361 unknown@Netscape.com Treating genital herpes can also help keep the AIDS virus under control in women with both infections, and might reduce the spread of HIV, too, the first major study to test this strategy suggests. Many people with HIV are also infected with the herpes type 2 virus, and scientists have long known that herpes sores on the genitals can make it easi Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:41:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/705361aidsherpesdrugNews http://web2announcer.com/go/689872 unknown@Netscape.com From the pockets of his billowing white robe, Gambia's president pulled out a plastic container, closed his eyes in prayer and rubbed a green herbal paste into the ribcage of his patient. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/689872aidscureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/677158 unknown@Netscape.com HIGH Court judge Michael Kirby yesterday accused America of being "obsessed" with September 11, 2001, saying more people died each day of AIDS than perished in the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:02:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/677158aidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/672826 unknown@Netscape.com The Canadian government and Bill Gates announced an initiative Tuesday to establish a research institute to develop an AIDS vaccine, committing a total of $119 million to the project. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:56:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/672826canadaJoinsgatesaidsvaccinefightNews http://web2announcer.com/go/667234 unknown@Netscape.com n a stunning declaration at a London charity gig last night, teary punk celeb Kelly Osbourne revealed that a member of her family has the AIDS virus. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:43:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/667234KellyosbourneaidsFamilyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/573700 unknown@Netscape.com AIDS patients suffering from debilitating nerve pain got as much or more relief by smoking marijuana as they would typically get from prescription drugs -- and with fewer side effects -- according to a study conducted under rigorously controlled conditions with government-grown pot. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:47:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/573700aidsmarijuanaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/540445 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft founder Bill Gates expects an AIDS vaccine will be developed while he's around to see it, he told CBC News in an interview Friday. "In my lifetime, I would be very surprised if we don't have a vaccine for AIDS," he told the CBC's Peter Mansbridge in an exclusive interview in Redmond, Wash. Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:36:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540445billgatesaidsvaccinedevelopedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/156219 unknown@Netscape.com " ... a promise made by the United States to keep their families safe is in danger of being broken ... " Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:17:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/156219usaidspoverydiseaseglobalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/110669 unknown@Netscape.com Women can take the anti-AIDS drug nevirapine to protect their unborn children without endangering their ability to undergo life-saving antiretroviral treatment later on, a new study has found. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:25:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/110669womanaidschildlifenevirapineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/25415 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:00:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/25415charityredaidsshoppingbono http://web2announcer.com/go/11392 unknown@Netscape.com Sept. 8, 2006 - The king of rock's daughter, the mother of new wave punk, and Marilyn Manson's wife are dolling themselves up to fight AIDS and spread the word about the importance of safe sex. Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:23:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/11392aidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6238 unknown@Netscape.com A team of researchers from the University of Montreal and the Centre hospitalier de l'University de Montreal (CHUM) have announced an important breakthrough in fighting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For the first time, scientists have identified a defect in the immune response to HIV and found a way to correct the flaw. Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:16:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6238ScienceaidshivviruscureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5885 unknown@Netscape.com American and South African scientists working at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) "exhausts" killer T cells that would otherwise attack the virus. The researchers found that HIV can simply "turn off" fully functional T cells by flipping a molecular switch on the cells. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:19:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5885SciencehivaidsresearchimmuneNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5849 unknown@Netscape.com We may have evolved beyond monkeys, but if we could produce one of their proteins, our bodies might be able to effectively fight HIV. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:21:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5849SciencehivprimatesaidshealthNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5458 unknown@Netscape.com U.N. special envoy on AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis has urged delegates at an AIDS conference in Toronto to talk less and do more about the problem. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:29:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5458Health & FitnessaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5033 unknown@Netscape.com A huge and growing tuberculosis (TB) epidemic threatens to crush the world's efforts to fight AIDS, health officials, scientists and activists warned at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, this Wednesday. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:36:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5033Health & FitnessaidsTuberculosisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4985 unknown@Netscape.com A year after he died, Peter Jennings will be seen on camera next week as part of an ABC News documentary about AIDS that he was working on when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. The program, 'Out of Control: AIDS in Black America', was completed with Terry Moran as anchor and is scheduled for next Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:07:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4985Televisionpeter jenningsaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4872 unknown@Netscape.com The promoter of the Raw Dukes sex party in Harlem in May banned safer sex, hoping to maximize his profits. A loud protest shut him down, but the underground industry of largely condom-free parties aimed at men of color is still thriving in New York City. AIDS educators have barely begun to fight back, while health advocates fear the trend could spr Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:42:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4872Gay & Lesbiangayaidssafe sexafrican americansCondomsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4719 unknown@Netscape.com Clinton said that US global AIDS spending is doing "more good than harm," but that the United States should not fund programmes that focus on abstinence as the only way to prevent HIV infection in young people. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:53:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4719Health & FitnessAbstinenceaidsbill clintonU.S.News http://web2announcer.com/go/4637 unknown@Netscape.com As many as one in 300 HIV patients never get sick and never suffer damage to their immune systems and AIDS experts said on Wednesday they want to know why. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:56:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4637SciencehivaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4292 unknown@Netscape.com ....President Clinton warned Republicans not to politicize the London terror arrests, slammed Sen. Joe Lieberman, whom he campaigned for just a couple weeks ago..... Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:31:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4292NewsClintonaidswarliebermanterror http://web2announcer.com/go/4275 unknown@Netscape.com The flourishing drug trade in Afghanistan is fuelling the AIDS epidemic in that country and its neighbours in Asia, warns a World Bank report released at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, this week. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:15:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4275ScienceaidsAfghanistanheroinNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4072 unknown@Netscape.com The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada's comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a pitch for the drug as a pain-killer Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:04:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4072Health & FitnessaidsAIDS Conferencecannabispain killersactivistsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3996 unknown@Netscape.com A cream, gel or pill that women can use to protect themselves from the AIDS virus is key to stopping the AIDS pandemic, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has given hundreds of millions of dollars to HIV programs, said on Sunday. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:23:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3996Health & Fitnessaidshivbill gatesMicrosoftSexNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3888 unknown@Netscape.com A cream, gel or pill that women can use to protect themselves from the AIDS virus is key to stopping the AIDS pandemic, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has given hundreds of millions of dollars to HIV programs, said on Sunday. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:52:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3888womengatesaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3554 unknown@Netscape.com t was unimaginable 25 years ago, when an unknown new disease began to destroy the immune systems of gay men. The disease that came to be known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome - AIDS - was a guaranteed death sentence for those who received the dreaded diagnosis. Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:23:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3554ScienceaidsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3537 unknown@Netscape.com WHO lends its support to generic drug. But critics say Canadian law holds it up Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:08:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3537Scienceaidsgeneric pillscanadastupid lawsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3510 unknown@Netscape.com Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. said Friday they have agreed to distribute a new triple-combination AIDS pill in developing countries. The once-daily drug, Atripla, was approved by the FDA last month. Gilead and Merck said they now plan to pursue registration of the product with the health authorities of individual countries. Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:16:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3510ScienceaidspilldistributionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2970 unknown@Netscape.com The Rev. Fred Daley, 59, and a Roman Catholic priest, was scheduled to be on an AIDS mission to Africa last Sunday. He had undergone months of training and was preparing to spend more than a year in Lesotho, where one-third of the population suffers from AIDs Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:18:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2970Newsgayaidshomophobia http://web2announcer.com/go/1881 unknown@Netscape.com The growing number of senior Americans living with HIV is facing a generation of doctors and scientists unprepared for their singular problems Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:23:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1881Health & FitnessaidsseniorsNews