Baguio doctors, night club community light candles for AIDS victims

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:11:01 +0000

Baguio doctors, night club community light candles for AIDS victims

BAGUIO CITY — In memory of 33 AIDS victims who died, Baguio’s night club community and the city’s doctors on Friday (May 24) lighted candles surrounding a giant red ribbon that symbolizes the global fight against the disease.

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UK opens inquiry into tainted-blood scandal that killed 2,400

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:44:58 +0000

LONDON — A long-awaited inquiry opened Tuesday in Britain into how contaminated blood was used to treat thousands of people in the 1970s and ’80s, killing at least 2,400.

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Gains vs diseases extend global life expectancy

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:16:12 +0000

Global life expectancy grew by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, warning though that unequal income and access to health care translates into far shorter lives for many.

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DOH: HIV spread slowing down

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:59:01 +0000

Although there was a record 11,400 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2018, the number was just slightly higher than 2017’s, suggesting that new infections may be starting to plateau, according to a top health official.

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China says tests on plasma products negative for HIV

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:59:17 +0000

Chinese investigators said tests on a batch of plasma product feared to have been contaminated with HIV have turned up negative for the virus.

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Trump’s ambitious plan to eliminate HIV welcomed by experts

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 07:11:07 +0000

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence looking on, delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump's second State of the Union address was postponed one week due to the partial government shutdown. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

President Trump’s call for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate HIV in the US within a decade was welcomed by experts and advocacy organizations.

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DOH: ‘Access for HIV treatments are available’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:10:47 +0000

The Department of Health (DOH) has assured people afflicted with (HIV) that government has enough supply of anti-retroviral drugs.

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