Testing, Treatment Key Weapons in AIDS Fight

Testing, Treatment Key Weapons In AIDS Fight

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Visitors view the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where the International AIDS Conference is being held this week. Visitors view the AIDS Memorial Quilt at … The new drug Truvada, which can actually prevent HIV, was …
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In Midst of Washington DC's HIV Epidemic, City Pays People to Get Tested

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Area non-profits are jumping on the bandwagon as well. Whitman-Walker Health, a community health center in Washington, DC, has a van that they park outside of nightclubs, homeless shelters, and grocery stores. Inside the van, they conduct drug testing, …
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Chembio Participating in the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington

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… Diagnostics, Inc.(Nasdaq:CEMI),a leader in point-of-care diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, is participating in the XIX International AIDS Conference taking place from July 22-27 in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention …
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WHO: HIV drug resistance is present but can be managed

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18 JULY 2012 | GENEVA / WASHINGTON DC – Increased use of HIV treatment known as antiretrovirals (ARVs) in low- and middle-income countries has resulted in resistance to some forms of treatment, but not to the extent seen when HIV medication was first …
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