Word: hiv
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...trying to develop a vaccine against AIDS--and for more than a quarter-century, it has been disappointed. Earlier this year, it seemed that science had its best shot yet, with a large trial of a new vaccine that would use a novel strategy to protect the body against HIV. In September, however, the results were announced, and this vaccine too had failed. Its developer, Merck, has now released an analysis of the trial, and while the vaccine performed as poorly as reported, the reasons it failed provide insight into what might make it succeed next time...
...Despite that, Dubai officials reported three times that the two suspects were not infected with the HIV virus, according to French diplomats, even though that appears to be untrue. A document released by government officials to French diplomats in August showed that one man had tested positive while in prison four years ago. Alexandre will receive word only in January whether he was infected during the alleged attack. "There is a lot of malfunctioning, but from where I do not know," says a French diplomat in Dubai, explaining the bungling over the AIDS tests. In late October, the French foreign...
...circumcision partisans say a foreskin causes suffering too. Intact boys are at greater risk for kidney infection as infants, and for penile cancer, foreskin disorders, HIV and other STDs like human papillomavirus later in life, leaving female partners more likely to get cervical cancer. The cost of prevention, proponents say, is the brief trauma of the procedure. Says Edgar Schoen, former pediatrics chief at Kaiser Permanente, who led the 1989 American Association of Pediatrics circumcision task force, which came out neutral on cutting: "A newborn baby is programmed for stress and recovers quickly." Opponents, on the other hand, say foreskin...
...somewhat dry, and even when it ventures into the territory of outright silliness as in “Friends” or “Shamemaker,” it lacks the zing of older tracks like “Zoloft” or “The HIV Song.” Ween has turned from pitching out pleasurable bunk and shrewd criticism to basically just compiling drivel. On a redeeming note, “La Cucaracha” does emphasize the musical prowess of this tireless group of oddballs. Though their foray into reggae...
...surprising. Although the Supreme Court in 2001 legalized prostitution, which is widely practiced nationwide, the oldest profession has not gained the relative social acceptance it enjoys in some European countries. Instead, women and men in the sex industry have become scapegoats for everything from broken homes to the rising HIV-infection rate...