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...fact that HIV, now regarded in the medical community as a preventable and treatable virus, is a significant and increasing cause of death in China shows that government programs are not reaching enough people, says Schwartländer. In the same government report, released in February, China's Ministry of Health also listed 264,302 diagnosed HIV cases across the nation - nearly double the number in 2005. A lot of that increase is likely due to increased reporting and testing, but UNAIDS still cautions that the statistics reflect only a fraction of disease's real impact...
...been defined by economic growth and social opening, silence still enshrouds many aspects of the nations' sex life, and not, health experts say, without consequences. While most industrialized nations have seen HIV/AIDS death rates steadily decline in the past 10 years, China announced in February that the HIV virus took the lead as the deadliest infectious disease in the nation in 2008, killing nearly 7,000 people in the first nine months of the year. "It's very difficult to talk about sex in schools. It's very difficult to talk about sex in relationships. It's very difficult...
...city's HIV/AIDS administration says indicates a "severe" epidemic. The city's rate of infection--which has risen 22% since 2006--surpasses those found in some developing nations, and officials warn that the actual tally is even higher than the reported number. More than 75% of residents harboring the virus are African American...
...have a particularly strong view about this," says Ho about the early treatment of HIV, "so these results are what I would expect. You have a virus that is churning away actively, constantly destroying important immune cells, so how can it be good to let that go on unchecked by delaying therapy...
Babson College students returned to class yesterday after the institution was forced to close for four days due to an outbreak of Norovirus. The gastrointestinal virus, which can induce diarrhea, nausea, and stomach pains, had infected more than 80 students by last Saturday and still had a handful of patients trickling into Babson’s campus infirmary as of Tuesday. Although 15 infected students had to be transported to local hospitals, the worst appears to be over. “[The Wellesley Board of Health and the Wellesley Health Department have] both expressed full support for our decision...