GeoVax's Phase 2a HIV/AIDS Vaccine Human Trials to Begin in North and South America.
'World Aids Day' Commemorated by GeoVax with Hope and Promise ATLANTA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoVax Labs, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GOVX) , an Atlanta-based biotechnology company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and other infectious agents, announced today that the launch of...

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Provides Free Online Journal Access in Recognition of World AIDS Day.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to the urgent need to disseminate authoritative information in the field of AIDS/HIV research and clinical care, publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. will provide complimentary access to all archival online issues of the company's AIDS journals through the end of December...

Experts Address State of HIV/AIDS Care in the Region Following Landmark Assessment Showing Widening Gaps in Social Services.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical and social service officials convened today at a briefing hosted by the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force (PATF) to discuss the results, implications and recommendations of the Southwestern PA Regional HIV/AIDS Needs Assessment study. The region's top HIV/AIDS experts in attendance who provided insight...

Domestic violence shelters as prevention agents for HIV/AIDS?
Women are at a heightened risk of experiencing two prominently positioned public health concerns: intimate partner abuse (IPA) and HIV/AIDS. Women are far more likely than men to be raped or physically assaulted by an intimate partner, with seven out of 10 women being raped or assaulted by an...

M*A*C AIDS Fund Bolsters South Africa HIV Care, Prevention with $2.5 Million USD.
Program grants were raised by consumers in 16 countries to benefit women and children-focused programs at UNICEF and NOAH JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A new grant program from the M*A*C AIDS Fund has gifted $2.5 million to fight HIV and AIDS in South Africa....

BET Networks Joins the International Call to Stop the Spread of HIV on World AIDS Day Monday, December 1 with a Special Episode of '106 & PARK' Followed by BET News Exclusive 'ARE YOU POSITIVE?'.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Of the more than one million people in the United States that are living with HIV/AIDS, nearly half are African American. On Monday, December 1 at 6:00 p.m.*, World AIDS Day, BET shines a bright light on these alarming statistics by dedicating a...

German Innovation for HIV/AIDS Diagnostics has Been Used 2.5 Million Times in 2008.
"CyFlow" From Partec Expands Leadership in Developing and Emerging Countries GEaAuRLITZ, Germany, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- German biotech company Partec is expanding its global leadership in specialized HIV monitoring and AIDS patient follow-up diagnostics for developing and emerging countries. In the year 2008, 2.5 million patient tests...

FDA Approves Pfizer's Novel HIV/AIDS Treatment Selzentry.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 December 2008-FDA Approves Pfizer's Novel HIV/AIDS Treatment Selzentry(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Selzentry (maraviroc) full (traditional) approval for use in treatment-experienced adults with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 in combination with other antiretrovirals. In a...

Keeping the family in focus at an HIV/AIDS pediatric clinic.
As the subdiscipline of medical family therapy grows, collaborative partnerships between family therapy programs and HIV/ AIDS clinics represent a promising opportunity to systemically address the medical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal issues that often arise when a family member is coping with the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS. This article...

African-centered dance: an intervention tool in HIV/AIDS prevention.
Nationally, over one million people are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, and approximately one-fourth of them do not know they are HIV-infected. In 2006, 80 percent of newly infected women contracted the virus from high-risk heterosexual contact (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008c)....