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A more effective flu vaccine is needed for the elderly because of their diminished ability to fight off the illness and increased risk of dying from the infection, U.S. health authorities said.
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In a Bangkok go-go bar, a prostitute in a transparent miniskirt who goes by the name “Joy” said she’s ready to benefit from one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in the 30-year fight against AIDS.
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A Merck & Co. drug for a rare type of cancer flushed out hidden deposits of HIV in a study, according to researchers who say the results provide a hint that curing AIDS may someday be possible.
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Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Truvada topped Time magazine’s list of medical breakthroughs for 2010 after a study showed it may achieve a goal pursued by scientists for a quarter-century: a pill to prevent HIV infection.
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Armadillos are the most likely cause of unexplained cases of leprosy among people with the disease in the southern U.S., where the animals are hunted and eaten, a study found.
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Debbie Dingell, wife of Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Democrat, was reunited last night with Hydeia Broadbent, a thriving woman in her late 20s.
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A daily pill helped protect gay and bisexual men from catching HIV in a study , the first to show that a drug used to treat the world’s deadliest virus can also be used to prevent it.
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Millions of HIV infections could be averted by treating patients earlier than current guidelines recommend, after a study showed giving pills to patients as soon as they’re diagnosed can prevent them infecting others.
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A single gene mutation causes some immune system cells to shut down at body temperature and sends others into overdrive in the cold, creating a mix of ailments that researchers say constitutes a new medical syndrome.
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An AIDS vaccine may be one step closer after scientists found antibodies in the blood of a patient that kill more than 90 percent of HIV strains, according to a study in the online version of the journal Science.
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