China warns gay transmission of AIDS gaining pace (AFP)

AFP - China warned in a notice for Tuesday’s World AIDS Day that homosexual transmission of the disease was gaining pace and called for health authorities nationwide to step up prevention work.

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School Bullies Bully at Home, Too (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Children who bully at school are likely to also bully their siblings at home, a new European study finds.

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AIDS epidemics risk being generalised: UN (AFP)

AFP - The AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, one of Europe’s most affected countries, risk becoming generalised as heterosexual contacts become the chief transmission route for the HIV virus, UN and Ukrainian officials warned Monday.

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Washington to host international AIDS forum in 2012 (AFP)

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Monday that the International AIDS Society will host its 2012 conference in Washington, as the Obama administration lifts a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors.

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UNAIDS chief in South Africa for AIDS Day (AP)

AP - South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than any other country, but it also has a new government determined to end the crisis, the head of the U.N. AIDS program said Monday.

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Breast imaging software helps identify cancers (Reuters)

Reuters - A software program that helps determine the stiffness of a breast lump may help some women avoid unnecessary breast biopsies, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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New WHO guidelines urge phase-out of major HIV drug (Reuters)

Reuters - Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of “long-term, irreversible” side effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 30, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

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CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states (AP)

AP - A new government report says swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30.

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Thousands unknowingly infected with HIV: Algerian NGO (AFP)

AFP - An Algerian health organisation warned Monday that thousands of people in the north African country are unknowingly infected with the AIDS virus as it called for more testing and prevention efforts.

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