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Report: New D.C. AIDS cases drop, city still faces epidemic
The number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases in the District fell for the second straight year in 2009, but the nation's capital still faces an epidemic infection rate connected to the disease, a city report says.
Tags: District of Columbia HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and , AIDS , The Associated Press , Gary Emerling , D.C. Department of Health
Graham: AIDS 30 years ago a 'baffling' disease
Sunday will mark 30 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first cases of the disease that would become known as AIDS.
Tags: Jim Graham , AIDS , D.C. Council , Whitman-Walker Clinic , Veronica Robinson
HIV/AIDS 'a death sentence' 30 years ago
Part 1 of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
Tags: Anthony Fauci , National Institutes of Health , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea , AIDS ,
Medical progress marks anniversary of HIV/AIDS
Part 2 of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
Tags: Anthony Fauci , National Institutes of Health , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea , AIDS ,
Gray orders D.C. AG to return Brown's SUVs
The D.C. mayor has directed acting Attorney General Irvin Nathan to return the two SUVs City Council Chairman Kwame Brown ordered for himself.
Tags: Sulaimon Brown , Vince Gray , Kwame Brown , Lorraine Green , Gerri Hall , D.C. ,
How warfighters fight HIV
DoD is on a mission to develop a preventive HIV vaccine for U.S. military personnel and for the global community.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , World AIDS Day , Army , Paul Scott
Scientists Find HIV-Fighting Antibodies
Scientists led by the National Institutes of Health have discovered antibodies that will prevent most HIV strains from infecting human cells. Two potent human antibodies have been found to stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the lab. Scientists have even demonstrated how one of the disease-fighting proteins is able to do it. They found the antibodies using a novel molecular device that homes in on the specific cells that make antibodies that fight HIV. According to the scientists, the antibodies could be used to design improved HIV vaccines, or could be further developed to prevent or treat HIV infection. Moreover, the method used to find the antibodies could be used to find therapeutic antibodies for other infectious diseases.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , NIH , Scott Carr
