AIDS vaccine protects people, shocks researchers

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Source: Stabroek News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said yesterday. Developers said they were now debating how to test the limited amounts of vaccine they have left to ...

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Stigma, discrimination high on PANCAP meeting agenda

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Source: Guyana Chronicle 'Stigma and Discrimination' as it relates to HIV and AIDS was high on the agenda of the 13th Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism, Pan Caribbean Partnership, against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) as the two-day caucus got under way yesterday at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. Delivering the feature ...

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