HIV, Hepatitis C Prevalence in Canadian Prisons Presents &#39;Clear&#39; ...
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HIV and hepatitis C infections are &quot;[r]ampant&quot; in Canadian prisons and present a &quot;clear and present health risk&quot; to inmate populations, prison guards and the general public, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ontario Medical Association
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By Cheryl Winkelman  Sex is taking place behind bars.   According to Isela Gonzales, an HIV counseling, testing and linkages coordinator with San Francisco County's Department of Public Health, transgendered inmates and gay men admitted to her they'd been sexually solicited.
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Hepatitis C among young drug users in London is reaching epidemic levels while HIV cases are &quot;worryingly high&quot;, researchers have warned.
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Technicians of the Health Ministry have started this month to collect blood samples from pregnant women, for a study on the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis &quot;B&quot; and Syphilis, throughout the country, reads a press note released by the World Health
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Cameroon has experienced one of the most rapid spreads of HIV infection among adults in the whole of West and Central Africa. The government of Cameroon says it has a broad strategy to fight AIDS.
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OTTAWA (CP) - In a major policy shift, the federal government says it will consider compensating more people who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood.
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The key genes which lead the body&#39;s fight against HIV infection have been pinpointed by scientists. The work provides a greater understanding of how some people can survive symptom free for years, while others rapidly develop Aids.
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Hepatitis C results propel shares up.
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Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.
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Obese patients who are treated  for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely  to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused  by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a  review published in the medical journal Hepatology.
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A needle-exchange program is the best way to stop the alarming increase of HIV and hepatitis C in Canadian prisons, medical and legal groups said Wednesday.
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The Canadian government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced C$139 million ($118 million) in funding on Tuesday for a Canadian initiative in the search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine.
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There are two ways to judge the recent health agreement reached among the federal government, the provinces and the territories. One is on substance: A fair analysis suggests the funding agreement will improve
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TORONTO (CP) - With no deaths and just 25 human cases, it&#39;s tempting to think that Canada has dodged the bullet from the big gun that was the threat of West Nile virus this year.
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Quebec hospitals have been ordered to isolate patients who are infected with C. difficile. But according to some patients, that isn&#39;t always happening fast enough.
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Scientists working in South Africa say they have identified a gene that controls the human body&#39;s response to HIV. The researchers say the gene determines the body&#39;s response to infections.
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A group of prisoners who appear to be naturally immune to hepatitis C could lead to a vaccine, researchers hope.