Doctors cite alarming rise in hep C, HIV in prisons; call for ...
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TORONTO (CP) - The alarming increase of HIV and hepatitis C in Canadian prisons must be combatted through government-led needle exchange programs, medical and legal groups said Wednesday.
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Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.
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New HIV cases among Hispanics are being diagnosed at twice the rate of African-Americans and more than four times that of Caucasians.
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New HIV infections among homosexual men are on the rise in Hong Kong and a government consultant warned on Wednesday that prevalence of the disease in this group could hit 30 percent by 2020 if nothing is done.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more efforts and measures to protect people from blood contamination and shortage in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other blood-born diseases.
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HIV infections are rising in  black men and women living in developed nations that have  otherwise made strides against the disease, said participants  at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto.
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The alarming prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C infection among inmates is a health issue that affects all Canadians and requires the country&#39;s prisons to immediately adopt needle exchange programs, advocacy groups said yesterday.
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KINGSTON, ONT. - The Ontario Medical Association has added its name to a list of organizations concerned about increasing rates of HIV and hepatitis C infections among prison inmates.
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Smoking, already linked to several   illnesses, may also increase the risk of infection with HIV,   the virus that causes AIDS, researchers said on Thursday.
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state Department of Corrections to hire more prison doctors within four months, saying that health care for inmates is dysfunctional and endangers their lives.
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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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THE number of people in Britain who have HIV is continuing to rise, with more than 7,000 new cases in the past year. Statistics from the Health Protection Agency show that 53,000 adults have
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The latest figures on HIV/Aids in China show a 30% jump in reported cases, health officials say.
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The number of new H.I.V. infections in men under 30 who have sex with men has increased sharply in New York City in the last five years.
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OVER 6,000 patients were warned on Monday that they may have been exposed to vCJD, the human form of mad cow disease, through blood plasma products.
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A study by South African medical journal warned Tuesday that the country needs more nurses as the number HIV/AIDS infections rises among health care workers.
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An explosive increase in the percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina has health officials across the T&amp;D Region scrambling for ways to enhance education and funding to tackle the problem.