AP Exclusive: Woman Died During AIDS Study
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Joyce Ann Hafford died without ever holding the son she had tried to save from contracting AIDS by taking an experimental drug regimen administered by government-funded researchers during her pregnancy.
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A 69-year-old woman who disappeared along with her Alzheimer's-stricken husband nearly three months ago died of a gunshot wound, according to preliminary autopsy results.
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Women who take combination AIDS drugs not only have benefits for their own health but also may pass along high levels of the medication through breast-feeding, potentially protecting their infants from HIV infection, suggests research being presented at
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When Sharon Hollis was 27 she had heard of HIV and AIDS, but like most people, she thought it wouldn&#39;t happen to her. After her brother died in 1986 from HIV complications, she noticed that
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A jury awarded $2.5 million in damages to a woman who received HIV treatments for almost nine years before discovering she never actually had the virus that causes AIDS.
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The family of an HIV-infected pregnant woman said they were never told Joyce Ann Hafford died from the experimental drug she was taking in an effort to keep her baby from being infected.
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A study aimed at showing whether a single dose of an AIDS drug could prevent mothers from passing the virus to their newborns was so sloppily run that it should be disregarded, a fired oversight expert said on Tuesday.
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For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infantâs food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries.
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The 36-year-old Illinois woman who died last month after being treated with an experimental gene therapy was infected with a fungus that usually causes only a mild illness. But the infection spun out of control and ravaged her organs, suggesting that her immune system was seriously impaired, said...
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LOS ANGELES - A nurse at county-run King-Drew Medical Center turned down a monitor attached to a 28-year-old AIDS patient and failed to notice his heart was barely beating just before he died Thursday, it was reported today.
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SEATTLE - A woman who was treated in Seattle for a brain-wasting condition believed to be related to mad cow disease has died.
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This month, World AIDS Day was observed to remember those who have died from the disease and those who are living with the HIV virus that causes it.
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The family of a pregnant woman who died while taking experimental Aids drugs to protect her baby against the disease is suing the doctors, drug-makers and hospitals involved in the study for $10m (â¬7.3m).
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Trials of a new product designed to help women protect themselves from the AIDS virus were halted on Wednesday after women using it became infected at a higher rate than women not using it, researchers said.
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An Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 18.
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AIDS advocates and health workers on Wednesday marked World AIDS Day by focusing on gender inequalities that can lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among women and girls, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports (AP/Long Island Newsday, 12/1).
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More African women than men contract HIV, and, worldwide, women reportedly account for one-half of the infections. The International Center for Research on Women