U.S. OKs early test to help diagnose HIV
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U.S. health officials have approved a Gen-Probe Inc. test to help diagnose the HIV virus sooner, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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A blood test that can tell within   three minutes if a person may have been exposed to high amounts   of lead won U.S. clearance for use by thousands of schools and   clinics, officials said on Monday.
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The laboratory at Maryland General Hospital--where faulty lab equipment produced about 450 suspect HIV and hepatitis tests from June 2002 through August 2003--has taken corrective action and is now in compliance with Medicare regulations, according to
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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu infections in humans within hours. The new rapid test is a significant step forward in what could prove to be the catalyst for an overdue pandemic.
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The AIDS Prevention and Treatment Institute of the Guangdong Provincial Centre for Disease Control started offering the tests yesterday.
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The Center for Disease Control now recommends that HIV tests be routine for adults and teenagers, because too many Americans have the disease and don't know it -- and are passing it around. In Sex Drive Daily.
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Rapid HIV tests lead to more  people getting tested and receiving their results, according to  a study by the US Department of Veterans Affairs presented at  the 16th International AIDS Conference.
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A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says new HIV and AIDS diagnoses rose 11 percent among homosexual and bisexual men from 2000 to 2003, increasing
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A rapid and accurate test for TB could cut infection rates around the world, say experts.
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Most gay and bisexual men infected with  HIV in the United States are taking steps to reduce the chances  of passing on the deadly virus to their sex partners, according  to a federal study released on Thursday.
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A theory that an antiviral drug used to treat AIDS may also be used to prevent it will be put to the test in San Francisco and Atlanta this month, when enrollment of 400 gay men will begin for the US arm of an international HIV prevention study.
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HIV testing rates have remained low in the United States this decade, with only about one-fifth of people at high risk for infection getting a test in any given year, according to a study published on Monday.
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One day after the discovery of a drug-resistant, fast-developing AIDS case in New York prompted city health officials to announce an alert, leading experts said on Saturday there may be little cause for alarm.
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Gay men in Guangdong now have access to free and confidential HIV tests. The AIDS Prevention and Treatment Institute of the Guangdong Provincial Centre for Disease Control started offering the tests yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators yesterday approved the first molecular-based laboratory test that -- within minutes -- can tell surgeons whether breast cancer has spread and requires more intensive surgery.
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People may be most likely to transmit the AIDS virus when they are first infected -- before they start showing symptoms and even before many screening tests detect the virus, Canadian researchers reported on Monday.
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A committee in the Indian state of Maharashtra provisionally approves compulsory HIV tests before marriage.