N.J. Orders HIV Testing For Pregnant Women
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27 -- New Jersey this week launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the country to control mother-to-child transmission of HIV, making screening tests mandatory for all pregnant women in the state beginning next year.
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A key anti-HIV/AIDS drug distributed in  Africa causes drug resistance in pregnant women, but only if  they ignore doctors' orders on how to take the pills, medical  officials said on Monday.
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SINGAPORE : The Health Ministry is reviewing the requirements for pregnant women to be screened for HIV/AIDs, and may make it compulsory.
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A Chinese province which has been ravaged by AIDS plans to force all couples in the worst-hit areas to take compulsory HIV tests before being married, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
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SEVERAL mothers have thrown their weight behind the use of Nevirapine in the prevention of parent to child transmission of HIV and Aids saying the drug was highly effective.
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A "morning after" treatment for the AIDS virus can help prevent infection after a rape, contact with a contaminated needle or even a night of passion without a condom, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Even though rates of AIDS are increasing among Hispanics in Los Angeles County, Calif., few primary care health providers there are offering HIV testing or safe sex counseling to Hispanic patients, a new study finds.
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New rules requiring that condoms be tested before and after shipment to Uganda have caused a shortage of the rubber prophylactic, which the east African country credits for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, a senior health ministry official said.
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The Chinese Ministry of Health announced here Wednesday that China will conduct nationwide HIV testing among people with blood selling history in the 1990s in aneffort to detect AIDS patients on early stage.
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Singapore, facing a rise in AIDS cases, is considering making it compulsory for pregnant women to be screened for HIV/AIDS, an official said on Saturday.
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The District Health Department sought to assure residents yesterday about the safety and quality of hundreds of thousands of condoms distributed as part of the city's effort to fight HIV/AIDS.
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Young women in New Jersey know the risks of AIDS, yet many still consent to sex without condoms, according to a Rutgers University researcher who is trying to change that behavior using short, soap opera-type videos.
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For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infant's food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries
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Sen. Barack Obama and his wife took HIV tests before a crowd of thousands Saturday at a clinic in Kenya in an effort to battle the fear and social stigmas that have slowed progress in fighting the spread of AIDS.
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government said all pregnant women would be screened for HIV/AIDS to stem a rise in new infections. controlled city-state, where the number of new HIV infections reached a record high this year.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women infected with HIV are more likely to spread the virus to their children if they are carrying twins, according to a report in the journal
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Health officials in New York City reveal a new highly drug-resistant strain of HIV in  a local resident.