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Nobel is postscript to bitter 1980s HIV dispute (AP) -

AP - The awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s over who deserved credit for discovering HIV and the resulting test to screen blood for it.

Scientists who found HIV virus in Nobel Medicine Prize win (AFP) -

AFP - France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their discovery of the HIV virus, along with a German scientist for his groundbreaking research into cervical cancer.

CDC says 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV (Reuters) -

Reuters - A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

S.Africa's new health minister vows 'to get things right' (AFP) -

AFP - South Africa's new health minister vowed Thursday to "get things right" in providing AIDS treatments, after years of missteps by her predecessor who had touted vegetables as a cure.

HIV Outbreak Began Decades Earlier Than Thought (HealthDay) -

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading in humans around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study claims.

Pfizer drug helps advanced HIV at 48-week mark (Reuters) -

Reuters - The Pfizer Inc. AIDS drug maraviroc helps thwart the HIV virus in nearly half of people who have developed resistance to other treatments, according to two related studies published on Wednesday.

Study traces AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago (AP) - AP - The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908.

AIDS virus leapt the species barrier early last century: study (AFP) -

AFP - The AIDS virus, previously thought to have been transmitted from chimps to humans in the 1930s, may have leapt the species barrier more than a century ago in west-central Africa, scientists said on Wednesday.

HIV up sharply among women, gay men in China (Reuters) - Reuters - HIV infections jumped 8-fold over the past few years in parts of China among gay and bisexual men, according to new data from southern China.

Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Fight Viral Infections (HealthDay) - HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs used to treat obesity may be effective against a wide range of viral infections such as the flu, hepatitis, and even HIV, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center and Princeton University.

US eases visa rules for HIV-positive visitors (AFP) -

AFP - US immigration officials on Monday announced moves to ease and speed up visa-processing for HIV-positive visitors to the United States, months after a 21-year entry ban on people with the virus was lifted.

3M Injected Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV-Positive (HealthDay) - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- As the number of countries reporting intravenous drug use has increased over the last decade, a new study suggests that as many as 3 million of these addicts may be HIV-positive.

South Africa's removal of health minister praised (AP) -

AP - AIDS activists on Friday celebrated the removal of South Africa's health minister, accused of causing countless unnecessary deaths by promoting nutritional supplements instead of conventional medicine for people with HIV.

AIDS awareness still low in China: survey (AFP) -

AFP - Knowledge and awareness of AIDS and HIV transmission in China is still low, even in big cities like Shanghai, according to a survey released Friday.

Nearly one in five intravenous drug users may have HIV: estimate (AFP) -

AFP - Around 16 million people around the world inject illegal drugs, and nearly one in five of them may have the AIDS virus, according to an estimate published online Wednesday by The Lancet.