HIV

2015-08-02 Kenya Joins US’s HIV-AIDS Project

Kenya will be getting new support to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS among young women. United States President Barack Obama announced…

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2015-07-06 Extremely Dry Weather Raises HIV Risk

Could saving money reduce the spread of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus? A new study finds protecting people from financial hardship may…

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2015-04-06 Mobile Device Diagnoses HIV, Syphilis in Minutes

Diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, require costly tests. Poor patients living in rural…

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2015-02-20 Kenyan Birth Control Method May Put Women at Risk for HIV

Kenyan researchers say women using a popular birth control method are at risk of being infected with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. HIV has…

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2014-08-29 HIV/AIDS Cases Rise Among Young in Thailand

An increasing number of young people in Thailand are becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The United Nations Childrens…

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2014-01-11 WHO: Test, Treat Malnourished Children for HIV

From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. I'm Steve Ember. Today on our program, we tell about a…

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2013-12-18 South Africa Teens Fight HIV

Hello again, and welcome. I'm Jim Tedder in Washington. On today's program ...something serious, and then something fun. First we…

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2013-04-25 Medical Treatment for Adults Infected with HIV

This is AS IT IS. Welcome back. I’m Caty Weaver. Today on the show the subject is HIV/AIDS. In recent…

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2019-12-08 US Officials: Progress in Ending Threat from HIV Has Stopped

United States health officials are reporting problems in meeting the government's goal of ending the HIV epidemic by the year 2030. The…

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2016-07-19 Getting Tested Is First Step In Controlling HIV/AIDS

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The International AIDS Conference is being held this week…

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2012-05-16 US Considers Approving Drug to Prevent HIV

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Studies show that a drug called Truvada can prevent HIV infections. The pill…

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2011-10-12 Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Risk?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization has called a meeting to discuss if there…

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2011-05-18 How Early Treatment Can Limit the Spread of HIV

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. For people infected with HIV, the earlier they start treatment, the better…

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2010-04-28 South Africa’s Huge HIV Testing Campaign

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June…

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2009-11-04 US to End HIV Travel Ban in January

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen eighty-seven, H.I.V./AIDS joined a list of diseases that could keep…

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