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New Method to Diagnose Malaria

December 10, 2012March 23, 2022 Adham Abdel Mottalib

Thanks to a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, it is now possible to conduct a highly sensitive malaria diagnosis from a single

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New Recommendation: HIV Testing for Everyone Aged 15-65

November 27, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released a draft recommendation that all individuals aged 15-65 get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It

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CDC Recommends Hepatitis C Testing for All Baby Boomers

May 24, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Last Friday, the day before the first National Hepatitis Testing Day, the CDC announced a new recommendation that all “baby boomers” (those born between 1945

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HIV Testing Moves Closer to Home

May 17, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon approve the first over-the-counter at home HIV test that delivers results within 20 minutes. On

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Criminalization and stigma puts sex workers at high risk for HIV/AIDS

December 5, 2011March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

In Rwanda and Cameroon, as well as in many other African nations, prostitution is criminalized and sex workers may face an extended prison sentence and

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