<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - AIDS/HIV</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/aids?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><description>AIDS/HIV</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Global Health Corps Proposed to Fight AIDS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2446-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2446-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The federal government should create a corps of AIDS specialists and deploy them in the hard-hit countries targeted by the Bush administration's five-year, $15-billion global AIDS program, according to a panel of experts.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GAO Criticizes FDA On Spermicide Labels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45113-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45113-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The failure of the Food and Drug Administration to update warning labels on products containing the spermicide Nonoxynol-9 may increase the risk of contracting the AIDS virus among those who use the products, analysts at the Government Accountability Office have found.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs Might Be Altered]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51848-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51848-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[AIDS experts say that nevirapine, a drug that is used to prevent AIDS cases in newborns, has enough drawbacks that its use is likely to change markedly.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Ravages Mothers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36283-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36283-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Ethiopia's infection rate of 4.4 percent for HIV is far lower than many other African countries, an alarming number of the nation's women are dying of AIDS, often after passing the disease to their children.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Case May Not Be a Harbinger of Supervirus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36430-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36430-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HIV strain shows similarities to virus in Canadian patients who were successfully treated.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV Superstrain Surfaces]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17720-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17720-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A previously unknown superstrain of the virus that causes AIDS has been diagnosed in a New York man who had unprotected sex with several men in October, sparking fears among health officials and gays.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. HIV Cases Soaring Among Black Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3318-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3318-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 2003, the rate of AIDS cases for black women was 20 times that of white women and five times greater than Latinas, according to a report.]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Drugs Approved  For Anti-AIDS Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36411-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36411-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. program allots $15 billion to buy low cost combination drugs made by foreign companies, opening the way to treat more patients in poor countries.]]></description><author> Shankar Vedantam</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Many Blacks Cite AIDS Conspiracy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33695-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33695-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A significant proportion  of African Americans appear to embrace the theory that government scientists created the disease to control or wipe out their communities.]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Recommends AIDS Drugs for Rape Victims]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24736-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24736-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[People exposed to the AIDS virus from rapes, accidents or occasional drug use or unsafe sex can receive drug cocktails that can keep them from becoming infected.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In S. Africa, Stigma Magnifies Pain of AIDS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7822-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7822-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Patients say they are treated as contaminated sinners; some are ordered to use separate toilets or to wash outside. Others are banished.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV-AIDS in Russia May Be Triple Official Rate, Report Warns]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1960-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1960-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The number of Russians with HIV-AIDS is probably at least three times the official figure of 300,000, according to a study by two American scholars. The study says authorities need to act aggressively with drug therapy, prevention and education to stem the spread of a disease that for now is concentrated among young people.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Groups Criticized For Diversification]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27763-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27763-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Reduced funding and fading interest is forcing groups to seek other income sources, bringing concerns that patients may be shunted in the rush to expand services.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dose of Prevention Where HIV Thrives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17899-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17899-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Nigerian brothel becomes the test site for a new AIDS treatment pill.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research  Flawed on  Key AIDS Medicine]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62360-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62360-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions, including deaths, government documents show.]]></description><author> John Solomon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An About-Face on AIDS Prevention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45193-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45193-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An attack on AIDS in China through foreign and domestic programs, has departed markedly from an earlier reluctance to face the danger to the country's 1.3 billion people.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: HIV Spreading Faster Among Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6929-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6929-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus  infection is growing more rapidly in women than in men in almost every part of the world, according to a new report.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maker Removes Generic AIDS Drugs From WHO List]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37970-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37970-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move that could potentially affect tens of thousands of AIDS patients in poor countries who have only recently entered treatment.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Postwar Era, Angolans Now  Face Threat Of HIV-AIDS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32039-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32039-2004Sep18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The estimated HIV infection rate for Angola remains under 10 percent for non-elderly adults.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. May Increase Global Diseases Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13322-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13322-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/aids</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The head of the Bush administration's global AIDS plan said he is taking steps that would permit the U.S. to give more money to the Global Fund to Fight disease.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item></channel></rss>