After what Shane Ryan calls “a silly, stupid weekend” in late April, he joined the many other men in San Francisco, California, who line up…
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On 6 December 2013, Pedro Robles spent 14 hours in an ambulance being driven up Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The 51-year-old man was not rushed…
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Comments closedThree new studies report progress in the drive to rationally design AIDS vaccines that can teach the immune system how to mount an effective antibody…
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Comments closedThe world of venture capital is a mysterious place to most researchers, as it has its own jargon and customs. Two venture capitalists who work…
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New genetic studies that compare different HIV isolates with each other are allowing researchers to create sophisticated maps of transmission networks. These phylogenetic transmission maps,…
Continue reading HIV family trees reveal viral spread
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On the deck of a sportfishing boat on a sparkling Saturday morning in Mexico’s Gulf of California, Raymond Schinazi is singing. Sky of blue Sea…
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This popular TV game show has a thing for science Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek PHOTO: JEOPARDY PRODUCTIONS INC. On 10 March, at a massive sound…
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Before falling into disrepair after independence, the extensive rail network in the Democratic Republic of the Congo likely spread HIV. PHOTO: CARL GIERSTORFER
Sometime around the early 1900s, the virus that sparked the AIDS epidemic likely spread from a chimpanzee to a human in southeastern Cameroon. In roughly…
Continue reading Early AIDS virus may have ridden Africa’s rails
Comments closedBed nets can prevent malaria, antiretroviral drugs extend life for HIV-infected people, and hand-washing reduces rates of diarrhea. Scientific studies have proven the worth of…
Continue reading A hard look at global health measures
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