最新研究显示,为艾滋病毒暴露的人群提供抗逆转录病毒药物治疗是阻止艾滋病毒感染的有效途径,且不会促使危险行为的发生。
UNITED STATES: Post-Exposure HIV Drugs Won't Boost Risky Behavior
Providing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to people after they may have been exposed to HIV is an effective way to prevent them from becoming infected and does not appear to promote high-risk behavior in people who know this option is available, a new study finds.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801482、美国田纳西州:圣安东尼奥的针具交换积极分子面临控告三名当地活动家在1月5日为静脉注射者发放干净的注射器,如果控告罪名成立的话,他们将面临一年的牢狱生活。
TEXAS: San Antonio Needle-Swap Activists Facing Charges
Three local activists cited on Jan. 5 for distributing clean syringes to intravenous drug users may face up to a year in jail if convicted.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801493、美国犹他州:斯诺学院学生患肺结核周五在Ephraim,斯诺学院校长Scott L. Wyatt通过一份校园群发邮件以通知整个社区一名学生已经被诊断为活动型肺结核。
UTAH: Student at Snow College Had TB
In Ephraim on Friday, Snow College President Scott L. Wyatt used a campus-wide e-mail to inform the community that a student who had been at the school throughout 2007 has been diagnosed with active TB.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801534、美国南达科他州:卫生官员控制梅毒的传播连续两年梅毒病例增多的报告出现后,州及市卫生官员已经开始控制苏福尔斯的梅毒传播状况。
SOUTH DAKOTA: Health Officials Curb Spread of Syphilis
State and city health officials appear to have squelched the spread of syphilis in Sioux Falls after recording increases for two years running.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801505、美国加利福尼亚州:Bakersfield餐馆传出肝炎消息后,若干人接种了疫苗卫生部门报告,克恩县Rosedale路Chuy's Mesquite 烤鸡店的一名员工已经被诊断为活动型肺结核,病毒有可能传播的日期是1月4日至1月10日。
CALIFORNIA: Dozens Get Vaccinated After Hepatitis News at Bakersfield Eatery
Health authorities have reported that a worker at Chuy's Mesquite Broiler on Rosedale Highway in Kern County has been diagnosed with hepatitis A and was potentially infectious from Jan. 4 through Jan. 10.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801526、美国阿肯色州:19人组成艾滋战略小组Mike Beebe州长任命19人组成阿肯色州少数民族艾滋团队。
ARKANSAS: 19 Called to Panel on HIV Strategy
Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed 19 people to the new Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801517、加拿大:托利党谴责安大略政府在对待渥太华裂纹管项目时像亲兄弟一样安大略省立法会的反对成员称自由党政府像亲兄弟一样通过渥太华的裂纹管项目资金申请,而记录显示渥太华官员自身是反对这一项目的。
CANADA: Tories Accuse Ontario Government of Acting Like Big Brother with Ottawa Crack Pipe Program
Opposition members of Ontario's Legislative Assembly say the Liberal government is "acting like Big Brother" by approving funds for a crack cocaine pipe program in Ottawa, where officials are on record as opposing it.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801478、加拿大:北极区的高性病发病率引发人们的担忧,可能会有更多的艾滋病毒感染病例出现最新研究发现,加拿大北极区的淋病和衣原体感染率远远高于南部地区,这又可能是的北极区艾滋感染率增多。
CANADA: High Arctic STD Rate Raises Fears of Greater HIV in the North
A recent study found higher rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the Arctic than in Southern Canada, which could leave the region open to HIV.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD0801469、美国犹他州:研究小组一致通过抗击性病条例周二,犹他州立法者尝试公布过去十年里犹他州性病增加四倍的事实。
UTAH: Panel Unanimously OKs Measure to Fight STDs
On Tuesday, Utah legislators attempted to address the state's fourfold increase in STDs over the past 10 years.
http://www.aegis.com/channel//abstract.asp?a=1&b=AD08014510、美国亚利桑那州:纳波里安诺称她不会接受联邦禁欲基金周六,珍奈特·纳波里安诺州长办公室已经确定除非有关避孕和防止性病的信息被包含在说明里,否则她将拒绝接受联邦禁欲基金。
ARIZONA: Napolitano Says She'll Reject Federal Abstinence-Only Funds
On Saturday, Gov. Janet Napolitano's office confirmed she will reject federal abstinence-only funds unless information about contraception and STD prevention can be included in the instruction.
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