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• HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights

  November 13 (HealthDay News) -- The latest attempt to develop an AIDS vaccine has failed, ...

• Pelvic Inflammation Puts Girls at Risk for Repeat STIs

  November 13 (HealthDay News) -- Teenage girls treated for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) become highly ...

• Way to Rescue Tired Immune Cells Fighting HIV Found

  November 12 (HealthDay News) -- A method of "rescuing" immune cells exhausted from fighting HIV ...

• Most Single Adults Not Using Condoms

  November 11 (HealthDay News) -- Six out of every 10 middle-aged Britons do not use ...

• Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States

  November 11 (HealthDay News) -- Running contrary to what is occurring elsewhere in the world, ...

• Flu Shots Lower Risk of Blood Clots

  November 9 (HealthDay News) -- People who get their annual flu shot may reap an ...

• TB Strain Called a Growing Public Threat

  November 7 (HealthDay News) -- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), is becoming more common and more ...

• Women's Hands Home to More Types of Germs

  November 4 (HealthDay News) -- Women's hands have a veritable United Nations of germs compared ...

• Too Many High-Risk Teens Not Getting Flu Shots

  November 4 (HealthDay News) -- Too few American adolescents with asthma and other high-risk illnesses ...

• Global Attention to Snakebites Is Unmet

  November 4 (HealthDay News) -- Snakebites pose an important but neglected threat to global public ...

• U.S. Reported 25,000 Cases of HPV-Related Cancers Annually

  November 3 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 25,000 cases of cancers associated with human papillomavirus ...

• Special Mouth Rinse Spots, Tracks Human Papillomavirus Infection

  October 31 (HealthDay News) -- A simple mouth rinse can spot specific types of human ...

• Media Affects Public Perception of Infectious Diseases

  October 31 (HealthDay News) -- Media coverage greatly influences how people perceive the threat of ...

• Coconut Oil May Help Fight Childhood Pneumonia

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- Virgin coconut oil, added to antibiotic therapy, may help relieve ...

• Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses among Americans age 65 and ...

• Flu Vaccine Could Prevent 357,000 Deaths in Pandemic

  October 29 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinating infants with what's known as the "7 valent pneumococcal ...

• Threat from Infectious Diseases Growing

  October 29 (HealthDay News) -- At least 170,000 Americans die each year from infectious diseases, ...

• When It Comes to Flu, the More Who Get Vaccine, the Better

  October 28 (HealthDay News) -- The more people who get the flu vaccine, the better ...

• High-Dose Flu Shot Benefits Elderly

  October 28 (HealthDay News) -- A high dose of seasonal flu vaccine gives an added ...