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Mar 5, 2013: A baby that was HIV postive at birth has been cured. Researchers confirmed the news after conducting a series of tests to ensure the results were consistent. The discovery is good news, as it could potentially help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
Researchers refer to the method as a "functional cure" rather than a complete cure, is because the ...
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| HIV on the rise among gay men |
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Feb 17, 2013: According to Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) a decline in the use of condoms by gay and bisexual men has contributed to a spike in HIV infections in those groups in the UK, researchers found.
Between (1999-2010) there was a rise of 26% among men who have sex with men, who did not use condoms. The report shows that there is a correlation between in unsafe ...
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| In his own words; Pope Benedict XVI resigned |
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Feb 12, 2013: In a rare show of courage, that Vatican analysts have described as "being in touch with modern times," Pop Benedict resigned, making him the only one to resign in over 600 years. The following is the full text of his announcement.
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to comm... |
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| Gang rape victim dead |
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Dec 29, 2012: A young Indian woman who was gang raped, savagely beaten and thrown out of a moving bus in New Delhi, has died in a Singapore hospital where she had been flown for treatment.
Mount Elizabeth hospital Chief Executive Kelvin Loh had earlier said that "the patient had remained in an extremely critical condition since being admitted."
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| UN passes resolution against female mutilation |
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Nov 27, 2012: The United Nations General Assembly on Monday passed its first resolution againt female genital mutilation. Supporters of the resolution estimate more than 140 million women worldwide been subjected to the barbaric practice.
The practice is common in African and Middle eastern countries, in spite of being outlawed. The resolution represents the first time the practice h... |
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| Never Again |
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Nov 19, 2012: Thousands of abortion rights activists on Saturday marched through the streets of Dublin demanding access to abortion, and memorialized the Indian dentist who died of blood poisoning on Oct 28th.
Savita Halappanavar, 31, a dentist who was 17 weeks pregnant, went to the hospital with severe back pain on October 21. Her husband Praveen Halappanavar said she was told she was... |
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