AIDS epidemics risk being generalised: UN (AFP)

AFP – The AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, one of Europe’s most affected countries, risk becoming generalised as heterosexual contacts become the chief transmission route for the HIV virus, UN and Ukrainian officials warned Monday.

Washington to host international AIDS forum in 2012 (AFP)

AFP – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Monday that the International AIDS Society will host its 2012 conference in Washington, as the Obama administration lifts a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors.

As moms age, more babies born with Down syndrome (Reuters)

Reuters – The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Soda can tabs still a swallowing hazard for kids (Reuters)

Reuters – Kids are swallowing more than just their soda when they drink from cans. They are also swallowing the can’s aluminum stay tabs, Ohio investigators reported here at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2009).

Connecticut sues CVS for selling expired products (Reuters)

Reuters – Connecticut’s attorney general has sued CVS Caremark Corp, accusing the drugstore chain of selling food, beverages and over-the-counter medications past their expiration dates.

UNAIDS chief in South Africa for AIDS Day (AP)

AP – South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than any other country, but it also has a new government determined to end the crisis, the head of the U.N. AIDS program said Monday.

CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states (AP)

AP – Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.

Breast imaging software helps identify cancers (Reuters)

Reuters – A software program that helps determine the stiffness of a breast lump may help some women avoid unnecessary breast biopsies, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

New WHO guidelines urge phase-out of major HIV drug (Reuters)

Reuters – Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of “long-term, irreversible” side effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Swine flu still down in U.S. but 198 children dead (Reuters)

Reuters – Swine flu continues to wane across the United States, but it has killed more than 30 children since the last count, U.S. health officials said on Monday.

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