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Vaccine

United Nations AIDS chief Michel Sidibe speaks during the opening session of the International AIDS Conference in Washington, on Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US donates extra $150 million to battle AIDS

Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Science now has the tools to slash the spread of HIV even without a vaccine...
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Ask Dr. Ty: Your questions answered

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about everything from shingles to concussions...
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Study: Vaccine reduces malaria in African children

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ATLANTA (AP) - The quest for the world's first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half...
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Researchers: Vaccine could cure Type 1 diabetes

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VIDEO - If the clinical trial for a vaccine called Diamyd should be successful, diabetes patients may never need an insulin injection again...
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Doctors see spike in swine flu this Spring

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VIDEO - Swine flu has been off the radar for many Americans, but doctors have continued to see a steady number of H1N1 patients...
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Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks

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WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it...
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Sasha and Malia received swine flu shots

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A spokeswoman for first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that 11-year-old Malia and 8-year-old Sasha received their H1N1 shots last week from a White House doctor...
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Is resistance to H1N1 vaccine healthy?

Noel Anderson
OPINION - Rogue medical trials are rooted in black social memory in this country, so I believe it's healthy to be skeptical and to turn simple answers into critical questions on this issue.
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