Grassroot Rochester, a University of Rochester student organization that works to encourage and create opportunities for the underserved youths of Monroe County, is hosting a late-night soccer event to raise AIDS awareness.
The House Health and Human Services Committee gave unanimous approval Thursday to a measure that would require persons convicted of prostitution or soliciting prostitutes to be tested for HIV.
The 2009 documentary "Silence Is Death: Unheard Voices" was commissioned by Palm Beach County in response to a report showing the disproportionate toll HIV/AIDS is having on Florida's black residents.
In the current study, the researchers sought to establish whether a convenient, non-invasive HIV test that uses oral fluid was accurate compared with using the same test with blood-based specimens.
In January, Bethlehem, Pa.-based OraSure Technologies submitted a final module of clinical test results supporting its application to sell the OraQuick rapid HIV test to the public.
CDC on Thursday released a new immunization schedule that recommends routine vaccination against human papillomavirus for boys ages 11-12, and catch-up HPV vaccination for males ages 13-21.
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