By Giovanni Tapang, PhD Bulatlat.com The leading scientific journals usually have a year end issue that summarizes the year that was in science. Science magazine has hailed the AIDS treatment therapy study HPTN 052 of Myron Cohen and collaborators as its Breakthrough of the Year. This clinical study showed lowered infection rates of HIV-1 (by…
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Philippines among 7 countries with steady increase in HIV infections
By ACE ALEGRE
On December 2010 alone, 174 new cases were reported, representing a 38-percent increase compared to the same month in 2009. It was also the highest number of cases reported in a single month since 1984.