WIBX 950 » HIV http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:47:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Dental Patients May Have Been Exposed To Blood-Borne Illnesses In Oklahoma, Tulsa Health Department Conducts Public Health Investigation http://wibx950.com/dental-patients-may-have-been-exposed-to-blood-borne-illnesses-in-oklahoma-tulsa-health-department-conducts-public-health-investigation/ http://wibx950.com/dental-patients-may-have-been-exposed-to-blood-borne-illnesses-in-oklahoma-tulsa-health-department-conducts-public-health-investigation/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:17:43 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=171506 The Tulsa Health Department, the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, and the Oklahoma State Department of Health are investigating a private dental practice that may have exposed more than seven thousand patients to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/dental-patients-may-have-been-exposed-to-blood-borne-illnesses-in-oklahoma-tulsa-health-department-conducts-public-health-investigation/feed/ 0 Orofacial, Flickr FDA Approves Truvada to Help Prevent HIV Infections in Healthy Individuals http://wibx950.com/truvada-hiv-infections/ http://wibx950.com/truvada-hiv-infections/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:46:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=122505 On Monday, the FDA approved a groundbreaking drug called Truvada, the first medication shown to prevent HIV in people who have sex with those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/truvada-hiv-infections/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Study: Saliva Tests are Just as Reliable as Blood Tests for HIV Detection http://wibx950.com/study-saliva-tests-are-just-as-reliable-as-blood-tests-for-hiv-detection/ http://wibx950.com/study-saliva-tests-are-just-as-reliable-as-blood-tests-for-hiv-detection/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:07:48 +0000 Daryl Nelson http://thecheckup.com/?p=10770 Saliva testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is just as reliable for detection as blood testing, according to a new study from McGill University Health Centre in Canada.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/study-saliva-tests-are-just-as-reliable-as-blood-tests-for-hiv-detection/feed/ 0 Thinkstock AIDS Deaths and HIV Infections Hit Lowest Numbers Since Start of Epidemic http://wibx950.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/ http://wibx950.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:37:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62031 The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is reporting world AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic, the most optimistic report the group has ever issued.

Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS program, says in a news release, “We have seen a massive scale-up in access to HIV treatment, which has had a dramatic effect on the lives of people everywhere.”

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]]> http://wibx950.com/aids-hiv-lowest-numbers/feed/ 0 China Photos, Getty Images Today Is National HIV Testing Day http://wibx950.com/today-is-national-hiv-testing-day/ http://wibx950.com/today-is-national-hiv-testing-day/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:56:14 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=16069 Utica, NY (WIBX) - Today is National HIV Testing Day.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/today-is-national-hiv-testing-day/feed/ 0 Getty Images ACR Gets Grant To Help With Programming http://wibx950.com/acr-gets-grant-to-help-with-programming/ http://wibx950.com/acr-gets-grant-to-help-with-programming/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:13:51 +0000 Jumpin' Zach Flash http://wibx950.com/?p=2069 Utica, NY (WIBX) - AIDS Community Resources has received a nearly $4,000 grant to help with HIV education for girls.

The Women's Fund of Herkimer and Oneida Counties gave the grant to assist in DIVAS programming. DI

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