http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 2:09:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40780/50-high-school-teens-in-st-louis-exposed-to-hiv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHealth officials in a small town near St. Louis have set up an HIV testing clinic in a high school gym after an infected person said up to 50 students may have been exposed, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . School officials won't say whether that person is a student or how the virus may have been spread. They are scrambling to stop the spread of infection, and panic, in the community.http://www.newser.com/story/40780/50-high-school-teens-in-st-louis-exposed-to-hiv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 24 Oct 2008 4:47:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40125/std-slap-your-ex-with-lawsuit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCalifornia courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs who contracted HPV, a virus to which 75% of people are exposed.http://www.newser.com/story/40125/std-slap-your-ex-with-lawsuit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 16 Oct 2008 11:34:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39245/3-virologists-share-medicine-nobel-prize.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded today to three scientists who discovered two of the world's deadliest sexually transmitted viruses. Half the prize goes to Harald zur Hausen, a German who discovered the human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer in women. The other half goes to Françoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, the two French virologists who discovered HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.http://www.newser.com/story/39245/3-virologists-share-medicine-nobel-prize.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 06 Oct 2008 9:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38928/hivaids-may-be-100-years-old.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe HIV/AIDS epidemic exploded in the 1980s, but new research shows HIV was plaguing the human population in Africa for a century before that. Old collections of human tissue samples from the Congo have produced evidence of old strains of HIV that may have emerged in 1908, reports Nature .http://www.newser.com/story/38928/hivaids-may-be-100-years-old.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 6:23:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37905/college-kids-take-global-outlook-to-class.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn less than a generation, college students' international perspective has transformed many colleges' public health-related programs and courses. The AIDS epidemic served as a catalyst by opening young people’s eyes to the global character of disease, and the ease of worldwide travel and communication is spurring involvement abroad. The Washington Post looks at the transformation.http://www.newser.com/story/37905/college-kids-take-global-outlook-to-class.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 21 Sep 2008 10:25:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37482/brangelina-gives-2m-for-ethiopian-hiv-clinic.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $2 million to establish a center to care for children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, People reports. The center will be named after daughter Zahara, 3, who they adopted from the African nation. "It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Pitt said.http://www.newser.com/story/37482/brangelina-gives-2m-for-ethiopian-hiv-clinic.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 21 Sep 2008 10:25:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37273/new-hiv-study-shows-disease-accelerating.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new CDC study of Americans with HIV conducted with new technology shows that the virus is spreading faster than previously thought, reports the New York Times . In 2006, more than 56,000 were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS—40% more than anticipated. The study also showed that whites and blacks tend to contract the virus at different times in their lives.http://www.newser.com/story/37273/new-hiv-study-shows-disease-accelerating.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 12 Sep 2008 5:06:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36600/romans-left-conquered-peoples-more-prone-to-hiv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Roman conquest of Europe may explain why populations living in the former empire are more vulnerable to HIV, French researchers say. A genetic variant that protects against the AIDS-causing virus is less prevalent in former Roman colonies such as England, France, Greece, and Spain, though some argue that a larger event like the bubonic plague caused the variation, the BBC reports.http://www.newser.com/story/36600/romans-left-conquered-peoples-more-prone-to-hiv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 21 Sep 2008 10:25:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36352/hiv-adoptions-from-abroad-on-rise.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMore US families are adopting HIV-infected children from overseas, primarily in Ethiopia, the AP reports. Stats from one international agency show 38 adoptions of infected Ethiopian children this year, up from 13 in 2007 and four in 2006. HIV adoptions have also increased in China, Ghana, Haiti, and Russia, say US adoption agencies, though at significantly lower numbers.http://www.newser.com/story/36352/hiv-adoptions-from-abroad-on-rise.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 21 Sep 2008 10:25:25 CDT