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POSTED December 14, 2011 - 19:08 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

AP woman contracts HIV from blood transfusion

In a case of sheer medical negligence, a pregnant woman was infected with HIV after receiving tainted blood in Andhra Pradesh.

Haseena, 20, received blood transfusions while undergoing caesarean section at a private hospital inA

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POSTED December 9, 2011 - 17:10 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

Mobile HIV testing van rolled out in Singapore

With an aim to provide convenient testing for AIDS/HIV under anonymity, Singapore’s advocacy group Action for Aids (AfA) has rolled out a mobile van.

Apart from making HIV testing more accessible, a mobile unit will help people who dread being recognised when getting screened at clinics.

POSTED November 28, 2011 - 14:21 | POSTED BY munish2425

Malaria parasite blocks immune response -- study

The malaria parasite has an affect on white blood cells, enabling it to stay safe and make the body sick, a recent study in Australia found.

The research showed that the parasite is not only restricted to the liver and red blood cells like it was originally thought, but can also survive in the dendritic cells in the spleen.

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