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No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV

Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.. - 1983: Identifying HIV - In January 1983, researchers in France, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Jean-Claude Chermann, working under Luc Montagnier, identify the virus that "might be" responsible for AIDS.  Their discovery is published on May 20 in the journal Science.

Tue, May 9, 2023 3 mins read

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'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years

When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.. But she feels that people who have had HIV since birth are too often forgotten or ignored.

Tue, May 9, 2023 3 mins read

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Paris's Moulin Rouge cabaret draws curtain on snake act

The storied Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris said Tuesday that it had dropped a long-running snake act under pressure from animal rights groups.. The cabaret, founded in 1889, has now bowed to pressure from Paris officials and campaigners who said it was cruel to submerge terrestrial snakes.

Tue, May 9, 2023 1 mins read

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US woman who wrote book on grief charged with killing husband

A US woman who wrote a book on dealing with grief after the death of her husband has been charged with his murder.. Richins has been charged with aggravated murder and three counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. hg/mlm

Tue, May 9, 2023 1 mins read

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Half of Chicago residents have been exposed to gun violence: study

Half of the residents of Chicago have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40 with Blacks significantly more likely to have done so than whites, according to a study published on Tuesday.. Seven percent of the Black and Hispanic participants in the study had been shot themselves by the age of 40 compared with three percent of the white participants.

Tue, May 9, 2023 2 mins read

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Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40

All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.. The Preventive Services Task Force, a group of independent experts appointed by the Department of Health and Human Service, said that while it previously recommended women in their 40s make individual choices about when to start screening, the new guidance could result in 19 percent more lives being saved.

Tue, May 9, 2023 2 mins read

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Vaccine battle against cancer-causing HPV thwarted by cost, stigma in Venezuela

Venezuelan Glorimar Montano saved up for months to pay the $120 for a single dose of the vaccine that protects against the cancer-causing HPV virus -- a shot that is free and compulsory in most other countries.. "I saved up for a few months to be able to do it," Montano added. 

Tue, May 9, 2023 3 mins read

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Sunak says UK police independent after coronation arrests

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted on Tuesday that the country's police forces were "operationally independent", after a backlash about the arrest of anti-monarchists before they could protest at King Charles III's coronation.. Police used new powers -- enacted only last week and drawn up to target environmental activists following years of disruptive protests -- to hold the anti-monarchists throughout Saturday.

Tue, May 9, 2023 2 mins read

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Calls grow for halt to 'indecent' Nazi-linked auction

Calls grew Tuesday for a halt of an auction of jewels that belonged to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis.. The American Jewish Committee called for the auction to "be put on hold until a serious effort is made to determine what portion of this wealth came from Nazi victims".

Tue, May 9, 2023 1 mins read

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The resurgent Cambodian martial art nearly wiped out by Khmer Rouge

A repurposed Phnom Penh wedding venue becomes a seething pit of pugilism as the Cambodian martial art of kun bokator roars onto the international stage only decades after near-extinction.. Fervent crowds packed the wedding venue in the Cambodian capital to wave flags and cheer on the fighters, who were both local and foreign.

Tue, May 9, 2023 2 mins read