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  1. Health & Medicine

    Two steps forward, one step back

    Just a few days after the National Institutes of Health announced it was canceling a large AIDS-vaccine trial, researchers reported preliminary results from a new vaccine that appears safe.

    By Damaris Christensen
  2. Health & Medicine

    New drugs help battle HIV

    Three potential drugs in development rely on novel tactics for attacking the virus that causes AIDS.

    By Damaris Christensen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Genes predict allergies to drug

    Genetic differences among people infected with HIV might help identify the 5 percent of patients who will suffer allergic reactions when given the antiretroviral drug abacavir.

    By Damaris Christensen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Is HAART hard on the heart?

    Two studies came to opposite conclusions on whether multiple-drug regimens known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for people with AIDS also contribute to heart trouble.