Sub-Topics Prevention Treatment Also Try Sexually Transmitted Diseases Lesson Plans HIV/AIDS and Government Policy (PBS.org - NOW) Provides a lesson on the relationship between the disease and Government policy. 12-05 News -08-21-06 AIDS Mystery Solved (CBS News) "The cells are turned off by HIV, which disarms them by flicking off a molecular switch in the cells. But in the laboratory, researchers were able to block that switch and restore T-cell function." "The findings raise the possibility that one day, doctors could switch a chronically ill patient's immune system back 'on' so that it could resume its fight against HIV, cancer or even Hepatitis C." 08-06 Papers HIV and AIDS Statistics (CDC) Provides statistics on HIV and AIDS. 2-00 Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel Ban (CNN News) "President Obama announced Friday that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS." ""We talk about reducing the stigma of this disease, yet we've treated a visitor living with it as a threat," he said at the White House. "If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it." "Obama said that lifting the ban is a "step that will encourage people to get tested and get treatment. It's a step that will keep families together, and it's a step that will save lives." "The United States, he said, is one of only a dozen countries that still bar the entry of people with HIV." 01-09 Wong-Staal, Flossie (Gale Group) Provides a background of the pioneering medical researcher, credited with co-discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. 6-00

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