VA to tell House panel about mistakes with equipment used for colonoscopies, other proceduresCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast hospitals or is part of a wider problem. US secretary of state: Obama to put women, girls first in fight against AIDSWINDHOEK, Namibia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will put women and girls first in the fight against AIDS. Bill Gates visits World Health Organization to discuss flu, polio, AIDS workGENEVA — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is visiting the World Health Organization to discuss the agency’s work on polio, AIDS and the swine flu outbreak. Doctor: Patients testing positive for HIV, hepatitis can’t link infections to VA hospitalsMURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Former patients who tested positive for HIV or hepatitis will not be able to show they were infected by tainted equipment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a top doctor for the agency said Friday. New South African president takes office Saturday, faces tough economic, health challengesJOHANNESBURG — When Jacob Zuma takes the presidential oath Saturday, he will become the leader of a country where at least a quarter of the work force is unemployed and 1,000 people die of AIDS every day. VA: 5th HIV case linked to unsterile hospital equipment; 7 more test positive for hepatitisMIAMI — A fifth patient has tested positive for HIV, and seven more tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, the agency said Friday. Women bear largest burden in hunger crisis raging in Africa and across developing worldBULAWAYO, Swaziland — Phetsile Ndwandwe, short, skinny and 23 years old, accepts an apple from a development worker and nibbles at it, stripping the peel with her teeth before handing the fruit to Siphokazi, her baby daughter. VA reports a 4th positive HIV test in wake of dirty hospital equipment, vets grow frustratedCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the dire warnings, veterans are growing frustrated by the lack of information from the tightlipped federal agency. VA: 4th patient tests positive for HIV since agency said vets were exposed to dirty equipmentCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fourth person exposed to dirty equipment at its hospitals has tested positive for HIV. |
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