Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_co/global_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080724/capt.cps.nby58.250708012014.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qauUeVghcSbaROWc.cGllg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A patient prepares her medication at a HIV/AIDS clinic. Anti-HIV drugs have slashed death rates among people with the AIDS virus by nearly 40 percent since combination therapy was introduced in 1996, boosting their life expectancy by some 13 years, a study says.(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone.</p><br clear="all"/>

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