AIDS/HIV

Cheap Indian AIDS pill as good as pricey brands

A cheap three-in-one generic AIDS pill from India is just as good as more expensive branded medicines and should be widely used in…    

HIV+ Man Charged Over Unsafe Sex

A 32-year-old man has been charged with intentionally exposing at least 17 women to the AIDS virus after he ignored an order from health…    

Better access to cheap drugs best way to fight AIDS

Improving access to cheap anti-HIV drugs is the best way to battle the global AIDS epidemic, but the window of opportunity is closing,…    

Vietnam, doctors welcome U.S. AIDS funding

Vietnam and doctors battling the spread of AIDS welcomed the inclusion of the Southeast Asian country in Washington’s $15 billion plan to combat the…    

Thai Hotel Segregates HIV+ Guests

Activists were up in arms Thursday after a Bangkok hotel hosting an AIDS workshop moved all the participants — half of them HIV positive…    

WHO Nixes 2 Approved HIV Drugs

The U.N. health agency has removed two versions of antiretroviral drugs — commonly used in developing countries — from its list of approved HIV…    

Researcher boasts breakthrough in AIDS test

A new test for the AIDS virus that detects proteins inside the microbe may be more sensitive than existing tests, U.S. researchers said.

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New AIDS test may be more sensitive

A new test for the AIDS virus that detects proteins inside the microbe may be more sensitive than existing tests, U.S. researchers said on…    

Drug treatment effective in HIV babies

Combinations of anti-AIDS drugs given to adults infected with HIV can also be effective in newborns, in whom the virus tends to be more…    

World AIDS campaign urges G8 to honor promises

The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) called on G8 governments Thursday to help save millions of lives by honoring commitments they made in signing the…    

Abuse tied to HIV risks in Native American women

Physical and sexual abuse appears common among urban Native American women, and the problem may be contributing to their risk of HIV infection, new…    

HIV treatment cuts drug cocktail

A new HIV treatment will reduce the number of pills patients have to take, researchers say.

Patients prescribed Reyataz (atazanavir) would take…    

Nearly 4 million Nigerians have HIV - ministry

An estimated 3.8 million Nigerians are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, making the West African country one of the hardest hit in…    

China’s cabinet orders urgent measures to curb AIDS

China warned Sunday that AIDS was spreading rapidly in the country and ordered urgent measures including school education and public awareness campaigns to help…    

U.N.: AIDS poses ‘unique threat to human society’

The world is not ready for the full social and economic impact of AIDS, which has killed more than 20 million people in the…    

Study: 6.7 percent of S. African children have HIV

Nearly 7 percent of South African children between 2 and 9 years old are infected with HIV, a survey said Wednesday, offering grim new…    

Panel pushes national program for HIV poor

The government should pick up more of the costly medical tab for low-income Americans with HIV and create a new federal benefits program to…    

Gilead, Merck, Bristol-Myers to combine HIV drugs

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. on Sunday said they are in talks to develop a combination of three anti-HIV…    

U.S. prepares plan for safe AIDS drugs to the poor

The United States is proposing a fast-track system to provide safe, effective AIDS drugs to poor countries under President Bush’s $15 billion AIDS relief…    

U.S. states struggling to provide AIDS drugs -report

U.S. states struggling to provide AIDS medicines to poor patients have had to create waiting lists and limit the drugs they provide in order…    

Alcohol increases HIV risk

Alcohol abuse may increase susceptibility to HIV infection, researchers have found.

The findings could be particularly significant as there is evidence that…    

New hope for Aids vaccine

A US biotechnology company has been giving details of a vaccine against Aids, which it hopes could be available by 2005, to delegates attending…    

Death by Denial Living with AIDS

HIV-related fear has led society to deny the presence of this deadly virus that sits at our doorstep. This, despite the collective risk we…    

Panel pushes national program for HIV poor

The government should pick up more of the costly medical tab for low-income Americans with HIV and create a new federal benefits program to…    

U.S. prepares plan for safe AIDS drugs to the poor

The United States is proposing a fast-track system to provide safe, effective AIDS drugs to poor countries under President Bush’s $15 billion AIDS relief…