AIDS/HIV

U.S. belt tightening could hit AIDS efforts - official

A tighter 2006 budget for the National Institutes of Health could force the world’s No. 1 funder of medical research to pull the…    

Injections with dirty or contaminated needles are not contributing to the spread of HIV in sub-Sahar

Injections with dirty or contaminated needles are not contributing to the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa say researchers from Imperial College London and…    

Mouse “model” of AIDS mimics human disease

AIDS research has been hampered because mice, which usually provide an excellent model for studying human disease, cannot be infected with HIV. Now, researchers…    

AIDS Vaccine Research Funds Getting Scarce

U.S. funding for AIDS vaccine research is tightening, the government’s top HIV expert warned Monday, even as he said scientists still must overcome a…    

Budget tightening for AIDS vaccine studies

U.S. funding for AIDS vaccine research is tightening, the government’s top HIV expert warned Monday, even as he said scientists still must overcome a…    

New HIV strain shakes up New York gay community

A potentially virulent strain of the HIV virus found last week in a New York man has the gay community worried about a new…    

S. Africa reports 57 pct jump in deaths, AIDS blamed

South Africa reported a 57 percent jump in reported deaths between 1997 and 2002 on Friday, providing a startling - if indirect - picture…    

Spain doctor rebuilds penises cut off for AIDS cure

Two Kenyan boys whose penises were cut off to be sold for making anti-AIDS potions have had them reconstructed in Spain, the doctor treating…    

HIV vaccine trial begins in February 2005

The European Vaccine Effort against HIV/AIDS, today announced that a phase I clinical trial of novel investigational vaccines comprising DNA-HIV-C and NYVAC-HIV-C for the…    

Sudden rises in HIV levels no concern, report says

Sudden jumps of HIV levels in patients taking drugs for the AIDS-causing infection are harmless blips and do not mean the treatment against the…    

S. Africa AIDS activists step up pressure on gov’t

Thousands of South African AIDS activists marched on parliament on Wednesday, vowing to step up their campaign for free HIV drugs in the country…    

HIV Migrants hist 1,000 in Britain

About 1,000 people in Britain have caught HIV from heterosexual intercourse with HIV-positive immigrants since Labour came to power, according to government figures to…    

Reprogrammed HIV Can Hunt Down Cancer Cells

A harmless version of a major killer, the HIV virus, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.…    

New York warns of fast, resistant strain of HIV

One day after the discovery of a drug-resistant, fast-developing AIDS case in New York prompted city health officials to announce an alert, leading experts…    

Scientists Trying To Find Source Of Possible HIV Strain

AIDS scientists are studying viruses isolated from two people to find out if either of them are the source of a possibly more aggressive,…    

NYC health authorities find rare drug-resistant form of HIV

City health officials are working to track down sex partners of a man diagnosed with a rare strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that progressed…    

New ‘HIV’ strain found

A new strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that leads to the rapid onset of Aids has been detected in a New York man, it…    

A New Twist On HIV/AIDS Research

Since Dean’s World has become the Internet’s hub for detailed discussion of HIV and AIDS we offer for your always-lively and candid discussion this…    

Many Parents with HIV Avoid Contact with Kids

Nearly 4 out of 10 parents with HIV infection avoid casual contact such as hugging, kissing or sharing utensils with their children out of…    

India begins AIDS vaccine trials on humans

India, home to the world’s second-largest HIV population after South Africa, began its first-ever human trials of a new vaccine against the deadly virus…    

Kill Aids with positive attitude

For a society that derives perverse thrill from stigmatising the victims of Aids, the story of a young girl’s unconquerable will to live despite…    

Poverty worsening HIV among U.S. black women

Poverty, unemployment and other socioeconomic factors are helping to fuel a growing HIV problem among black women, a U.S. study released on Thursday suggests.…    

U.S. to double AIDS-fighting support to Haiti

U.S. funding to fight HIV/AIDS will nearly double to $40 million this year in Haiti, where the United Nations says one in 10…    

Gilead HIV Combo Beats Glaxo Drug in Trial

Gilead Sciences on Thursday said preliminary data from a 48-week trial show that two of its two drugs, Viread and Emtriva, were better able…    

Malawi losing 10 people per hour to AIDS

AIDS kills about 10 people every hour in Malawi and the government of the impoverished southern African nation is increasingly unable to cope with…