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South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. Complete Story...
Pope Benedict XVI is calling for prayers and concrete action to comfort all those who are suffering from AIDS.
When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus.
The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.
The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said Wednesday.
When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi capped off a victorious evening by helping a car crash victim in suburban New York.
The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.
President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 20-year-old U.S. travel ban against people with HIV early next year.
AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.
Crystal-studded boots that Michael Jackson intended to wear on his planned comeback tour fetched euro10,000 ($14,650) at a celebrity fundraiser chaired by his sister, Janet.
A German AIDS awareness group has come under fire for posting an online video that starts off with a young couple having sex in an apartment before revealing the male to be a grinning Adolf Hitler.
An AIDS awareness video is using an Adolf Hitler lookalike to illustrate its point that "AIDS is a mass murderer."
Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn't help protect gay men from the virus, according to the largest U.S. study to look at the question.
An estimated 50 million women in Asia are at risk of becoming infected with the HIV virus from their husbands or long-term partners, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday.
South Africa launched a new HIV/AIDS research initiative Tuesday aimed at stimulating scientific studies into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Shrunken to 30 pounds of skin and bones, Ma Moe could barely walk when she arrived on the doorstep of the clinic nearly two years ago. AIDS had killed her husband three years earlier, and it was slowly killing her.
Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it's due in part to a battered economy that's leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.
The president of the International AIDS Society says new research indicates the incidence of HIV is decreasing in African countries helped by George W. Bush's AIDS initiative.
Foreigners who have HIV would be allowed to travel and immigrate to the United States under a plan by federal health officials to lift a 22-year ban on infected visitors that critics say was unnecessary from the start.
Aspiring barbers, masseuses, and home health care aides cannot be denied professional licenses because they have AIDS or HIV, federal authorities said Thursday.
When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.
Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV from their homes in the capital, forcing them to move to a tiny settlement on its outskirts in an action critics called discriminatory.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned governments Tuesday against using the economic crisis as an excuse to cut funding for fighting AIDS at a time when there are nearly five new HIV infections for every two people put on treatment.
U.N. chief warns of increasing HIV infectionsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning on World AIDS Day that new infections are outpacing the gains from treating HIV sufferers.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Children still falling through the cracksWORLD AIDS DAY: Children Still Falling Through the Cracks - While most HIV-positive people in the Western world can gain decades of good health thanks to increasingly effective drug regimens, in the developing world, ...
Nutrition essential in fight against HIV/AIDS in AfricaMarshall Matz of the Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) has written a timely article on nutrition in the fight against AIDS.
S. Africa to treat all HIV-positive babiesSouth Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday, a dramatic and eagerly awaited shift in a country that has more people living with HIV than any other.
Why HIV in Kenya spreads faster among gays As the world marks the World Aids Day, the gay community in Kenya is at the centre of the theories about new HIV infections.
Injecting hope: working with those most vulnerable to AIDS on the streets of DelhiTackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world is an immense challenge which means going beyond merely treating the disease to focusing on prevention.
Uganda proposes life sentence for homosexual acts and death penalty for HIV positive gays Britain and Canada protested yesterday over a proposed law that would result in gays in Uganda being imprisoned for life or even executed. Gordon Brown followed Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, in telling Uganda that the legislation was unacceptable.
China city government opens gay bar to fight AIDSA Chinese city with one of the nation's highest rates of AIDS has opened a government-funded gay bar in an outreach effort that has stirred debate over the use of taxpayers' money.
Bono says U2 'humbled' to play Glastonbury"Everyone in the band is very excited about it," Bono told the BBC at the launch of an anti-Aids/HIV campaign. It will be U2's first festival gig for more than 25 years and will see them make a flying visit to the UK in the middle of a North American tour.
Bono gets ball rolling for Aids campaignBono teamed up with some of the world's top footballers as he aimed to "turn up the heat" on politicians over the HIV and Aids crisis in South Africa.
Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontlineKARACHI: A prostitute born and brought up in Karachi's Napier Road red-light district, Shumaila never heard about HIV and AIDS until recently. Today, she carries condoms but clients refuse to wear them.
Treat HIV patients sooner, health officials sayPeople infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
America wages new war in Vietnam - on AIDSAs memories of the eight-year war fade, the America that older Vietnamese remember, of bombers, guns and Agent Orange, is now represented to many by places such as Tinh Bien, where 340 HIV patients are getting treatment.
Sex main cause for HIV spreading in ChinaThe virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex.
AIDS infections stabilizing, U.N. report findsWorld health officials say there's some encouraging data on the HIV front - the number of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS seems to be mostly stable except for Africa.
HIV infections and deaths fall as drugs have impactGreater access to anti-retroviral drugs has helped cut the death toll from HIV by more than 10% over the past five years, latest figures show.
Global warming causes increase in AIDS says UN OfficialSuneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), said women in the Philippines are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the country.
AIDS patients to Obama: Send money southWhen Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist.
Cold virus may have foiled HIV vaccine testThe failure of an experimental AIDS vaccine trial two years ago may have been caused by the common cold virus. The test was canceled after volunteers who got the shots were more likely to become infected than those who got a dummy shot.
Why the Government Must Stay Away From Health CareThis happened right in the backyard of the White House and Congress. When the government is handing away free money, the thieves crawl out of the woodwork to help themselves and deprive patients of access to the care they so sorely need.
Study favors options in sex educationWASHINGTON - Sex education programs that encourage teenagers to delay sexual activity but also teach them how to reduce their chances of getting pregnant or a sexually transmitted disease cut risky sexual behavior, increase condom use, and lower the chances of getting the AIDS vi …
A Resurgence for Gene Therapyscientists say gene therapy may be on the edge of a resurgence.
Doctors Without Borders are Warning Global Recession Threatens Progress Against HIV/AIDS in AfricaThe global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.
Holmes Norton: Republicans to blame for high D.C. AIDS rateDel. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) is blaming Republican lawmakers for the District of Columbia's high HIV/AIDS rate.
Obama to overturn ban on foreigners with HIVUnited States President Barack Obama has said he will overturn a 22-year-old law barring foreigners infected with HIV-AIDS from entering the country.
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