HIV/AIDS News

The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.

Visual AIDS fought early major battles against the virus with its "Day Without Art" and the Red Ribbon.

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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that incorporating a peer-referral program for HIV testing into emergency departments can reach new groups of high-risk patients and brings more patients into the hospital for testing.

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up US$8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

Susan Finnegan, Vyckee Keys and her daughter Alexandra Keyes, age 13, pause during the moment of silent remembrance at the Boulder County AIDS Project's participation in the International AIDS Candlelight Vigil on Sunday evening May 19th, 2013 in Boulder Colorado.

The AIDS Walk New York stepped off Sunday in Central Park, with 30,000 people walking to raise funds for awareness and treatment.

Pioneer High School turned into a mini-campground Saturday as NorCal AIDS Cycle riders and crew stopped for the evening.

Kinisimere Serukalou holds a candle during the International AIDS candlelight memorial at the Salvation Army headquarters in Suva yesterday.

People living with HIV/AIDS in Luwero district have expressed worry over shortage of some drugs essential to their therapy.

The project executive director, Dr. Hannah Kibuuka, told journalists during a media dialogue at their offices in Kampala that the trials would involve 120 participants.

About 30,000 people braved the rain to take part in the 28th annual AIDS Walk New York through Central Park and the Upper West Side on Sunday, to benefit the health group GMHC, 40 other AIDS service organizations and HIV and AIDS research.

Carolyn Mugar told Clark University's 1,096 graduates Sunday to jump in and do what they can when something's wrong.

A group of 225 bicycle riders and crew raised a record $330,000 for AIDS research and related organizations during a four-day trip through Northern California.

A new, casually transmittable infection - a unique strain of bacterial meningitis - has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again.

As people infected with HIV live longer with antiretroviral drug therapy, more of them are developing hepatocellular carcinoma , which is particularly aggressive among this population.

EMILY BOURKE: Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV. While medical research has advanced and people with the disease are living longer, infection rates remain stubbornly high in some parts of the world.

When they gather Sunday to remember Daniel Corona, friends and colleagues will bring their own favorite stories or memories of time spent with the 48-year-old, who died suddenly on April 13.

The Japanese goverment has awarded the Second Hideyo Noguchi Prize for Africa to Uganda's doctor , Alex Godwin Coutinho for his outstanding contributions in medical services.

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