HIV/AIDS News

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 29 Aug 2008 The New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday published two perspective pieces about HIV/AIDS vaccine research ...

PRESIDENT BUSH: It is such an honor to welcome a man I've come to admire a lot to the Oval Office, President Kikwete of Tanzania.

Although the U.S. has "relatively abundant resources available to those living with HIV," socioeconomic gaps continue to lead to higher rates of the virus among marginalized groups in the country, Christine ...

Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

In the August 28 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , part of the National Institutes of Health, examine the extraordinarily ...

Increased access to no-cost antiretroviral drugs has contributed to a 75% decrease in AIDS-related deaths in Malawi in the last four years, a senior government official said Monday, Reuters reports.

The U.S. should shift its policy on fighting HIV/AIDS to a "fight for basic human equality, providing a basis for more realistic outreach," a Daytona Beach News Journal editorial says.

Uganda "stands out as one of the world's success stories in battling and preventing" HIV/AIDS, the Citizen reports.

A coalition of more than 30 HIV/AIDS advocacy groups representing minority communities in the U.S. has called on presidential candidates Sens.

At least 50 HIV-positive renters in New York City have notified city housing organizations in the past few months that they had to leave their homes or have been evicted because of foreclosures and that they ...

The number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded in the Philippines is increasing, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said on Tuesday, adding that the prevalence of the disease in the country remains low, AFP/Yahoo! News ...

The New York State Department of Health in the next few weeks is expected to issue a final decision on whether to switch Medicaid beneficiaries with HIV/AIDS from fee-for-service plans to managed care plans, ...

HIV/AIDS advocates in Stamford, Conn., are expressing concern about HIV/AIDS cases among Hispanics and how to effectively target outreach efforts toward the community, the Stamford Advocate reports.

U.S. scientists say new computer-modeling methods can help resolve drug distribution delays and medical staffing problems in developing nations.

A recent GlaxoSmithKline ad shows shark-infested waters with the message: "Don't take a chance -- stick with the HIV medicine that's working for you." According to the Journal , another GSK ad in the monthly ...

A program that will provide employees in Namibia who work at sea with information on HIV/AIDS and focus on antiretroviral treatment is in an advanced stage of development, the New Era/AllAfrica.com reports.

CDC on Friday announced that it will no longer fund an advanced HIV/AIDS monitoring system in eight states and Puerto Rico, the New York Times reports.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 26 Aug 2008 More than 1,500 mostly HIV-positive women on Thursday protested against a foreign shopping trip taken by eight ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 25 Aug 2008 - 8:00 PDT About 12,000 of the 50,000 HIV-positive children in Uganda who are ...