PEPFAR Goes Beyond HIV U.S. efforts to help those infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have saved millions of lives. But theyve had another benefit as well better care for pregnant women who are not HIV positive. Theres been a great deal of concer...
WHO: Better HIV Antiretroviral Strategies Needed The World Health Organization says comprehensive HIV treatment strategies are needed in developing countries to overcome stigma and discrimination. It says there are a number of vulnerable groups unabl...
Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk A common bacterial infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa sharply increases the risk of HIV transmission to men. Researchers say current treatments provide only a short-term solution. Its long been...
US Panel Recommends Approval of Drug to Prevent HIV The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a marathon 12-hour hearing Thursday to evaluate evidence that Truvada, a once-daily pill currently being used to treat AIDS patients, also could be used to...
New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment 新指南将有助于帮助艾滋病治疗 New guidelines have been released to help HIV infected people get on treatment and stay on it. The recommendations appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Th...
Hepatitis C Kills More Americans Than HIV/AIDS 美国死于丙肝人数超过艾滋病 The number of deaths from the hepatitis C virus is up while deaths related to HIV/AIDS are down, according to U.S. researchers. As a result, more Americans are now...
Fighting Poverty, Protecting Women from HIV Financially empowering young women in poor countries may help protect them against sexually transmitted diseases. A new study shows that addressing poverty can help prevent risky behavior. Poverty, a lack o...
HIV Activist Runs for Parliament in Burma Last year authorities in Burma threatened to shut down Phyu Phyu Thin's AIDS clinic in a suburb of Rangoon. More than 40 patients live here in basic conditions. Most are too poor to afford treatment, or have...
MILAN, Italy, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Italy has a new HIV infection every three hours on average, the national department of health said in a statement during the World AIDS Day commemoration Thursday. According to the statement, there were about 3,000 ne...
Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision Studies have shown that male circumcision greatly reduces the risk of HIV transmission. The World Health Organization is weighing approval of a new device that could make the procedure simple and pain...