Drugs arsenal could help end AIDS: WHO
Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, a cure remains elusive but a growing arsenal of drugs could someday help end new infections, the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS chief says.
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Record number of Africans get AIDS drugs: UNAIDS
A record number of Africans now have access to drugs to control the HIV virus, but the continent must work harder to strengthen the lifeline, the head of UNAIDS says.
FDA approves first rapid, take-home HIV test
Americans will soon be able to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes for the virus that causes AIDS, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test.
Wednesday Is National HIV Testing Day
TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but 20 percent of them don’t know they’re infected.
CDC trying out free AIDS tests at drugstores
Getting an AIDS test at the drugstore could become as common as a flu shot or blood pressure check, if a new pilot program takes off.
Vatican calls for free AIDS treatment across Africa
A top Vatican official called Friday on the international community to provide "free and efficient treatment" for AIDS in Africa, starting with pregnant women, mothers and their babies.
Study Digs Into Secrets of Keeping HIV in Check
A small number of HIV-infected patients have immune systems that are able to keep AIDS at bay by preventing the virus from reproducing for years, and researchers are reporting that they’ve gained new insight into how that works.
Revealed: Secret of HIV’s natural born killers
Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus.
AIDS treatment in S.Africa send baby infections plunging
One-year-old Katakane laughs and coos in the arms of her HIV-positive mother as a doctor tries to examine her at South Africa's largest public hospital, in Soweto township.
U.S. HIV aid has prevented 741,000 deaths: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying for any reason in those nations, a new study suggests. Researchers had previously shown that the initiative — the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR — had prevented deaths from AIDS. But it was unclear if more people in those countries were only dying of tuberculosis or malaria instead, researchers explained. …
Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight
“Should I, shouldn’t I?” That’s the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he’s considering getting circumcised.
US experts urge approval of first AIDS prevention pill
US health advisers urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people.