HIV and AIDS
US porn filmmaker sued over condom rule
Mar 19, 2013 18:03 EDT
An AIDS support group announced legal action Tuesday against a US porn film company for allegedly failing to enforce a new Los Angeles law requiring actors to wear condoms while on set.
Massive funding boost needed to beat TB: UN
Mar 18, 2013 14:34 EDT
The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday.
Battling AIDS stigma in Morocco's religious heartlands
Mar 16, 2013 14:57 EDT
"I don't have anything," said Asmaa with a sigh as she stepped out of the mobile clinic offering free AIDS tests in Sale, a conservative city in Morocco where the veiled young woman lives.
Swiss police raid home of healer in HIV-tainted blood trial
Mar 15, 2013 09:12 EDT
Swiss police on Friday stormed the Bern home of a self-proclaimed healer who failed to turn up for his trial on charges of injecting 16 people with HIV-tainted blood.
French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs
Mar 15, 2013 04:57 EDT
A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention may lead to a "functional cure" for AIDS, researchers said.
French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs
Mar 14, 2013 19:32 EDT
A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention may lead to a "functional cure" for AIDS, researchers said Thursday.
Over quarter of S.African schoolgirls 'HIV positive'
Mar 14, 2013 07:53 EDT
As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday.
Myanmar shelter offers refuge for HIV patients
Mar 07, 2013 03:12 EST
At a small and peaceful clinic on the outskirts of Yangon, 20 volunteers tend to 300 HIV patients abandoned by a health care system allowed to crumble during decades of brutal military rule in Myanmar.
Hong Kong sees 17-percent rise in HIV cases
Mar 06, 2013 13:43 EST
Hong Kong saw a 17-percent jump in the number of new HIV infections in 2012, driven mainly by sexual transmission, data showed Wednesday, bucking a regional trend of decline.
Experts urge caution on hopes for HIV cure
Mar 05, 2013 05:09 EST
AIDS experts cautioned Monday against hype of a cure after doctors in the United States suppressed HIV in a child born with the virus by administering a potent drug cocktail shortly after birth.
Daily-dose HIV prevention fails for African women: study
Mar 04, 2013 18:39 EST
Daily doses of drugs or vaginal gels have proven ineffective at preventing HIV infections in southern Africa, a study out Monday revealed, saying most of the women failed to use them as directed.
Study links HIV infection to heart attack risk
Mar 04, 2013 16:27 EST
Being HIV-positive raises a person's heart attack risk by about 50 percent, said a study released Monday that confirms earlier findings.
HIV 'cure' in infancy, caution experts
Mar 04, 2013 14:39 EST
AIDS experts cautioned Monday against hype of a cure after doctors in the United States suppressed HIV in a child born with the virus by administering a potent drug cocktail shortly after birth.
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists
Mar 04, 2013 01:22 EST
Researchers say they have, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists
Mar 03, 2013 19:33 EST
Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV: experts
Mar 01, 2013 02:57 EST
Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.
Prince Harry returns to Lesotho for charity visit
Feb 27, 2013 16:47 EST
Britain's Prince Harry attended a fundraising gala dinner organised in neighbouring South Africa for his Lesotho charity projects as he wrapped up his three-day visit to southern Africa.
Malawi gets 1,000 new HIV infections a week: official
Feb 23, 2013 13:14 EST
AIDS-ravaged Malawi, where over a tenth of the population is HIV positive, records on average 1,000 new cases weekly, a top government official said Saturday.
Life expectancy surges in AIDS-hit SAfrican region
Feb 21, 2013 14:23 EST
Distributing antiretroviral drugs in the South African province worst hit by AIDS boosted average life expectancy there by more than 11 years, according to research reported on Thursday.
New York wraps up 5 years of handing out free condoms
Feb 15, 2013 21:32 EST
New York City this week marked the fifth anniversary of a groundbreaking free condom program that has distributed tens of millions free rubbers, under the racy slogan "NYC Condoms -- Get Some!"
