hiv or aids

An increase in the number of injection drug users (IDUs) in eastern and southern Africa stands to harm efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the region, warned experts gathered at the World Forum Against Drug conference in Sweden on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports. "I think one...

Late Tuesday, China's State Council lifted a decades-old restriction that banned foreigners with HIV/AIDS from entering the country, Reuters reports (Buckley, 4/27). The amended rules, which appear on the government website, also lift a travel ban on foreigners with other sexually transmitted...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of more than $1.84 billion to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS continue to have access to life-saving health care and medications. The grants are funded through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which helps...

A travel ban in place since 1987 that prevented non-U.S. citizens with HIV/AIDS from entering the country officially ended Monday, The Hill's "Blog Briefing Room" reports (Romm, 1/4). According to CNN, "the statutory requirement that mandated the inclusion of HIV on the list of diseases of...

More Media Coverage Of HIV/AIDS Needed In a New Republic/NPR opinion piece, Harold Pollack, an associate professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, looks at the media's coverage of World AIDS Day. "Almost six thousand people died of AIDS [Tuesday]. ...

A report released Wednesday by the Commission on AIDS in the Pacific region outlines the challenges of preventing the spread of HIV in "22 geographically and culturally diverse countries" of the Pacific and recommends efforts to scale up the region's fight against HIV/AIDS, U.N. News Centre...

Several news outlets examined the global fight against HIV/AIDS ahead of World AIDS Day (December 1): The Associated Press explores how PEPFAR funds are being used to help connect patients living with the disease to treatment, provide support for families and educate the public about...

America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are testing 97 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions, according to a new report released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). More...

News outlets continued to examine the 2009 AIDS epidemic update released Tuesday by the WHO and UNAIDS: "The U.N. report said 'AIDS continues to be a major public-health priority' and called for more funds to support efforts to curb the epidemic and to distribute lifesaving drugs," the...

An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, according to a report released Tuesday in Shanghai by the WHO and UNAIDS that shows "more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs," Reuters/Washington Post reports (Rujun/Chan, 11/24). More...

The Guardian examines the challenge of testing and treating some of the estimated 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. "Deep-rooted stigma and patchy health education has led many to cower from the disease, which has seen the country's life expectancy rates shortened by 20 years in...

The Guardian examines the challenge of testing and treating some of the estimated 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. "Deep-rooted stigma and patchy health education has led many to cower from the disease, which has seen the country's life expectancy rates shortened by 20 years in...

I was alarmed after reading this article about the sheer ignorant, irresponsible, and disregardful behavior of the Japanese society to diseases and educating it's young. What do you think will be the future of HIV/AIDS in Japan if they don't put a lid on the problem now? I will give you...

could anybody here explain to me the truth about hiv? i'm really confuse. i did watch a lot of videos on youtube. now...i don't know which to believe in.

i am being very serious i asked my doctor if that was true and she said i have no idea and i really don't care is it true that the percentage of gay and lesbian people getting hiv/aids is higher then straight sex i don't know im just wondering :/ and if it true how is it higher

No...Montel has MS--> multiple sclerosis. He has had it for many years no and apparently is their top spokes-person

Okay so I was watching television and I caught the end of the preview for Oprah's show tomorrow. And she was talking about some celebs devastating diagnosis and I was just wondering since Montell (the talk show host) is going to be on there does he have HIV/AIDS? Because Magic Johnson is going...

and they ask me just to print the certificate is it legitimate

2004, we had unprotected sex. i know a lot of other girls who had relations with this guys also. i got tested, and it came back negative. all these other girls are going on with their lives...getting married and having kids.....should i do the same? it was never proven he had aids, just a...

...i still get a "FALSE" negative result? 2004, we had unprotected sex. i know a lot of other girls who had relations with this guys also. i got tested about a year ago, and it came back negative. all these other girls are going on with their lives...getting married and having kids.....should i...