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In Egypt, HIV and AIDS happen to other people; namely foreigners, the promiscuous, drug addicts and generally the morally corrupt, who should be avoided in case they infect you with…

Nearly 800 poor Americans are waiting for AIDS medications from government-funded programs that serve as the last resort for many patients who cannot afford costly treatments, according…

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that an HIV-1 accessory protein called Vpr destroys the host cell’s ability to survive by binding…

Nearly 2,000 babies are born with HIV infection each day because their mothers do not get the treatment needed to stop transmission of the virus, the World Health Organisation…

The United Nations called on governments on Friday to take immediate steps to better protect children from HIV/AIDS and ensure better treatment for those infected.

At the end…

Africa’s Anglican church has come a long way from the days it preached AIDS was God’s punishment for the promiscuous. The church now holds bible studies about safe sex, openly…

Behavioral problems and lower than average scores on tests measuring development and intellectual capacity are common in HIV-infected children, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.

HIV-infected children are…

Asia must break down taboos about sex and stop discrimination if it is to halt the world’s fastest growing HIV rates, an expert warns, with half of all new…

In HIV infection, a protein produced by infected cells penetrates immune B cells, preventing them from producing antibodies that could do the virus real harm.

That finding by Weill Cornell…

Facial injections of polylactic acid, a synthetic biodegradable polymer, may help improve the debilitating facial lipoatrophy (loss of fat…

Some 9 million children in Africa have lost their mother to AIDS, the charity Save the Children said Monday, calling on donors to sharply increase aid to meet their…

Women and girls are far more vulnerable to AIDS than men and need their own U.N. agency to defend them, just as the U.N. children’s fund UNICEF protects…

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced grants of $579.7 million to fund HIV/AIDS primary care and support services for low-income residents living in major metropolitan areas…

Scientists here have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that cells use to fight off the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS.

The findings indicate that two proteins that…

Women and girls - get out your red ribbons. March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

As of 2004, 27 percent of new AIDS…

HIV-infected patients who persistently use cocaine and heroin are at increased risk of opportunistic infections, disease progression, and death compared with nonusers, investigators in Baltimore report. While they are…

With billions of dollars pouring in to fight Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, Tanzanian AIDS counsellor Gandencia Bazil has a simple request.

“We need a bicycle,” said Bazil, who heads the AIDS committee…

Tenofovir gel is safe and well tolerated when used vaginally to prevent HIV transmission, according to a report in the medical journal AIDS.

Tenofovir administered as an intravaginal gel…

Key Issues
Whether their risk of infection seems slight or significant, children and teenagers need to know about HIV and AIDS. By providing accurate information, you can…

Blood donated for transfusions in China is still not routinely tested for HIV, despite a legal requirement to do so, triggering a “hidden epidemic,” an AIDS activist said on…

A form of psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral stress management may enhance the effectiveness of anti-HIV drug therapy, Florida-based researchers report in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.

“Managing complex HIV regimens…can…

The United States will spend more than $208 million to prevent new HIV infections and provide life-prolonging AIDS drugs in Kenya in 2006, its embassy in Nairobi…

A South African man was jailed for life on Thursday for raping an AIDS activist and beating her to death after she told him she was HIV positive.

Lorna Mlosana,…