For some, AIDS evolving into national security threat
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Blog: A U.N. official charged with battling the spread of AIDS thinks that some developed countries fail to recognize the impact of a disease that's more than 25 years old.
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The head of the United Nations&#39; AIDS program warned yesterday that India, China and Russia are &quot;perilously close to a tipping point&quot; that could turn their small, localized AIDS epidemics into
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AIDS drugs that work through novel mechanisms and next-generation versions of existing drugs will soon offer new options for the growing number of patients whose disease no longer responds to current drugs.
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Access to anti-Aids drugs is spreading in many poor countries, but not as fast as had been hoped, the WHO says.
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As an HIV conference opens, a study shows Aids deaths may be undermining southern Africa's democracy.
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Researchers have found another handle that the AIDS virus uses to attack cells, and said this one may explain how it gets into the gut, where it hides out and multiplies for a full assault on the body.
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A hard-to-treat strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been found in four gay men in King County, and authorities fear it could spread to more.
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The AIDS virus has hideouts deep in the immune system that today's drugs can't reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses Â and they're exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key to break in.
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AIDS and the HIV virus are spreading at an alarming pace in Russia, but the government lacks the political will to combat the epidemic that may claim tens of thousands of lives within the next few years, leading experts warned Wednesday.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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US President George Bush's top adviser on HIV/Aids warns that the world is losing the battle against the virus.
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As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of unexpected medical conditions, which challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.
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New government estimates of the number of Americans who become infected with the AIDS virus each year are 50 percent higher than previous calculations suggested, sources said yesterday.
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FRANCISTOWN, Botswana -- The young and hip at ground zero of the AIDS epidemic meet, drink and pair off under the knowing gaze of bartender Brian Khumalo. Sometimes they first buy a three-pack of condoms from the box he keeps by the liquor, sometimes not.
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Temporary increases in HIV levels do not generally mean a drug losing its effectiveness, research finds.
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With revised numbers downsizing the pandemic -- along with an admission that AIDS peaked in the late 1990s -- some AIDS experts wonder if it might be wise to shift some of the billions of dollars of AIDS money to basic health problems like clean water, family planning or diarrhea.
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With almost 25 million Africans  infected, 2.8 million new infections last year and 2.1 million  deaths, the statistics are as grim as ever as Africa readies  for World AIDS Day on December 1.