Breaking Taboo, Mandela Says Son Died of AIDS
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela, one  of Africa's most committed campaigners in the battle against  AIDS, announced that his only surviving son had succumbed to  the disease Thursday.
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A FORMER speech writer for George W. Bush has claimed Yasser Arafat died of AIDS. Former presidential aide David Frum, famous for coining the phrase &quot;axis of evil&quot;, says the world has shown
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Malaria is fueling the spread of AIDS in Africa by boosting the HIV in people's bodies for weeks at a time, says a study that pins down the deadly interplay between the dual scourges.
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Top news: 13 February 2005, Sunday. Libyan families of HIV-infected children voiced willingness to negotiate passing life-time sentences on the five Bulgarian nurses who are on the death row for allegedly ...
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Nelson Mandela has led South Africa in mourning Adelaide Tambo, the widow of former African National Congress chief Oliver Tambo and herself a stalwart in the apartheid struggle.
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela, one of Africa's most committed campaigners in the battle against AIDS, announced that his only surviving son had succumbed to the disease on Thursday.
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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 concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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Britain's first openly gay lawmaker revealed Sunday that he has been HIV positive for 17 years, saying he was inspired by Nelson Mandela to tell the public he had the virus that causes AIDS.
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By JOHN SOLOMON and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers. Joyce Ann Hafford died without ever holding the son she had tried to save from AIDS (news - web sites) by taking an experimental drug regimen administered
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TUGELA FERRY, South Africa  - In a country where AIDS kills 900 people each day, full hospitals and beleaguered doctors are nothing new.
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A cheap antibiotic drug has almost halved the rate of AIDS-related deaths in African children, reveals a new study. The antibiotic - co-trimoxazole - does not combat HIV but it prevents secondary infections
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African leaders have expressed their sadness at the death of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. South Africa&#39;s President Thabo Mbeki said Mr Arafat&#39;s life was defined by unflinching sacrifice for his cause.
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HIV/AIDS is the biggest single   killer of new mothers in South Africa, the Health Department   said on Tuesday in a grim new statistic of the pandemic's toll   on the country.
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The Christian Science Monitor - He was a man like any other, a 40-something father gunned down while dropping off his teenaged children at a relative's house. But the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube last Thursday, in an apparent carjacking attempt, has forced South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki to make a statement.
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AIDS experts have called for a mass circumcision programme in South Africa, condemning a &quot;deafening silence&quot; from policy makers since studies revealed it sharply cut infection rates.
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HIV/AIDS is the biggest single  killer of new mothers in South Africa, the Health Department  said on Tuesday in a grim new statistic of the pandemic's toll  on the country.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae issued a blunt message to his people Wednesday on HIV/AIDS: abstain from unsafe sex or die. Botswana, which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection