Obama gets HIV test, fights Kenya stigma
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Sen. Barack Obama and his wife took HIV tests before a crowd of thousands Saturday at a clinic in Kenya in an effort to battle the fear and social stigmas that have slowed progress in fighting the spread of AIDS.
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Potential presidential candidate Barack Obama stood before one of the country's largest evangelical churches Friday for a frank discussion of sexuality and spirituality that included the declaration that condoms should be made more widely available to fight AIDS.
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Two ethical controversies flared into life on World AIDS Day as the United States and South Africa backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programs to fight AIDS and British leader Tony Blair lashed at religious bans on condoms.
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NDORI, Kenya -- Giving antiretroviral drugs to pregnant women has long been celebrated as one of the few successful tactics in the war against AIDS in Africa. A single pill for a woman in labor, followed by a sip of syrup for her newborn baby, cuts HIV transmission rates by more than half,...
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All Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 should be routinely tested for HIV to help catch infections earlier and stop the spread of the deadly virus, federal health recommendations announced Thursday say.
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The University of Maryland scientist who co-discovered the virus that causes AIDS is receiving a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a potential vaccine, state officials announced yesterday.
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Vietnam&#39;s president visited an HIV/AIDS hospital ward in Hanoi on Wednesday in a bid to reduce the stigma surrounding the disease and prove that the communist country&#39;s leaders are committed to tackling it.
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IBADAN, Nigeria -- Crude paintings of women and rows of dimly lit bedrooms make clear the purpose of a shabby building just off a main road in this sprawling city. But for the next year, this brothel will have another function as well: testing a drug that could help stop HIV infections before they begin.
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The graphic outlines the impact of AIDs in Africa, where more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide live. (AP Graphic).
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TRENTON, N.J. -- HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
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Potential presidential candidate Barack Obama stood before one of the country's largest evangelical churches Friday for a frank discussion of sexuality and spirituality that included the declaration that condoms should be made more widely available to fight AIDS.
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In an effort to reduce the incidence of AIDS in Japan, some public health centers have recently adopted a quick HIV testing regime that officials hope will be an effective tool for early stage detection and containment of the disease.
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On Wednesday, a little more than a month before the start of the Bush administration&#39;s second term, World AIDS Day will highlight the continuing battle against the epidemic.
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Countries with HIV epidemics should test all health centre attenders unless they 'opt out', say experts.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey would become the first state to require both pregnant women and newborns to be tested for HIV under a proposal introduced by the Senate president.
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The monarch of South Africa&#39;s KwaZulu-Natal province is in the process of having all the prospective husbands of maidens in the royal reed dance tested for HIV.
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Leaders of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have stressed that as the world commits more resources to treat people infected with HIV, it must also intensify efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent new infections and stop the continuing