Key Aids strain 'came from Haiti'
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Scientists say a strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the US and Europe came from Haiti in about 1969.
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South Africa's government long  ignored warnings about drug-resistant tuberculosis, putting  millions of HIV-positive people at risk now that a dangerous  new strain of TB has emerged, AIDS activists say.
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In the two decades since AIDS began sweeping the globe, it has often been labeled as the biggest threat to international health.
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HIV/Aids is badly affecting the global workforce, the International Labour Organization says on World Aids Day.
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Twenty-five years after the first AIDS cases emerged, scientists have confirmed that the HIV virus plaguing humans really did originate in wild chimpanzees, in a corner of Cameroon.
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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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Although AIDS is thought of as a disease of the young, in the United States it is rapidly becoming one of the middle-aged and even the old.
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Highly populated countries like India, China and Russia are at a key point in their fight against AIDS which could determine whether they have limited outbreaks or a large epidemic which could have a major effect on how the world treats the disease
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Survivors of the storm that ravaged Haiti face a new menace as contaminated water, putrefying bodies and devastated sanitary systems threaten an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as malaria and tetanus, aid workers warned yesterday.
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The UN warned on Tuesday that the world is facing a &quot;unique development challenge&quot; as new data showed nearly 40-million people now have HIV and over 3-million will die of Aids this year, the highest tolls in the 23-year history of the killer disease.
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About 1.2 million people in countries hard hit by AIDS are receiving life-extending drugs thanks to two major U.S. and international funds, double from a year ago, but many millions more need help, the funds said on Friday.
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HIV infections are rising in  black men and women living in developed nations that have  otherwise made strides against the disease, said participants  at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto.
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A virus similar to the HIV strain which causes AIDS has passed from apes to humans as a result of eating &#39;&#39;bushmeat&#39;&#39;in central Africa, an expert has warned.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal
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The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India.
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Cameroon has experienced one of the most rapid spreads of HIV infection among adults in the whole of West and Central Africa. The government of Cameroon says it has a broad strategy to fight AIDS.
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AIDS viruses from two people are being studied to see if they are the source of a rare form of H.I.V. detected in a New York City man.