AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said on Tuesday as it issued its annual ...
Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic ...
UN: HIV epidemic peaked in 1996, number of infected almost unchanged since 2007 The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts ...
A Polish high court says that a regulation banning carriers of HIV from serving as police officers violates the nation's constitution. The Constitutional Tribunal ruled Monday that a regulation issued by the interior minister in 1991 banning HIV-positive people from serving in ...
Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year globally — ...
OraSure Technologies settles HIV test patent dispute with Inverness, Church & Dwight OraSure Technologies Inc., which makes diagnostic kits to detect HIV and drug use, said Thursday it will pay Inverness Medical $3 million to settle a patent dispute over HIV tests. ...
Head of US international AIDS program says recession not dampening his efforts The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said Wednesday. Eric Goosby also described a new era of cooperation with South ...
Actress Sharon Stone attends the Elton John AIDS foundation "An Enduring Vision" benefit in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) Copyright 2009 AP News
John says he's back on his feet after illness; honors former President Clinton at AIDS gala Elton John says he's back on his feet after being sidelined for the flu and an E. coli bacterial infection. The entertainer spoke about his recovery ...
Alex Freyre, right, and Jose Maria Di Bello gesture during a press conference after applying to marry at the civil registry in Buenos Aires, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. A judge declared unconstitutional a law that bans same sex marriage and authorized the ...
Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday. Many of those seeking HIV/AIDS information are often the ones who need to be offered birth ...
Activists, medical community to Obama: More funding needed to fight AIDS in rural South When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where ...
