News
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Research
HIV/AIDS prevention
Condoms
Study: Teen Birth Rates Rose in Schools That Gave Out Free Condoms With No Instruction
A new data analysis of in-school condom distribution programs from the 1990s has added new complexity to our understanding of teen pregnancy prevention. Most previous studies have shown...
23 june 2016
Antiretroviral therapy
Treatment
New therapy keeps HIV at bay without daily drug regimen, study says
The hunt for an HIV treatment that roots the virus out of its hiding places and kills it just got more interesting.
23 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
HIV/AIDS prevention
Condoms
Russia
Durex condoms withdrawn in Russia
British producer Reckitt Benckiser told to size up its paperwork and try again as product covering a quarter of country’s market lacks proper registration.
20 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Living with HIV/AIDS
Tolerance
USA
Killings of LGBT and HIV-affected people rose 20% in 2015, report finds
Homicides of LGBT and HIV-affected people in the US have risen 20% since 2014, according to a report released on Monday.
14 june 2016
Statistics
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
The World Could End AIDS if It Tried
The world has made so much progress in reducing the spread of AIDS and treating people with H.I.V. that the epidemic has receded from the public spotlight. Yet by any measure the disease...
14 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Tolerance
USA
Orlando club was sister's tribute to gay brother who died of AIDS
The co-owner of Pulse, the Orlando gay nightclub that became the scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday, founded the club to honor her brother who died of AIDS and to support...
13 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Living with HIV/AIDS
USA
Florida House candidate Bob Poe says he is HIV positive
A U.S. congressional candidate from Orlando says in a Facebook posting that he is HIV positive.
11 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Research
Treatment
Therapeutic vaccine offers hope in Aids fight
An Aids treatment from Italy has shown promising results in a clinical trial in South Africa. The therapeutic vaccine makes antiviral drugs more effective by boosting the immune system of people...
10 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Blood transfusion safety
Ways of HIV transmission
Viewpoint: Why blood transfusions are still giving Indians HIV
A recent news report on HIV transmission through blood transfusion in India has been the cause of much controversy.
10 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
UN
UN pledges to end Aids epidemic but plan barely mentions those most at risk
UN member states have pledged to end the Aids epidemic by 2030, but campaigners say the strategy adopted by the 193-nation general assembly on Wednesday barely mentions those most at risk of...
09 june 2016
Children and HIV
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
Stars against AIDS
UNICEF
David Beckham reveals his heartache as he brings joy to children the same age as his own in Swaziland who have been infected by HIV
David Beckham has revealed his heartache as he brought joy to children the same age as his own in Swaziland who have been infected by HIV. Pictures show the former England captain...
09 june 2016
HIV/AIDS. Global picture
HIV/AIDS prevention
NHS watchdog to weigh cost of HIV prevention drug Prep
The NHS watchdog NICE has been asked by government to look at the cost of providing an HIV prevention treatment known as Prep.
08 june 2016