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BREAKING NEWS: new research could lead to HIV vaccine
BREAKING NEWS: new research could lead to HIV vaccine
Researchers are working to develop a vaccine designed to elicit antibodies that could be groundbreaking in the treatment of HIV.
19 may 2016
HIV positive: How activists plan to combat the disease by 2030
HIV positive: How activists plan to combat the disease by 2030
What is needed to protect the most vulnerable? Great progress has been made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, but is it enough to eradicate the virus? According to UNAIDS, in 2014, there were...
18 may 2016
Christiane Amanpour, CNN: Meet the woman waging a war against AIDS
Christiane Amanpour, CNN: Meet the woman waging a war against AIDS
Khadija Rama tells Christiane Amanpour the AIDS program and clinic she set up in her village of Isiolo in Kenya are helping lower AIDS rates in her community.
18 may 2016
Dispatches: The Philippines’ Unaddressed HIV Epidemic
Dispatches: The Philippines’ Unaddressed HIV Epidemic
The Philippine government observed what it described as the world’s first “AIDS Hour” on May 14. Department of Health Secretary Janette Garin said the awareness-raising event was...
17 may 2016
In Pursuit Of An HIV Vaccine And The AIDS-Free Generation
In Pursuit Of An HIV Vaccine And The AIDS-Free Generation
In the US, many people speak of “the AIDS crisis” as though it were something that happened and is now over. We do have effective treatments, and increasingly effective means of...
17 may 2016
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
Researchers have found a new HIV weakness that could lead to a more effective vaccine.
16 may 2016
South Africa faces uphill battle to reduce HIV infection rates among young women
South Africa faces uphill battle to reduce HIV infection rates among young women
South Africa recorded half of the 5,000 new infections a week among young women out of 14 southern and Eastern African countries, the health minister said on Tuesday.
12 may 2016
How a Small Town Became the Capital of HIV in America
How a Small Town Became the Capital of HIV in America
Rampant drug use in Austin, Indiana — coupled with unemployment and poor living conditions — brought on a public-health crisis that some are calling a “syndemic.”
04 may 2016
Son, 24, forgives dad who injected him with HIV: 'That's all I can do'
Son, 24, forgives dad who injected him with HIV: 'That's all I can do'
Brryan Stewart was only 10 months old when his father injected him with HIV-positive blood—and now, burdened with health challenges at age 25, Stewart is not only surviving but seeing the...
03 may 2016
Prince 'diagnosed with AIDS weeks before his tragic death', shock US report claims
Prince 'diagnosed with AIDS weeks before his tragic death', shock US report claims
PRINCE was diagnosed with AIDS just weeks before he was found dead, according to shocking reports in the US.
28 april 2016
AIDS Treatment in Haiti Promising for Developing Nations
AIDS Treatment in Haiti Promising for Developing Nations
One of the first groups of H.I.V. patients in a poor country to get free AIDS drugs has about the same survival rate as their closest counterparts in the United States, according to...
20 april 2016
A generation of artists were wiped out by Aids and we barely talk about it
A generation of artists were wiped out by Aids and we barely talk about it
A new film about the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a shocking and brilliant reminder of the devastation HIV and Aids wreaked – and still does.
20 april 2016