Developing Countries need support to Conduct Anonymous HIV Testing
Data collected from HIV surveillance are crucial to guide public health interventions, planning, and prevention efforts. But developing countries face several challenges to implementing surveillance...
View ArticleAIDS Vaccine Progress
Rutgers AIDS researchers Gail Ferstandig Arnold and Eddy Arnold may have turned a corner in their search for a HIV vaccine. In a paper just published in the Journal of Virology, the husband and wife...
View ArticleHas HIV Become More Virulent
Damage to patients immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning of the HIV epidemic, suggesting the virus has become more virulent, according to a new study in the May 1, 2009...
View ArticleResearchers Uncover Way for Possibly Eradicating HIV Infection
Researchers from the newly-established VGTI Florida and the University of Montreal have uncovered a possible method for eradicating HIV infection in the human body. The researchers have also revealed...
View ArticleFurther Progress for AIDS Vaccine
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.
View ArticleHIV/AIDS Prevention CD for Women with Intellectual Disabilities
The Tech-Aid Institute, the award-winning software group gaining national recognition for its unprecedented work, has released another interactive CD-ROM for people with intellectual disabilities: Live...
View ArticleResearchers Solve HIV Puzzle
Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV, in a study published today in the journal Nature.
View ArticleMany People with HIV Start Treatment Too Late
Study highlights need for earlier diagnosis and treatment - Despite growing evidence that the earlier people are diagnosed with HIV and get access to care, the better their clinical outcomes, many...
View ArticleMale Circumcision Scale Up
PSI and Partners Join Call for Male Circumcision Scale Up - WHO, US Global AIDS Coordinator, and noted academic highlight ways to maximize impact of the life-saving intervention at the International...
View ArticleHuman Rights Protections Essential in Drive for Universal Access
Release of important new research that could empower women to lower risk of HIV infection highlights the intersection of science and human rights.
View ArticlePotential HIV Drug Keeps Virus out of Cells
University of Utah biochemist hopes to begin human clinical trials in two to three years.
View ArticleFDA Approved Drugs that May Fight HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV.
View ArticleRevaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children
HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases.
View ArticleAre HERVs an Answer to AIDS Mysteries?
Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who...
View ArticleEpidemic of HIV Requires National Mobilization
Despite Progress in Testing Americans for HIV, Lack of Federal/Private Insurance Impedes Expansion.
View ArticleHIV/AIDS and Disabilities: Making the Connection
Imagine going to a clinic to be tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, if you are deaf and cannot read or use formal sign language. The doctor gives a "thumbs-up" sign. Does it mean "yes, you have...
View ArticleStroke Rate Rises for Patients with HIV Infection
While the overall hospitalization rate for stroke has declined in recent years, the numbers have jumped dramatically for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), suggesting they may...
View ArticleNew Front in Effort to Stop HIV
Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV - HIV’s Trickery within the Macrophage Revealed.
View ArticleHIV Vaccine Awareness Day
On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day AVAC Calls For Continued Commitment to HIV Vaccine Research - Argues AIDS vaccine research is a key part of the HIV prevention revolution.
View ArticleEdurant a New HIV Treatment Approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Edurant (rilpivirine) in combination with other antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who have never taken HIV therapy...
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