HIV risk in conservative Aborigines predicted to rise

A.l. Zanahs

Experts state that a risk of an HIV epidemic may arise if conservative Aboriginal communities don't learn from others and start taking drug management measures ...

Aug 09, 2010 4:07PM

Breakthrough findings may influence the direction of HIV drug use

HIV patients may have a better chance at avoiding life-threatening conditions related to the treatment they are receiving, following a breakthrough finding by A...

Aug 02, 2010 1:12PM

Obama pledges to up AIDS fight despite tough times

Kate Kelland

U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to redouble efforts to fight HIV and AIDS through his global health initiative, despite dealing with economic hard...

Jul 23, 2010 11:45AM

J&J AIDS drug shows promise

Two pivotal trials of a Johnson & Johnson experimental HIV drug found it worked as well as an existing drug, with fewer side effects but also with nearly twice ...

Jul 22, 2010 1:34PM

Some drug firms keen, others reluctant on AIDS pool

Kate Kelland

Drugmakers Merck, Tibotec and Gilead are in advanced talks with UNITAID about a patent pool to make AIDS drugs more widely available to the poor, the health fun...

Jul 21, 2010 12:17PM

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates want value for money in AIDS fight

Kate Kelland

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates urged AIDS activists on Monday to squeeze value out of every cent of funds to fight HIV, saying they could not expect donors to give...

Jul 19, 2010 10:51AM

AIDS funding squeeze puts lives at risk

Kate Kelland

Backtracking by international donors in funding for HIV/AIDS may undermine years of progress and is already putting lives at risk, the health aid group Medecins...

May 27, 2010 9:50AM

New diagnostic kit for people with AIDS

Researchers at the Australia's Burnet Institute have created a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for measuring CD4 T-cells, the marker of the immune system fo...

Apr 27, 2010 2:54PM

"Harm reduction" needed to cut drug-user AIDS risk

Kate Kelland

(Reuters) - Barely a twentieth of the estimated $3.2 billion needed is put into preventing drug users spreading the AIDS virus, experts said on Monday, and the ...

Apr 26, 2010 11:20AM

Red Cross Australia to review policies against homosexual men

Australian Red Cross are now reviewing their policy of banning homosexual men from donating blood.

Apr 17, 2010 10:16AM