Size matters when it comes to AIDS defense

Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision c...

Oct 29, 2009 12:13PM

Scientists glean lessons from stalled AIDS vaccine

Tan Ee Lyn

Merck and Co's failed AIDS vaccine may not have worked, but it probably did not raise the risk of infection either, doctors said Tuesday.

Oct 21, 2009 8:55AM

Review confirms AIDS vaccine may have worked

Tan Ee Lyn

Doctors who surprised the world of AIDS research with a study showing a vaccine prevented some HIV infections released details of their findings on Tuesday and...

Oct 20, 2009 10:36AM

Less money for AIDS research, treatment?: experts

The global financial crisis and a loss of interest in the AIDS epidemic may translate into less money in coming years for research, treatment and prevention of ...

Oct 20, 2009 8:28AM

FACTBOX: Key findings of United Nations AIDS report

A United Nations progress report on AIDS on Wednesday showed that despite some progress, the goal of universal access to treatment for all those who need it is ...

Sep 30, 2009 8:53AM

U.N. says millions still lack access to AIDS drugs

Kate Kelland

More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the world are still infected with the virus that cause...

Sep 30, 2009 8:14AM

The World's War on Aids

Doctor Tony Kelleher (C) measures immune responses as he looks through his microscope in a laboratory at St Vincent's Hospital as research assistants David Van ...

Sep 29, 2009 5:16PM

Thailand wins praise for AIDS vaccine trial

Tan Ee Lyn And Martin Petty

An experimental AIDS vaccine that appears to be the first to protect people was mired for years in controversy, and credit for its success must go to Thailand w...

Sep 28, 2009 11:27AM

AIDS vaccine "important step" against disease

Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor

An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two older versions has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researche...

Sep 24, 2009 1:15PM

Prevalence of HIV in Australia

Sarah Mathiesen

The number of Australians living with HIV has risen by almost 10,000 cases in the past decade and today there are more than 28,000 registered cases of the virus...

Sep 16, 2009 5:19PM