To mark World AIDS Day on Thursday, New York City released a new recommendation that every person diagnosed with HIV start taking medication right away, rather than waiting until the virus progresses to AIDS and the immune system weakens.
A recent study, Impact of Targeted Interventions on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in India, by the World Bank has found a significant decline in the prevalence of the HIV virus among female sex workers and young women (15-24 years) in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have come up with a gene therapy approach that has proven “completely” effective in protecting mice (with humanized immune systems) against HIV infections.
About 5.38-million people in the country are HIV-positive, or 10.6 percent of population.
British singer George Michael's health is improving, doctors treating him in Vienna for pneumonia said in a statement Wednesday.
Between 1990 and 2010, the rate of poverty rate on the continent plunged from 48.4 percent to 31.4 percent; while the rate of indigence (extreme poverty) dropped from 22.6 percent to 12.3 percent.
Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the risk that they will spread the disease to others, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
One in every five HIV-positive Americans are unaware of their condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. That's 240,000, out of 1.2 million Americans, of whom just an estimated 28 percent have the infection under control.
Do you prefer to think of 2011's top diva, Adele, as a lonely, wounded wallflower, brooding quietly, obsessively, and soulfully over her lost loves? Or as the brassy, ballsy best friend you can't shut up?
Bacteria lurk on just about every surface in public restrooms, from toilets to faucets to floors, according to a new study. The good news is that most of cataloged microbes were relatively harmless and came from human skin.
Young adults who take oral antibiotics for acne may be more likely to get sore throats, according to a new study.
According to reports by the WORLD Health Organisation, there has been a four-fold increase in polio cases in Nigeria.
All eyes will be on Fernando Torres.
Speculation that Aishwarya Rai had a C-section was liad to rest with Amitabh Bachchan revealing more details of the birth of his granddaughter on November 16.
Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Irwindale, California, company said.
The number of Americans newly infected with syphilis has fallen for the first time in a decade, but sexually transmitted diseases continue to take a staggering toll on the United States, with 19 million new infections each year at a cost of $17 billion annually.
The stage comedy Seminar is nearing its Broadway premiere Sunday with Alan Rickman, who's already made history for how he handled a preview performance Thursday -- he cancelled it.
Glee star Lea Michele opened up in the December issue of Allure, on newsstands Nov. 22. She discusses her eating habits, her reputation as a diva and an encounter with an agent that almost lead to plastic surgery.
J.M. Smucker has issued a voluntary recall for thousands of 16-ounce jars of its Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter Chunky because they might possibly be contaminated with salmonella.
Cassava is crucial to the health of Africans, providing much-needed carbohydrates for around 200 million people on the continent.
Superbugs capable of evading even the most powerful antibiotics are increasing their grip in Europe with rates of drug resistance in one type of bacteria reaching 50 percent in the worst-hit countries, health officials said Thursday.
The economic crisis could lead to a rise of drug-related HIV infections across Europe, public health officials warn.
