Updated December 2, 2007

General News

• Global leaders call for action on World AIDS Day

• China's Hu meets with AIDS patients

• HIV/AIDS discrimination widespread in China

• China AIDS rate slows, main transmission now sex

• China reports sharp drop in HIV cases

• China to stop arresting women for carrying condoms: state press

• Asia-Pacific must do more to tackle gay AIDS crisis-group

• Pope calls for new efforts to fight AIDS

• US Capital has severe HIV epidemic, report finds

• Estimates of U.S. HIV cases rise 50 percent: reports

• Clinton, AIDS and evangelicals make unusual trio

• S.Africa cites progress on AIDS

• Fighting AIDS in Iran seen tough due to taboos

• Cameroon prostitutes join battle against AIDS

• Myanmar junta shuts AIDS monastery and expels monks

• Thai drug users denied access to AIDS treatments: rights group

• Tennis star Federer joins UN anti-AIDS campaign

• More than 27,000 new HIV infections in Europe in 2006: report

• Russia has almost one million HIV-positive people

Research News

• U.S. aims to take HIV tests to high-risk people

• HIV vaccine trial volunteers may face social blow

• Routine HIV testing may benefit teenagers

Updated November 25, 2007

General News

• HIV drug resistance seen in central China: expert

• Beijing sees jump in HIV/AIDS cases

• Beijing hotels told to stock all rooms with condoms

• 77 people infected with AIDS in Shanghai this year

• Poor education an AIDS factor

• HK group rolls out campaign to fight HIV stigma

• British queen visits AIDS clinic in Uganda

• U.N. slashes AIDS estimates in latest report

• South Africa has world's highest number with AIDS: UN report

• AIDS ad breaks Italy taboo over using word "condom"

• Brazil moving closer to curbing AIDS - officials

• Former Soviet Union sees most new HIV infections: report

• New HIV numbers give better picture of epidemic

• U.N. warns AIDS could spike if countries drop guard

• Leading researcher says China's AIDS data probably accurate

Research news

• Post-exposure HIV drugs won't boost risky behavior

• Sex diseases rising among young in the UK

• Report: about 38 mln Chinese carry hepatitis C virus

Updated November 18, 2007

General News

• China to relax ban on HIV/AIDS carriers entering the country

• Gates Foundation Gives $50M to China HIV

• Unhealthy behavior, gay sex behind HIV growth in China

• Tutu blasts Anglican church for gay 'obsession'

• Global Fund approves 132 million dollars to Kenya's anti-AIDS drive

• More needed to combat TB, global conference in S Africa hears

• Many people don't think AIDS is fatal: survey

• Haggling saves Brazil $1 billion on AIDS drugs

• U.S. regulators join HIV transplant probe

• HIV programs in workplace save money: IOM

• Drug injecting triggers most Mauritius HIV cases

Research and Corporate News

• Merck tells AIDS vaccine volunteers who got jab

• Study shows how some AIDS vaccines may harm

• First sex report on Chinese farmer workers published

• Some OBs unclear on HIV testing requirements

• Adherence to HIV therapy linked to health literacy

• Vaccines cut disease deaths by 99 percent-US study

• U.S. chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis rates rise

• Deadly Ebola virus can mutate, French scientists warn

• FDA Approves Abbott's Pediatric HIV Drug

• ViroPharma's Camvia Gets Orphan Status

• Merck HIV Drug Gets Positive Nod From EU

Updated October 14, 2007

General News

• Infectious diseases kill 741 in China in Sep.

• Health minister outlines strategy for future

• Boost sex education

• AIDS leaves Mozambique pupils without teachers

• American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

• Uganda: Rising Homophobia Threatens HIV Prevention

• S. Africa forgets children in AIDS fight - U.N.

• Imagine a world without gays, says gay Indian prince

• S.Africa Online dating helps fight AIDS stigma

• Married Thais account for 40 pct of new HIV infections: survey

• Majority of US　states bar HIV tests

Corporate and Research News

• More collaboration needed after HIV vaccine flop

• Merck says FDA approves new AIDS treatment

• AIDS cocktails preserve brain, study finds

• Study sees differences in how U.S. Hispanics get HIV

• U.S. Opens the Door to Chinese Pills

Updated October 7, 2007

General News

• AIDS prevalence low in China but in some parts "serious"

• China bans sexually suggestive ads on radio, TV

• Casual sex among Cambodia's MSMs an HIV time bomb

• ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit

• African Anglican bishops steer away from gay row

• Jewish "intactivists" in U.S. stop circumcising

• Canada gives more time to drug injection site

• I'd like a car loan and 20 condoms, please

• Doctors acquitted in Canada tainted blood trial

• Mandela AIDS charity announces benefit concert

• Once-puritan South Africa holds its first sex fair

• Malawi to double free AIDS drugs coverage by 2010

Research and Corporate News

• Obesity a problem in HIV population

• Theratechnologies boosted by strong test results

• Roche, Trimeris Withdraw FDA Application

Updated September 30, 2007

General News

• Chinese Official: in some parts ADIS situation 'serious'

• China still is treating AIDS cases poorly

• Berlin meeting raises 9.7 bln dollars for AIDS, TB, malaria

• UNICEF calls for AIDS prevention for youth

• Rwanda to urge male circumcision in AIDS fight

• Taylor sparkles at AIDS fundraiser

• European condoms AIDS-tainted - Mozambique bishop

• Boost in funds needed to fight AIDS: UN

• Bono urges G8 nations to open purses in fight against AIDS

• Living with AIDS: Patient deaths drop as treatment evolves

Research and Corporate News

• New test makes bird flu detection easier, cheaper

• Pfizer faces $8.5 bln suit over Nigeria drug trial

• French HIV pioneer vows to get to root of Libyan AIDS case

• China to Test New HIV Vaccine

Updated September 23, 2007

General News

• HIV/AIDS: The Looming Asia Pacific Pandemic

• Beijing sees rise in new HIV/AIDS cases

• China: Rapid recall system for dangerous drugs

• China: Treatment center offers new hope

• South Africa 'devastated' by halt of HIV vaccine trials

• Nigeria triples number on free HIV drugs 

• WFP to increase HIV/AIDS food handouts in Malawi

• A story from IRAQ:  

•          "Now I understand how hard life is for people living with HIV"

• PAKISTAN: Roadside dentists pose HIV, hepatitis threat

• China: Imports of blood drug approved

Corporate and Research News

• Merck halts study of "ineffective" HIV vaccine

• HIV prevention could save millions in Africa

• J&J says Prezista matches Kaletra in HIV trial

• New anti-AIDS drug unveiled

• Doctors report breakthrough drug treatment for TB

• Germ resistance conference to begin in Chicago

• EU Experts: Lift Ban on Roche HIV Drug

Updated September 9, 2007

General News

• Sexuality Issues in Contemporary China

• China reports leap in new HIV/AIDS cases

• HIV rate hits 5% among men who have sex with men in Beijing

• China's blood still unsafe, needs help - report

• China Bans Radio Shows That Feature Information On HIV, Sex 

• HIV infections hit record high in Hong Kong

• Asia must deal bravely with HIV/AIDS - U.N. official

• Vietnam to use HK system in HIV battle

• France's first lady defends role in Libya HIV medics case

• Bulgaria donates millions to help Libya HIV victims

• South Africa vows to punish condom scammers

• 100,000 Free Condoms Rejected in D.C.

• Britain launches global healthcare plan for poor countries

• Warning over Russian blood transfusions

Corporate News

• Gilead Shares Rise on HIV Potential

• HIV drug merits quick approval

Updated September 2, 2007

General News

• HK detects 111 new HIV cases in 2nd quarter

• Shanghai Orders Landlords Not To Rent To Gay Couples

• Tutu slams S.Africa's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS

• S.African health minister hampering AIDS fight: activists

• AIDS victims 'buried alive' in PNG

• Mandela announces giant London AIDS concert

Research and Corporate News

• New HIV cluster triggers alarm

• SAfrica HIV vaccine results promising: researchers

• Kids of HIV-infected parents need social support

• Hospitalization rates down for young kids with HIV

• HIV self-tests ineffective in high-risk individuals

• AIDS drug shows potential as weapon against cancer

• FDA: New Merck HIV-fighting drug is safe

Updated August 26, 2007

General News

• Sex now primary cause of China HIV spread 

• China cracking down on AIDS groups

• Infectious diseases spreading faster than ever

• Asia must step up HIV/AIDS fight, experts say

• Global Fund urges private sector to help fight AIDS

Research News

• Old folk are still having sex: US study

• Study challenges claim on AIDS remedies

Updated August 19, 2007

General News

• China cracks down on AIDS groups ahead of Olympics

• China's Henan bans AIDS activist meeting -group

• WHO's Chief in China Steps Down

• Sri Lanka HIV rate low, but poverty, war a threat - U..N

• S Africa AIDS activists to take government to court

• Ostracised Indian AIDS couple appeals for euthanasia

• AIDS rate in Kenya drops due to increased ARV use

Research and Corporate News

• FDA, Bristol warn doctors over hepatitis B drug

• Abbott Urges Caution When Prescribing HIV Drug in Children

• AIDS virus is a "double hit" to the brain: study

• U.S. OKs pediatric AIDS pill for global relief plan

Updated August 5, 2007

General News

• UN calls upon more commercial media to reduce HIV stigma in China

• Central China province to introduce compulsory HIV tests at recreation venues

• S.Africa HIV/AIDS rate falls on behavior change

• Strait-laced Chechens admit AIDS is a problem

• HIV survey reveals Nepal girls' plight in India

• India to step up fight against HIV in children

• HIV-positive prisoner threatens Indian jailers

• Kazakhstan appeals court upholds prison terms in AIDS case

Research News

• University of Maryland Gets $15 Million to Develop HIV Vaccine

• Abstinence-only programs do not reduce HIV risk

• Study: Sex trafficking spreading HIV

Updated July 29, 2007

General News

• China bans AIDS rights meeting, group says

• China's Hunan to HIV test "recreational workers"

• China seeks cooperation to eradicate poppy cultivation in Golden Triangle

• Medical "brain drain" hindering AIDS battle

• Man. United players raise AIDS awareness in S China

• Palestinian doctor will not forgive Libyan jailors

• HIV medics freed after Libya-EU deal

• AIDS women fight fear and stigma as well as disease

• Agency offers AIDS education to elderly

Research News

• AIDS conference calls for child-specific HIV drugs

• Early treatment sees more HIV babies survive

• Modern technology and ancient surgery battle AIDS

• Circumcision could save millions from AIDS: studies

• Human trials use genetic modification to fight HIV

Updated July 22, 2007

General News

• UNAIDS chief sees signs of progress in China

• Despite progress, world still failing HIV carriers: AIDS chief

• Asia must overcome HIV stigma, say research chiefs

• Experts call for more access to HIV care

• Ruling to free HIV nurses in Libya delayed

• Sex education creates storm in AIDS-stricken India

• Clinton visits AIDS projects in Zambia

• Bill Clinton in Africa: view of future?

• Malawi unveils mass HIV testing campaign: report

• Soldier hid his HIV status, charges say

• Public art honors HIV caregivers

Research and Corporate News

• HIV eradication now possible, says Australian conference chief

• New clue for HIV drug side effects: study

• Three gene variants could hold key for HIV vaccine: study

• Male circumcision can cut HIV infection, studies show

• HIV drug combo can boost immune marker in long-term patients: study

• Samaritan Reports Positive HIV Drug Data

• Gilead 2Q Profit Rise on HIV Drugs Sales

• European Panel Recommends Pfizer Drug OK

Updated July 8, 2007

General News

• Women's empowerment key to curbing AIDS: UN

• Freed Myanmar AIDS activist returns right back to work

• South Africa notes signs of first-ever decline in HIV infection rates

• India's HIV cases highly overestimated, survey shows

• Thailand seeks deeper drug price cuts than Brazil deal

Research and Corporate News

• HIV infection raises lung cancer risk: study

• Australian research reveals AIDS, cancer link

• New "second-line" AIDS drug shows promise in trials

• Chinese keep virginity until 22, worldwide survey says

• Bumpy road ahead for China's TCM modernization

Updated July 1, 2007

General News

• China: Stipends planned for AIDS orphans

• Chinese Survey: Discrimination in job market common

• Laura Bush pushes education, AIDS fight in Africa

• India AIDS cases due to drop, spending up

• Looking for "Mr. Condom"

• Indian doctors refuse to help HIV-positive woman deliver: report

• Parents boycott India school after HIV kids allowed back

• US calls for 'immediate' release of Myanmar AIDS activist

• Dems cuts foreign aid for AIDS education

• 21 Convicted in Kazakh AIDS Case

• World Bank loans Kenya 80 million dollars to boost war on AIDS

• US health group mulls Tanzanian plant to make anti-AIDS drug

Research and Corporate News

• Potential cure for HIV discovered

• Theory of how HIV attacks is wrong: study

• No clear link between conflict, rape and HIV: UN study

• U.S. tracks serious form of syphilis in gay men

• Needle sticks endanger surgeons-in-training

• Merck: FDA to Review HIV Drug by October

• Gilead's Viread Lowers Hep B Virus

• Schering-Plough Gets EU OK for Hep C/HIV

Updated June 24, 2007

General News

• China starts anti-AIDS education project among college students

• China moves into top gear on rural healthcare system

• Anti-drug campaign yields result

• Drug addiction slowing down: UN report

• Rays of Hope for Africa's AIDS Children

• Actors to Get HIV Tests for New Campaign

• Libyan AIDS families say deal held up over compensation

• Barred HIV-positive kids allowed back to school in India

• AIDS no longer a death sentence for South Africa's children

Research and Corporate News

• Ancient viral battle left people vulnerable to HIV

• WHO Strategy to Stop Drug-Resistant TB

• FDA clears computerized pill box

• FDA Asks for More Information on HIV Drug Candidate Maraviroc

• Panacos Sees Positive HIV Drug Results

• Pharmacist Pleads to AIDS Drug Fraud

Updated June 3, 2007

General News

• Thai 'Condom King's' NGO wins Gates award for anti-AIDS work

• Bush seeks doubling of AIDS-fighting funds

• Dutch shock over gay AIDS rape gang

• No takers for condoms in Algeria

• Discrimination against women spreading AIDS: rights group

• Stars, fashion and glamour combine to fight AIDS at 2007 Life Ball

Research and Corporate News

• UN offers new HIV testing guidance

• 'AIDS cure' in Zambia found to be pesticide

• New HIV infections among homosexuals up sharply in HK

• Developing Asia needs tough stance on dengue-expert

• Indian HIV patients unite to battle fake AIDS cures

Updated May 27, 2007

General News

• China tackling tainted blood products industry

• One million people get AIDS drugs via Global Fund

• Coca Cola give Chinese migrant workers AIDS awareness playing cards

• China: Activist Couple Accused of Endangering State Security

• Women's rights key to Africa AIDS crisis

• NEPAL: Migration takes its toll on villages hit by AIDS

• 3,000 Cambodians demand better HIV/AIDS care

• India's "Queerfest" targets anti-gay law, prejudice

• Thai AIDS patients suffer as drug squabble drags on

• Ethiopia official backs AIDS treatment

• Malaysia cannot promote condoms: report

News on Treatment

• World's first lung transplant on HIV patient performed

Updated May 20, 2007

General News

• Half of Chinese refuse to work with HIV/AIDS carriers: report

• HIV present, risks high, among men who have sex with men in Shanghai

• Drug users forgotten in HIV/AIDS battle: UN

• Thai drug patent overrides depend on price cuts

• US drug maker offers Thailand further cuts on anti-AIDS drugs

• Russia warns of AIDS epidemic, 1.3 mln with HIV

• "Get real" and save Indian youth from AIDS: official

Research News

• Experimental HIV vaccines offer only limited immunity

• AIDS: "Natural killer" clue to virus vulnerability

Updated May 13, 2007

General News

• China ‘a recipe for disaster’

• Teen abortions skyrocketing in China

• Draft bill protects AIDS patients

• Bill Clinton brokers deal for lower AIDS drug prices

• Thailand's 'Condom King' girds for new battle against AIDS

• U.N. Study Sees Subtle Discrimination

• Chastity doesn't suit Brazil's AIDS policy: minister

• Bulgarians pray for condemned HIV nurses

• South Africa recognises forced anal sex as rape

• African gays speak out on 'state-backed' homophobia

Research and Corporate News

• Analysis: Advances in HIV, TB vaccines

• Simple screening spots teens' risky behaviors

• Gilead pushes for patent for HIV drug in India

Updated May 6, 2007

China and HIV — A Window of Opportunity

General News

• Legal reform urged for more play of NGOs in China's fight against HIV

• Popular Korean TV drama eyes AIDS stigma

• Knowing HIV status for prevention seen on rise

• Syphilis rise in gay, bisexual men causes worry

• Alarming rates of unsafe sex among HIV-infected British gays: study

• South Africa launches national AIDS council

• SOUTH AFRICA: HIV prevention services miss rape survivors

• U.S. chides Thailand for overriding drug patents

• Thailand to hire U.S. firm to burnish image

• Brazil bypasses patent on U.S. AIDS drug

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS virus hides quickly inside babies' blood

• Progenics  Early Stage Clinical Trial Shows Drug Reduces Levels of HIV

• Drugmaker Gets OK for Combo Therapy

Updated April 29, 2007

General News

• Beijing home to 12,000 AIDS patients

• AIDS activists call for boycott of Abbott products

• Gambian herbal AIDS cure no such thing - scientists

• Global Fund for AIDS, TB and malaria aims to triple in size

• Pakistan's first 'outed' HIV patient turns social activist

Research and Corporate News

• Cervical abnormalities common in HIV-infected girls

• U.S. panel urges approval of Pfizer AIDS drug

• Does circumcision affect your sex life? Scientists are divided

• Abbott to offer new AIDS drug in Thailand

• Oral HIV test is accurate, say researchers

Updated April 22, 2007

General News

• Yao Ming lends name to China AIDS campaign

• AIDS ravages poor children needlessly: UN

• AIDS pandemic: Drugs scaleup still badly lagging, say UN agencies

• Only 19 pct of Asians in need get AIDS drugs - WHO

• Britain ignored warnings of contaminated blood

• Cameroon announces free healthcare for nearly 50,000 HIV patients

• Prevention better than cure, AIDS chiefs warn

Research and Corporate News

• Anti-HIV drug set for testing in China

• Gilead first quarter profit rises 55 pct

• India to provide costly 'second-line' AIDS drugs

Updated April 15, 2007

General News

• Chinese AIDS victims blocked from protesting

• China's Lack of HIV/AIDS Awareness Undermines Control Programs

• HIV Cases Rise to Record High in Shanghai

• Australia PM says no to HIV-positive immigrants

• 139,000 Mozambique babies born with HIV in six months

• AIDS groups slam Africa's funding shortfall

• Africa plans to produce own drugs, reduce reliance on West

Research and Corporate News

• New HIV drug shows 'unprecedented' results: study

• CDC says gonorrhea is drug-resistant

• AIDS drugs sales seen topping $10 billion by 2015

• Thailand to push for more AIDS drug price cuts

• Abbott to cut AIDS drug price in 40 poor countries

• Cow TB may spread between people

Updated April 8, 2007

General News

• China not investing enough to fight AIDS: experts

• China busts blood-selling gang after media expose

• Prevention a must when there's no cure for AIDS

• Education best protection against infection

• Urgent need to reach HIV-infected children: doctors

• Man with drug-resistant TB locked up

• Bill Gates to apply Vietnam health measures in Africa

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS drug Prezista performs well in new study

• India court reserves order in Novartis patent case

• New TB strain in South Africa a concern

• GlaxoSmithKline Receives FDA Approval for  Twinrix Hepatitis Vaccine

Updated March 25, 2007

General News

• Filmmaker: Beijing more open about AIDS

• Speaking truth to power in China

• HK, Guangdong to boost efforts to prevent HIV

• HIV-infected Canada woman charged with sex assault

• Thailand talking with drug firms - U.S. chamber

• AIDS groups condemn Gambian president's 'miracle cure'

Research and Corporate News

• TB fight could take centuries without new tools: UN

• Deadly TB strain seen in Africa now in rich nations

• China to launch national survey on tuberculosis drug-resistance

• Chinese Scientists to study biological and genetic aspects of HIV/AIDS

• Behavioral intervention reduces risk of HIV spread

• Gilead CEO Martin Receives $13.7 Million

• TCM expected to play important role in rural China

Updated March 18, 2007

General News

• Survival is cold comfort in AIDS-stricken rural China

• China AIDS activist feels failure despite award

• South Africa launches AIDS plan

• Gay male parents get dedicated fertility program

Research and Corporate News

• Angered U.S. firm excludes Thailand from new drugs

• China to use new medicine for drug addicts

• Trimeris, Roche Amend Deals

• GenVec 4Q Loss Widens on Lower Revenue

• Sexually transmitted HPV remains mystery

Updated March 11, 2007

General News

• China rebuilding rural cooperative medicare system

• New bid to stop the spread of HIV

• China's NGOs learn to stand alone

• EU needs to coordinate AIDS research better: Germany

• Bush's daughter writes book on teen mom with HIV

• AIDS hits blacks harder than other groups: CDC

• Groups link fight against AIDS to rape prevention

Research and Corporate News

• HIV transmission risk highest early in infection: study

• African AIDS victims fret over India patent case

• Study raises questions about circumcision in AIDS

• Smoking boosts risk of tuberculosis

• Experts urge big effort to make pandemic vaccines

• Novartis CEO wants no popularity awards on patents

• Glaxo pipeline dented as mid-stage drugs dropped

• Business fears complacency in global AIDS fight

Updated February 25, 2007

General News

• China praised by researchers for its AIDS efforts

• Freed China AIDS activist off to U.S

• Libya HIV case nurses say not guilty of defamation

• Italian doctors transplant HIV-infected organs

• Ottawa, Gates join in Canadian HIV vaccine search

• Nearly half of Indian women have not heard of AIDS

• Gambia expels UN official for AIDS "cure" criticism

• HIV and AIDS prevention for Russian Youth: Channeling Hope

• Indonesia faces growing AIDS woes, Papua big worry: WHO

• Indian sex workers meet to press for legal recognition

Research and Corporate News

• New AIDS drugs aim to combat resistant HIV strains

• Herpes treatment may help HIV patients: study

• Merck's HPV vaccine in demand among UK gay men

• Gilead HIV Drug Passes Midstage Study

• Studies: Circumcision reduces HIV risk

Updated February 18, 2007

General News

• China lets AIDS doctor collect U.S. rights prize

• S.Africa alters AIDS plan after extreme TB threat

• Survey shows sexual health funds being diverted in the UK

• Indonesia faces growing AIDS woes, Papua big worry: WHO

• Thailand plans to break patents on 14 drugs: firms

• Negotiate with drug companies, WHO chief says

• Bulgarian nurses appeal in Libya HIV case

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS virus weakness detected

• Lengthy Battle Seen Remaining Vs. AIDS

• Merck cuts price on AIDS drug Efavirenz

• Novartis defends patents stance in Indian court

• Pfizer's AIDS drug to get faster review

• Study says marijuana eases HIV-related pain

• India to study if doctors prescribe proper HIV-AIDS drugs

Updated February 11, 2007

General News

• China bars AIDS doctor from U.S. for award

• China tightens controls on own media

• Rich nations to sign $1.5 bln vaccine pact in Italy

• Critics of Indonesia bird flu ban accept valid point

• India sex museum makes HIV lessons fun

• Malaysia faces HIV/AIDS surge: official

• Thailand in talks on cheaper AIDS drugs

• New HIV infections hit high in Japan

Research and Corporate News

• Scientists explore possible new way to fight AIDS

• Analysis of Chinese AIDS epidemic shows surprising patterns

• FDA Panel to Review Pfizer HIV Drug

• S.Africa orders probe into botched HIV gel trials

• Few HIV-infected parents have guardianship plans

• EGYPT: 5 million infected with Hepatitis C

• Achillion Sinks on Hep C Trial Halt

Updated February 4, 2007

General News

• Attitudes toward homosexuality relax in China, but pressures remain

• Dalai Lama says China rail link brings beggars, AIDS

• India to create HIV "safe zones" for migrants

• U.N.'s Nabarro tipped to head global AIDS fund

• Quick action urged on Afghan drugs to head off AIDS

• Thailand allows copycat AIDS, heart disease drugs

• Poor patients fear outcome of drug giant's Indian patent challenge

• Drug addicts find jobs and hope in Danish hotel

• Libya has proposal to free Bulgarian nurses: Kadhafi's son

Research and Corporate News

• Trials of new women's HIV drug stopped

• Wash. men get hard-to-treat HIV strain

• Heavy drinking risky for women with hepatitis

• HIV-related dementia common in Africa, study finds

• AIDS rising among S.Africa's rich, best-educated

• BioDelivery Gets FDA OK to Test Bioral

• Iran unveils herbal remedy against AIDS

Updated January 28, 2007

General News

• China launches AIDS prevention among migrant workers

• Chinese shrub gives best cure for deadly malaria

• Time for long view on AIDS, says Global Fund

• Chinese Agency Probes Blood Sales

• Vaccine scheme ramps up cover and cuts prices

• Thailand stuns drug firms with generic licenses

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS group to sue Pfizer over Viagra ads

• Crunch time for AIDS vaccine nears in 2008

• Selenium may help lower HIV levels

Updated January 21, 2007

General News

• Blood debts

• World's response to children with AIDS 'tragically insufficient'

• UNICEF: 1,000 under 15 get HIV each day

• Education for love

• China not ready for circumcision to stop AIDS

• Trial opens in Kazakhstan over child HIV infections

• Sex, meth and Internet spark new AIDS fears

• Libya rebuffs EU demand to free medics in HIV case

• EU ramps up pressure on Libya over HIV verdicts

• Nigeria to enact law to back malaria, HIV drugs

• Few pregnant African women get AIDS drugs

Research News

• More HIV testing for drug users poor use of funds

• Brazilian researchers test algae-based anti-HIV gel

• Vaccine Market Draws Venture Capital Interest

Updated January 14, 2007

General News

• China steps up health care reform in urban and rural areas

• Drug-ravaged province to open 22 new methadone clinics in southwest China

• Population problems vex China

•  "Magic" Johnson takes HIV/AIDS message to teens

• Black men in focus in U.S. HIV drug trial

• Tuberculosis not philanthropy's burden, experts say

Research News

• Syphilis back with a vengeance in China - report

• Gene mapping finds surprises in itchy genital bug

• Delay with AIDS drug restores effectiveness -study

• Duke Researchers Hail New HIV/AIDS Test

Updated December 31, 2006

General News

• Agony of the AIDS orphans

• Medical costs China's top social concern

• China trains publicity officials on HIV/AIDS reporting

• SKorean scientists in AIDS breakthrough

• Libya's Khadafi rejects Western pressure over AIDS trial

• Algeria promotes condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS

• Circumcision could save money in AIDS-hit Africa

• AIDS epidemic shifts, Vietnam makes policy change

Updated December 17, 2006

General News

• Letter from China: The sex industry is everywhere but nowhere

• Hong Kong alarmed by possible linked HIV infections

• S China to build medical facility for AIDS patients

• An India AIDS patient dies as doctors deny treatment

• Drugs sold over the counter fuel HIV in India

• Speak up, sir...You need the extra small condoms?

• Libya court to deliver nurses' HIV case verdict

Research and Corporate News

• Male circumcision greatly reduces HIV risk: studies

• Merck to seek U.S. approval of 3 drugs in 2007

• FDA seeks to improve access to experimental drugs

• AIDS Organization Launches Ad Campaign Criticizing Pfizer's Marketing of Viagra

• Report defends experiments on monkeys

• Merck Reports Progress on Overhaul

Updated December 10, 2006

General News

• China to prosecute deliberate AIDS infections

• China hospital to compensate AIDS victims

• Clinton urges end to HIV/AIDS stigma in Vietnam

• Clinton holds up Cambodia's AIDS effort as model

• Oversized condoms a headache for many Indian men

• New scientific evidence in Libyan HIV court case

• One in 4 Zimbabwe children are AIDS orphans: UNICEF

• Afghan drugs a worry as Pakistanis confront AIDS

Research News

• Best HIV prevention programs build skills

• Hormonal contraception doesn't raise HIV risk

• Scientists say malaria fuels AIDS spread in Africa

• WHO launches new drive for malaria vaccine by 2015

• One in fourteen people living with HIV are over 50 

Updated December 3, 2006

General News

• Infection Rate Rising for Gay Men on Mainland China

• China AIDS orphans tour Communist Party compound

• Chinese province plans pre-marriage AIDS test

• China takes HIV/AIDS prevention to the masses

• China officials still prejudiced on AIDS

• Discrimination still harms China AIDS fight: UN

• HIV/AIDS cases up by more than 70 percent in Shanghai

• China frees AIDS activist, four others in custody

• Bush: HIV/AIDS pandemic can be defeated

• HIV drugs reaching more people as AIDS Day marked

• Rates of those living with HIV are still on the increase

• HIV pushing sufferers in Britain into poverty

• Firms should administer life-saving AIDS drugs: UN

• North Korea claims complete success in AIDS fight

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS to be 3rd leading cause of death

• Experts plan strategies to prevent HIV

• Treatment timeouts dangerous in HIV care

• Universal AIDS tests will pay off, experts say

• Japanese scientists say identify anti-TB compound

• Mining co's help fund Australia's Virax African HIV trial

• Pfizer to Begin Offering Late-Stage HIV Treatment to Drug Resistant Patients

Updated November 26, 2006

General News

• China HIV cases up nearly 30pct

• HIV infection on rise in all regions: U.N. report

• Remote China city lays down the law on condoms

• China police ban hemophilia forum: source

• Don't reject or abandon AIDS victims, Pope says

• India told: Get grip on HIV in 2007 or lose control

• UK billionaire helps AIDS fight in safari land

• AIDS cases in Britain growing

• Unsafe sex mainly to blame for rise in SKorea HIV infections

Research News

• Nearly 40 million people live with HIV worldwide

• Can AIDS Virus Testing in China Be Done More Aggressively?

• AIDS in China 

• New map on human genetic variation unveiled

• Researchers say Canadian injection site a success

• Drug-resistant TB spreads in S. Africa

Updated November 19, 2006

General News

• US to help ASEAN fight bird flu, AIDS

• Indian state to adopt workplace HIV policy - report

• MALAWI: Health worker shortage a challenge to AIDS treatment

• Condoms urged in prisons to curb AIDS in blacks

• ZIMBABWE: Five year plan to battle HIV/AIDS on farms launched

• Alliance urges action to close the HIV services gap on global HIV epidemic

• PAKISTAN: Lonely truck drivers face HIV/AIDS threat

• SOUTH AFRICA: Govt AIDS programme on course but people still dying

• AIDS, heroin two-pronged problem for Afghanistan

• Greek HIV cases leap in 2006

Updated October 1, 2006

General News

• China to open 300 needle exchange centers in AIDS fight 

• New SAfrican TB cases raise fears of wider outbreak

• "Hateful" anti-gay law must go - Indian govt agency

• India nearly doubles free AIDS treatment centres

• 63 Kazakh children get HIV at hospitals

• Lawmakers argue over AIDS funding bill

Research and Corporate News

• Sangamo says compound makes cells resistant to HIV

• HIV "load" not indicative of AIDS progress

• Bristol-Myers, Gilead to sell HIV drug in Canada

• Glaxo says virologic failure uncommon in study

Updated September 24, 2006

General News

• Five nations start fund to help poor overcome AIDS

• U.S. health body urges routine AIDS testing for all

• African broadcasters pump up the volume on AIDS

• Leading Indians urge end of "monstrous" gay sex law

• Exclusive school for HIV/AIDS children in India

Research and Corporate News

• Male genital hygiene affects risk of HIV infection

• Smokers may have higher risk of HIV

• AIDS no longer killing all patients, study finds

• AIDS biggest killer of S.Africa new mothers

• Many men who have sex with men deny being gay

• Wart virus reduces test-tube baby success

• Gilead Grants Generic HIV Drug Licenses

• Sexually transmitted diseases on rise among Singapore's teens

Updated September 10, 2006

General News

• China needs to eliminate prejudice agianst HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS director

• HIV infections among Thai wives rising

• Experts call for urgent steps to battle virulent TB strain

• South Africa defends its AIDS approach

• Top scientists urge Mbeki to sack health minister over AIDS policy

• Rising number of Finns contract AIDS in Thailand

• Wis. Alderman says girl, 11, has HIV

Corporate and Research News

• Pfizer looks to submit AIDS drug by year-end

• Study: South Africa deaths rise sharply

• Men's behavior a key goal in AIDS fight: hearing

Updated September 3, 2006

General News

• HIV-positive Indian has to abort her own foetus

• Desperate HIV sufferers in Myanmar turn to weeds for cure

• Cancer surge overwhelming AIDS-crisis Botswana

• New Zealand offers residency to HIV infected Zimbabweans

• Japan court awards damages over hepatitis C infections

• UNHCR chief asks Thailand to tackle AIDS in refugee camps

• South Africa panel: 336,000 dead of AIDS

Research and Corporate News

• South Africa looks for gold lining to AIDS, malaria cloud

• Traditional doctors can help fight AIDS in Africa: WHO

• HIV Vaccine Studies Encouraging

• New tuberculosis strain in S. Africa

Updated August 27, 2006

General News

• Chinese AIDS patient beaten while pleading for government help

• Beijing reports a death from AIDS

• Little to survive on for China's HIV/AIDS sufferers

• California lawmakers to allow condoms in prisons

• New AIDS protests hit S. Africa

• Indian lawmakers caught out on AIDS awareness

Research and Corporate News

• HIV drug stops cervical cancer in laboratory test

• HIV 'switches off' immune cells

• Theratech says FDA OKs design of HIV drug trial

• US drugmaker Gilead to sell cheap AIDS drug in Thailand

Updated August 20, 2006

General News

• AIDS sufferers bemoan lack of drugs in China

• China arrests former chief of AIDS-plagued county

• Chinese prostitutes raise AIDS risk

• China touts initial success with first AIDS vaccine

• Beijing health office opens online gay chatroom

• Male sex sending HIV out of control in Asia 

• Small victories feature at AIDS conference

• Clinton defends Bush on AIDS

• Gates says female AIDS protection key

• AIDS grandmothers do what grannies do best - love

• Gaps showing in Thai AIDS drug plan

• AIDS conference closes with blast at South Africa

• Anti-HIV drugs cut AIDS mortality in Uganda

• Making condoms stylish for everyone

• Researchers aim to kick-start new AIDS prevention

• Bangladeshi group shares international AIDS award

• AIDS shortchanged when it comes to disasters

• AIDS-related anti-violence programs failing

• Blacks bear brunt of AIDS in developed nations

• India delivers safe sex message with morning papers 

Research and Corporate News

• 'Elite' HIV patients mystify, intrigue doctors

• FDA tells body part collection firm to close

• Rapid tests mean more learn HIV status

• Drug abuse seen driving new HIV epidemics

• Future seen promising for AIDS vaccine

• New weapons eyed in AIDS battle

• New guidelines help sort out HIV drug maze

• Multiple partnerships fueling AIDS epidemic

• AIDS focus shifts to prevention

• Pricing, lack of tools hamper child AIDS treatment

• Cannabis pitched as pain killer at AIDS conference

• New regimen slashes mother-to-baby HIV risk

• Stopping HIV: Could circumcision be the kindest cut of all?

• Researchers link music tastes to HIV risks

• HIV and TB are apocalyptic duo

• GlaxoSmithKline, Shionogi complete HIV drug study

• Glaxo withdraws AIDS drug patent plan in Thailand, India

• Merck to Offer HIV Drug in Expanded Access Program

• India's Strides gets US nod for HIV tab nevirapine

Updated August 13, 2006

General News

• Sex taboos hamper safety message for gay Chinese

• China mulls monitoring gays and truck drivers for STDs

• Discrimination glooms life of AIDS-affected children

• Better drugs needed if China to win AIDS fight

• Chinese police releases HIV victim ahead of Toronto AIDS conference

• HIV infection rate surging among gays, bisexuals in Asia

• Gates gives $500 million to Global AIDS, TB fund

• Rights group seeks UN support on HIV testing

• UN envoy says Canada not serious enough about AIDS

• Indian health groups welcome new rural HIV push

• AIDS may kill 11 mln in India over 20 years

• AIDS groups battle over federal funding

• Drugs don't work for many India AIDS patients

Research and Corporate News

• HIV drugs may help protect women

• Experimental HIV drug helps control virus

• HIV therapy drugs reach one in five

• AIDS virus hides out in "accomplice" cells

• Fewer high school students having sex

• Tests probe if pill a day can keep AIDS at bay

• AIDS and TB team up to kill even more, group says

Updated August 6, 2006

General News

• Survey shows "dangerous" AIDS ignorance in China

• HK candidate for WHO job to focus on chronic diseases

• Hundreds expected to come to Masturbate-a-thon

• HIV-positive Cambodian gets 10 years for raping wife

• Romania told to stop segregating children with HIV

• South African AIDS pandemic leads to rise in tuberculosis

• Madonna's spotlight turns to AIDS orphans

• Nigeria sacks health officials after baby infected with HIV

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS drugs still effective after 10 years

• Aging face of HIV poses new challenges

• CytRx Completes HIV Vaccine Trial

• Canada concedes must do more to fight HIV/AIDS

• AIDS researcher proposes method to 'extinguish' HIV epidemic

Updated July 30, 2006

General News

• Annan pushes AIDS drug makers to lower prices

• India may scrap gay sex law over HIV fears 

• Canada expands compensation in blood case

• Man who passed on HIV virus skips sentencing

• Singapore gays prepare to show their IndigNation

• Development banks in Vietnam fund AIDS, Mekong health projects

• Libya AIDS trial adjourned again

• Tough-loving Pakistan wives force husbands to kick drugs

Research News

• AIDS virus may hide in the gut: study

• AIDS expert to head Duke health institute

• Heat-resistant HIV-AIDS drugs from US arrive Nigeria: MSF

Updated July 23, 2006

General News

• China court punishes paper for AIDS report

• Chinese HIV victim detained after asking government for help

• Clinton Foundation helps northwest China region fight AIDS

• Togo says halves HIV/AIDS rate

• HIV/AIDS epidemic to dent India's economic progress

• Creaking health systems hampering AIDS battle: WHO

• Pakistani AIDS campaign reaches out through Islam

• Gates spends $287 mln on new AIDS vaccine push

• Gates makes donation to African AIDS war

• India AIDS agency pushes for legalisation of homosexuality

• Vietnam may get its first sex education website

Research and Corporate News

• HIV patients often unaware of drug resistance

• Unsafe sex common among female drug users with HIV

• Gilead Sciences 2nd-qtr profit rises 35 pct

• Trimeris Sales of HIV Treatment Fuzeon Rise Worldwide in 2nd Quarter

Updated July 16, 2006

General News

• Clinton urges Africa to step up AIDS tests

• Indian firms waking up to HIV threat

• Campaigners say G8 AIDS pledge not enough

• Stigma raises HIV threat in Vietnam, says US study group

Research and Corporate News

• Depression tied to risky teen sex

• US OKs first once-daily AIDS combination pill

• Circumcision may stop millions of HIV deaths-study

• ConjuChem stock plunges after patient death

Updated July 9, 2006

General News

• Preventing HIV in Asian drug users could help curb AIDS epidemic

• Gates Funds a Revolution in Health Care

• Gateses take on AIDS prevention in India

• Vietnam gets 20 million-dollar ADB grant to fight AIDS

• Bible commentary for Africa tackles HIV

• India sex workers rewarded for HIV checks

• Gay prince out of closet, loses inheritance

• Australian gay blood ban challenged

• Bushmeat sold in Europe, US: scientists

• Soap diva to get full-blown AIDS in S.Africa first

• Risky sexual history should be bared to partner: top California court

Research News

• High-risk subgroups for teens at risk for HIV

• Teen sex assault victims rarely finish HIV meds

Updated July 2, 2006

General News

• Buffett, Gates unite on $60 billion foundation

• Global Fund seeks to cast wider AIDS finance net

• Long-term effects of drugs worry UK HIV patients

• India says will check UN estimate on HIV caseload

• Botswana AIDS scheme saves lives but virus spreads

• Gay pride parades held across nation

• US capital first to try to test entire city for HIV

• HIV/AIDS on the rise among Iranian addicts

• AIDS children, pariahs in Russian society

Research and Corporate News

• Three-drug AIDS pill cleared for global relief plan

• New label on HIV drug to warn of bleeding 

• Indian firm declares virtual war on HIV/AIDS

Updated June 25, 2006

General News

• Woman jailed for deliberately giving man HIV

• Battered Kenyan women more prone to HIV: report

• Marginalized, Indian wives face growing AIDS threat

• South African court orders treatment for HIV-positive prisoners

• Japanese state and firm blamed for hepatitis C infection

• Irish blood scandal has cost 660 million euros so far

Research and Corporate News

• U.S. FDA clears J&J's HIV drug for resistant patients

• Quick AIDS test helps more people find out

• Condoms proven to protect against virus

• Side Effects Cast Shadow Over New HIV Meds

• Bayer Gets FDA Approval for New HIV Test

Updated June 18, 2006

• General News

• US cites "ABC" of success in world AIDS fight

• Gates to Give Up Daily Role at Microsoft

• Some SAfrican officials believe AIDS is curable: report

• Less than five percent of HIV-stricken children get drugs

• Malawi appeals for more drugs as top AIDS officials start visit

• South Africa takes small steps to fight AIDS on farms

Research News

• Small mutation may make AIDS virus deadly: study

• Samaritan to Begin HIV Study Early

Updated June 11, 2006

Timeline: 25 years of HIV/Aids

General News

• AIDS to cause billions of dollars of losses in China

• U.S. makes strides in fight against AIDS

• Officials, providers at odds on HIV test

• Africa rises to HIV drug challenge

Research and Corporate News

• Monkey trial may show possible way to AIDS vaccine

• New-generation AIDS drug to go into wider trial

• Young adult blacks in US hit hard by HIV infection

• Gilead faces criticism over drug access

Updated June 4, 2006

General News 

• China emerging from shadows of AIDS pandemic

• AIDS patients protest China's selection of board for UN fund

• New battle lines emerging in Asia's anti-AIDS fight

• Asia now second to Africa in HIV cases

• Nations split at AIDS meeting

• Governments shy from concrete AIDS commitments

• First lady proposes worldwide HIV testing day

• Annan urges U.S., Islam to help prostitutes on AIDS

• HIV infection rate stable for first time ever: UNAIDS

• AIDS toll may reach 100 million in Africa

• Anti-AIDS drive still falling short

• Wealthy nations accused of AIDS funding shortfall

• AIDS increases among women; sexual control absent

• Debate emerges over HIV testing rules

Research and Corporate News

• Female circumcision heightens childbirth risks: WHO

• Multi-pronged approach curbs risky sex in the HIV+

• Glaxo cuts not-for-profit price of AIDS drugs

• India's Cipla gets initial US nod for AIDS generic

• HIV Drug Maker Faces Third World Critics

• US Congressman: AIDS Guidebook Needs Update

Updated May 21, 2006

General News

• HIV drugs for children badly needed in China

• China NGOs say they're excluded from global AIDS fund

• Safe sex messages in schools failing: study

• Most gay men with HIV don't regret telling friends

• Watts joins UN fight against AIDS

• More than 210,000 South Africans on antiretrovirals: spokesman

• Russia Said to Be on Edge of AIDS Crisis

Research and Corporate News

• San Francisco Makes HIV Tests Easier

• Glaxo-Vertex Study Tests Anti-HIV Drugs

Updated May 14, 2006

General News

• SAfrica's Zuma's apology not enough: UN AIDS envoy

• S.Africa Zuma verdict seen setback for AIDS

• Zuma's rape accuser flees South Africa 

• Libya adjourns foreign medics HIV retrial

• New Yorker starts Atlantic row for AIDS

• India drug challenge vital to poorest AIDS patients

• Laura Bush Urges Graduates to Volunteer

• Matt Damon Urges Funding for AIDS Overseas

Research and Corporate News

• Officials Debate How to Ration Vaccine

• CDC Wants Routine AIDS Virus Testing

• Study: Lesbians' Brains React Differently

• Chancroid vaccine promising in pigs

• Vaginal infections more prevalent among black women

• Young women often reinfected with Chlamydia

• Brazil, Gilead agree AIDS drug price cut

Updated April 30, 2006

General News

• Kenya : Chinese First Lady donates Aids drugs worth US$70,000

• UK's Prince Harry launches Lesotho AIDS charity

• South African court urged to convict Zuma of rape

• Bulgarian nurses detained too long in Libya - Rice

• Global Fund suspends AIDS help to Nigeria

• Global Fund approves new HIV grant for Kenya

• New HIV infections in India almost triple in 2005: report

Research News

• Hope for HIV microbicide breakthrough: scientists

Updated April 23, 2006

General News

• China slow to awake to need for sex education

• Shanghai police break up AIDS news conference

• Putin tells officials to spread word on AIDS danger

• Senior cardinal supports limited use of condoms 

• HIV marriage agency struggles to find women

Research and Corporate News

• Whites fare poorly with HIV and hepatitis C

• Blood tests effective in detecting latent TB: study

• Sex and tattoos put prisoners at risk for HIV

• Novation Inks Deal for HIV Antibody Test

Updated April 9, 2006

General News

• Gays cooperate with govt to combat HIV/AIDS in China

• HIV Boy in NE China Lives Lonely Life

• US AIDS plan hampers prevention in nations: report

• Sex tourism thriving in Bible Belt

• India reports rise in HIV infections to 5.2 mln

• Francisco may be world's gayest city - report

• Uganda army halts training for HIV-infected troops

• Abbott Signs Johnson for Health Initiative

• AIDS taking 'terrble toll' on health workers: WHO

Research and Corporate News

• Bulgarians, Italians to develop anti-AIDS vaccine for newborns

• New face sculpting changes lives for HIV patients

• Clinical trial uses stem cells to treat HIV

• AIDS vaccine quest inspires cooperation for competitive researchers

• Discovery Provides New Perspectives on Disease Associated with HIV/AIDs

Updated March 31, 2006

General News

• Sharp fall in HIV infections in India

• Clinton calls for rethink of HIV/AIDS testing policy

• Christian Aid’s HIV unit replaces ABC with SAVE 

• WHO says few pregnant women getting HIV drugs

• UN widely misses AIDS target but remains upbeat

Research and Corporate News

• Age, social support linked to HIV drug adherence

• Gilead Won't Tout AIDS Pill As Preventive

Updated March 26, 2006

General News

• Act now to stop HIV/AIDS in children, UN says

• AIDS leaves 9 mln African children without mothers

• Love's not enough, says Vietnam AIDS orphanage

• Burundi church to bless only HIV-tested couples

• Asia must educate young on HIV

• AIDS, poverty worsen Africa's tuberculosis crisis

• China AIDS chief knows nothing of missing activist

• HIV Infections in Malaysia Women on Rise

Research and Corporate News

• Kids with HIV often have behavioral problems

• Drug access won't slow HIV rates in poor countries

• Glaxo tags AIDS medicine in crackdown

• Foundation opens TB vaccine plant, no product yet

Updated March 19, 2006

General News

• Relief group seeks access to new HIV drug in Africa

• Women, hit hard by AIDS, need own UN agency: envoy

• WHO maps out new strategy to battle tuberculosis

• Laura Bush Hosts HIV-Positive Mothers

• Nigeria opens 41 new AIDS treatment centers

• Ugandans Report Mixed Message on AIDS Plan

• South Africa's Zuma has high AIDS risk after alleged rape, court hears

Research and Corporate News

• Straight men using meth have riskier sex

• Anormed HIV Study Shows Early Response

Updated February 26, 2006

General News

• Safe sex next front in China's AIDS battle

• China blood test lapses fuel "hidden AIDS epidemic"

• Sex health service gets worse

• Clinton, Australia launch tri-nation AIDS campaign

• TANZANIA: HIV/AIDS counselling centres set up in prisons

• Bird flu could hobble Africa's AIDS fight: UN

• Tajikistan seen at risk of HIV/AIDS epidemic

Research and Corporate News

• Tenofovir may be safe as vaginal HIV microbicide

• Human trials for HIV drug begin in China: report

• More human diseases originating from animals

• Progenics HIV Drug on FDA Fast Track

Updated February 19, 2006

General News

• AIDS Third-Deadliest Infection in China

• Hong Kong records largest yearly HIV gain in 2005

• Clinton group, India to train nurses in AIDS care

• Thailand aims to halve HIV infections within three years: official

• INTERVIEW - Bird flu could hobble Africa's AIDS fight - U.N.

• Indian Catholic church makes Bollywood film on AIDS

• U.S. to spend $208 mln to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya

• S.African jailed for life after AIDS murder

• SWAZILAND: Young heroes website appeals for help for AIDS orphans

• Libya AIDS children to be treated in France

• Red Light District Opens Its Doors

• Gay marriage 'is good for health'

Research and Corporate News

• Babes benefit when HIV+ moms take a multivitamin

• Aspen in AIDS drugs deal with Bristol-Myers

• German Study: Sunflowers Might Help AIDS

Updated February 12, 2006

General News

• China bans discrimination against AIDS sufferers

• Gay culture takes root in China  

• Pricey AIDS drugs cost children’s lives, say experts

• AIDS orphans are being forgotten, says U.N.

Research and Corporate News

• India's AIDS vaccine trials enter crucial stage

• Drug combination prevents HIV infection in monkeys

• Early treatment always better for HIV, study finds

• Type of AIDS infection key to death risk - study

• Male circumcision protects women from AIDS -study

• Drug Ends Spread of AIDS From Mom to Child

• Doctors Back Needle Exchange Programs

• Rare Chlamydia Strain Infecting Gay Men

Updated February 5, 2006

Update on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Response in China 

General News

• AIDS scourge travels fast on ancient Chinese road

• Philippines HIV cases double over three years

• Mbeki says South Africa's AIDS program among the world's biggest

• AIDS a threat to Nigeria's security: defense secretary

• Indian man sued after hiding HIV status from wife

• BOTSWANA: Routine HIV testing not as straightforward as it sounds

• TANZANIA: Condom taboo in Zanzibar hampers fight against HIV/AIDS

• E. China Province Provides Free Housing to Needy AIDS Patients

Research and Corporate News

• Change in sex habits cut HIV infections in Zimbabwe: study

• Canadian scientists find way to boost vaccine production 100-fold

• Experimental Compounds May Help Body Fight Off HIV

Updated January 29, 2006

General News

• China lowers AIDS estimate but says risk still high

• Britain says sexual health will be a key priority

• Mother's milk enlisted in South Africa AIDS fight

• Gates cash kick-starts $31 bln TB funding drive

• Botswana Adopts Radical Approach to HIV

• European donors plan to restore AIDS help to Myanmar

Research and Corporate News

• Incentives needed to boost HIV, flu vaccines

• DHEA may reduce depression symptoms in HIV patients

• Experimental vaginal gel inhibits HIV and HSV