Updated December 27, 2009

General News

• First government-backed gay bar opens in China

• Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

• Global Fund unblocks Philippine AIDS, malaria aid 

• INDONESIA : Condom drive sparks protests 

Research and Corporate News

• First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

• China treating severe swine flu with blood plasma

• UGANDA : "Less noisy" female condom proves a hit 

Updated December 20, 2009

General News

• Anti-gay bill may cost Uganda research institution 

• US urges Uganda to block anti-gay bill 

• SAfrica ex-health boss dies; touted garlic for HIV

• Patent pool to lower prices for AIDS treatments

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials

• Scientists discover natural flu-fighting proteins

• CDC: Rare infection passed on by Miss. organ donor

• Sex equally satisfying with circumcised men: study

• Patent pooling deal to reduce costs of AIDS drugs

Updated December 13, 2009

General News

• Death penalty for gays? Uganda debates proposal

• Elton will support Ukrainian boy he can't adopt

• South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

• Zulus to fight AIDS with circumcision

• Vietnam Calls For More Cooperation In HIV/AIDS Prevention

• UK HIV cases 'higher than ever' 

Research and Corporate News

• Ancient HIV stowaway may hold clue to transmission

• Stavudine to be phased out - gradually 

• Record number of TB patients cured: WHO 

• Hopes of new drugs, vaccines for tuberculosis

• AFRICA : Hospital-acquired HIV underestimated 

Updated December 6, 2009

General News

• China city government opens gay bar to fight AIDS 

• HIV-infected Chinese children struggle with stigma

• China warns gay transmission of AIDS gaining pace

• WHO changes HIV treatment advice

• Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline

• AIDS epidemics risk being generalised: UN

• Discrimination under fire on World AIDS Day

• Activists protest S.Korea's HIV testing for foreign workers

• French first lady says AIDS is a personal affair

Research and Corporate News

• New WHO guidelines urge phase-out of major HIV drug

• More funds needed for TB tests, drugs, vaccines

• Researchers develop new hepatitis C treatment

Updated November 29, 2009

General News

• China AIDS sufferers face widespread discrimination-UN 

• UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China

• Yao Ming joins HIV campaign in China : UN

• HIV kills 25 million, infects 60 million: UNAIDS

• Pope urges prayer, action to comfort AIDS patients

• America wages new war in Vietnam - on AIDS

• UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

Research and Corporate News

• New HIV infections reduced by 17% over the past eight years 

• FDA grants full approval to J&J's HIV drug

• Timely and continuous HIV care extends survival

Updated November 21, 2009

General News

• 20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer

• AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers

• AIDS activists to Obama: Send funds to the South

• US AIDS program undaunted by recession, head says

• Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

• Puerto Rico gay slaying investigated as hate crime

• UGANDA : AIDS Commission takes new direction in prevention 

• NY protesters target Uganda anti-gay law

• Prostitutes fear S.Africa's World Cup clean-up 

• Woman guilty of having HIV sex

Research and Corporate News

• HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research

• Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited

• Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

• US backs new start date for cervical cancer tests 

• OraSure settles HIV test patent lawsuit

Updated November 8, 2009

General News

• China 's Economy Powering Syphilis Spread

• Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

• Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS 

• Africa the worst hit by AIDS, by far

• In Brief: HIV-positive cases jump to 556 in Afghanistan  

• Cambodia aims to raise AIDS/HIV awareness among drivers

Research and Corporate News

• Further doubts about HIV vaccine

• New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response To HIV And Prostate Cancer

• Should we be self-testing for HIV?

• GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Launches Specialist HIV Company

• New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease

• Boron-based compounds inhibit key HIV enzyme

• ART As Part Of HIV Prevention Strategy Supported By WHO

Updated November 2, 2009

General News

• Obama ends travel ban for HIV positive  

• AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

• Using DOTS for TB, HIV and other chronic diseases 

• Kenya to conduct AIDS control study among gays

• Caribbean sees drop in HIV, AIDS cases

• Nearly one in three people with HIV do not know: EU 

• China teacher held after kids jabbed with syringe

Research and Corporate News

• Beyond Thailand : Making Sense of a Qualified AIDS Vaccine "Success"

• Argentinean researchers claimed HIV 'can be transmitted by sperm' 

                 – not agreed by others though  

• Proceeds of Saint Laurent sale to battle AIDS

Updated October 25, 2009

General News

• Taiwan haemophiliacs appeal over HIV-tainted drug

• Catholic Church urges AIDS testing in Brazil

• African states urged to curb child AIDS infections

• SOUTH AFRICA : HIV-positive inmates speak out 

• Experts warn of less money for AIDS research, treatment 

Research and Corporate News

• HIV vaccine trial under fire

• Data confirms 'modest' AIDS vaccine breakthrough

• AIDS: Are the wilderness years over for vaccine research?

• Don't flag on support, AIDS chiefs say at vaccine conference

• Full results show AIDS vaccine is of modest help

• Gates Foundation grants support unusual research

• HIV vaccine trial results raise more questions 

• Experts study thriving HIV "controllers" in vaccine search 

• Canada study finds link between smoking crack, HIV 

Updated October 18, 2009

General News

• China ’s vocational schools play a key role in AIDS education

• China HIV/AIDS Media Partnership to fend off HIV/AIDS with "Umbrella"

• Discreet sex education breaks Indian taboo 

• Conference urges sexual health service for Asia-Pacific youth

• UGANDA : AIDS activists protest anti-gay bill 

• AFRICA: Thinking outside the AIDS funding box 

Research and Corporate News

• Results of Tanzania HIV vaccine trials out soon

• HIV-1 treatment in pregnancy can prevent transmission

• Promising candidates for new HIV drugs found

• Research Shows Treating HIV-AIDS With Interleukin-2 Is Ineffective

• Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs 

• Johnson & Johnson gets approval for HIV test

• Patients test for HIV exposure at Fla. hospital

• How to report a disease outbreak or pandemic 

Updated October 11, 2009

General News

• SAfrica HIV caseload stable, still too high: health minister

Research and Corporate News

• US panel backs expanded use of Pfizer HIV drug

• Report: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth

• US trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for research on ageing 

• HIV outpaces provision of anti-AIDS drugs 

Updated October 4, 2009

General News

• HIV spreading faster than treatment in Africa : UNAIDS

• Tenfold rise in HIV treatment for poor: UN

• Kenya seeks to restore public confidence in condoms

• Charity auction nets $1.1 million for AIDS

Research and Corporate News

• ANALYSIS-AIDS vaccine works, but back to the drawing board 

• U.S. big pharma jumps back into flu business

• Obama awards $5 billion for medical research

• US study: High rate of hepatitis among truckers

• The bumpy road to universal ARV access 

• Rome conference on freeing children from HIV and TB 

• MSF calls on drug companies to pool HIV patents 

• Female Health's condom available, no US retail yet 

Updated September 27, 2009

General News

• In a first, an AIDS vaccine shows some success

• Volunteers key to success of Thai vaccine trials

• Top US official on disease hails breakthrough AIDS study 

• UN, NGOs to fight HIV mother-to-child transmission

• KENYA : "My life revolved around alcohol and women" 

Research and Corporate News

• Notable dates in the AIDS epidemic

• Sector Snap: HIV vaccine developers

Updated August 30, 2009

General News

• AIDS, violence burden health care in SAfrica: studies 

• PAKISTAN : HIV-positive cricket team bowls them over 

• KENYA : New PMTCT guidelines to save moms and babies 

• SOUTH AFRICA : Tackling HIV and TB - where there's a will, there's a way 

• AIDS spreading rapidly among Canada 's aboriginals 

• Helene Gayle to advise Obama on AIDS

• Gates Foundation names Stefano Bertozzi as new director of HIV programs

• Stroger meets with irate AIDS activists over vaccine

Research and Corporate News

• Research and Markets releases China Vaccine Industry Report, 2008-2009

• Circumcision doesn't protect gays from AIDS virus

• J&J warns of allergic reactions with HIV drug

• Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative receives $3 million grant from Gates Foundation

• Smokers seen twice as likely to develop active TB

Updated August 23, 2009

General News

• White House to hold HIV/AIDS community discussions

• Porn studios denounced for not requiring condoms  

• SOUTH AFRICA : "Agony Aunts" don't do HIV  

• UGANDA : Hungry HIV-positive patients abandon ARVs 

• BURKINA FASO : Some parents refuse testing children for HIV 

• Veterans to routinely be offered HIV tests

Research News

• Richmond trials part of elusive hunt for HIV vaccine

• KENYA : HIV testing crucial in TB vaccine programme 

• Gel could block HIV like a condom 

Updated August 16, 2009

General News

• AsiaPac to treat million HIV patients by 2011: UNAIDS 

• UN says 50 million women in Asia risk HIV

• ASIA : Marriage no safe haven for women

• Trafficked women face high HIV infection risk-study 

• Open university teaches street children how to avoid HIV

• Clinton , Angola sign agreement to combat HIV/AIDS

• Protesters seek cheaper drugs at HIV/AIDS meeting 

• No State in the US bars HIV inmates from work release

• AIDS on the rise in Cuban youth: officials

Research and Corporate News

• Huge challenges ahead in fight against AIDS: experts

• Battle Erupts Over Plan For HIV Vaccine Test

• Is HIV progression sex-linked?

• Most drug-resistant TB cases go untested-Global Fund expert 

• Dynavax announces European development strategy for investigational adult hepatitis 

•    B vaccine in Europe

• FDA Regulations To Improve Access To Investigational Drugs For People 

•    With HIV/AIDS, Other Illnesses

• Experts gather in Bali to discuss AIDS fight

Updated August 9, 2009

General News

• China less prone to discriminate over HIV: survey 

• Clinton deal lowers HIV drug cost in poor nations

• Clinton Hails Zuma's Policies on HIV/AIDS

• Experts gather in Bali to discuss AIDS fight

• Indonesia , South Asia new flashpoints in AIDS fight: experts 

• Brazil has paved way for tackling HIV/AIDS, says study 

Research and Corporate News

• Ambitious New Strategies Proposed For AIDS Vaccine Research

• HIV Vaccine Prototype Shot Down by Cook County

• New HIV Strain Found In Cameroon Woman

• First origin of malaria may have been found

• Merck head of vaccines, infectious disease leaving

• Scientists decode HIV genome structure: study

• Scientists find cannabis trigger for forgetfulness

Updated July 18, 2009

General News

• Global Fund grants Togo $108 mln to fight AIDS

• From storm-tossed Ala. clinic to top doctor post

• US AIDS chief lays out priorities  

• Feds: HIV doesn't block barber, masseuse licenses

• UK health booklet's message: Teen sex can be fun

• Allies' stance cited in US gays-in-military debate

• SOUTH AFRICA : Sexual abuse behind bars 

Research and Corporate News

• HIV: Male circumcision does not shield women

• Hormones could explain why women progress faster to AIDS

• Condoms offer partial protection against herpes

• Gilead enters HIV pill partnership with Tibotec

• Gilead Sciences shares rise on J&J deal

• Disruptions in HIV drug supplies and funding endanger patient lives

• Glaxo investing 60 mln pounds in AIDS drugs for Africa

Updated July 12, 2009

General News

• Economic crisis hurts HIV fight: World Bank, UN

• Obama says US to help Africa fight AIDS, malaria

• From Haiti , a surprise: good news about AIDS

• KENYA : Stop ignoring us, say high-risk groups 

Research and Corporate News

• Merck HIV drug Isentress gets full US approval

• Appeals court rules for Abbott in AIDS drug case

• Sexual barriers may up HIV risk in black gay men

Updated July 5, 2009

General News

• America to remove HIV visa ban after Briton's protest  

• Indian court rules gay sex legal

• Economic crisis a 'major threat' to AIDS fight in Africa : UN 

Research and Corporate News

• Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests

• Tuberculosis Vaccine Too Risky For HIV-Infected Infants

• HIV-related Death: Predicting Fatal Fungal Infections

• Parkinson’s Drugs May Fight Drug Resilient Tuberculosis 

Updated June 14, 2009

General News

• Calif. probes latest HIV case in porn industry

• South African AIDS activist Ngubane dies at 24

• HIV rate among South African teens has dropped

• Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington

• Crisis threatens African competitiveness 

• HIV, the silent partner in emergencies 

Research and Corporate News

• Earlier ARV treatment saves lives 

• Drugmakers rush to produce a swine flu vaccine

• Aurora company testing quick-diagnosis tool for contagious disease 

Updated June 7, 2009

General News

• ‘AIDS is everyone’s problem’ declares Memorial Day in Georgia  

• HIV/AIDS cases soar in Indonesia

• Injected with HIV by dad as baby, teen inspires

• Tough times for HIV-positive students 

Research and Corporate News

• South Africa leads hunt for killer TB vaccine

• GlaxoSmithKline signs potential $1 billion deal with US biotech company Concert 

• FDA releases list of potential drug risks

Updated May 31, 2009

General News

• Botswana circumcision drive will prevent HIV infections

• Africa needs new AIDS battle plan, 30 years on: experts

• Texan gets 45 years for spreading HIV through sex

• Basic healthcare crucial to beating HIV

• Sex slaves' crusader battles pimps, credit crisis

Research News

• Europe 's HIV followed holiday routes 

• World first: Japanese scientists create transgenic monkeys

Updated May 24, 2009

General News

• Clinton 's sax sold at auction for AIDS research  

• Gay rights advocate, AIDS activist McFarlane dies  

• African AIDS activists slam US funding shortfall  

• SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  : HIV makes a TV debut  

Research News

• Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study  

• Scientists now trying to outflank HIV/AIDS virus  

Updated May 17, 2009

General News

• Obama names New York health chief to head CDC

• Conservative Vietnam's condom business goes upscale

• PAKISTAN : Sex workers speak out on HIV 

• SWAZILAND : Widespread sexual violence puts girls at risk of HIV

• Longoria, Bill Clinton attend Austrian AIDS gala

• AIDS fight faces new S.Africa health minister 

• Critics: WHO slow on generics for swine flu

Research and Corporate News

• New approach may outflank AIDS virus

• Canada lab researcher faces U.S. smuggling charge 

• Gilead sues Teva in Atripla patent dispute

Updated May 3, 2009

General News

• WHO says HIV patients at higher risk from flu

• Obama taps HIV specialist to head AIDS fight 

• Nearly 20,000 infected with HIV in Iran

• Veterans Affairs hospitals: 5th HIV case linked to unsterile equipment

Research News

• New Compound May Fight HIV

• Normal vaccine response possible in kids with HIV

Updated April 26, 2009

General News

• Drug users drive AIDS in southern China - report  

• AIDS treatment still eludes Chinese children-report  

• World Bank triples funds for healthcare amid crisis  

• US vows to lead fight to end malaria deaths by 2015  

• Pakistan blighted by Afghan drugs in transit  

• Senegal court overturns homosexuality jail terms  

• Africa 's first ladies urge education, health care  

• MOZAMBIQUE : Coordinated HIV-TB detection and treatment yields results  

Research and Corporate News

• Gilead shares rise on profit boost in 1Q  

• Pharmasset cancels hepatitis drug development  

Updated April 19, 2009

General News

• Drug-resistant TB rampant in China and ex-USSR

• Global effort aims to slash malaria drug costs 

• Fight against syphilis, AIDS goes online

• VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes

• Singer of the German pop group 'No Angels' prosecuted for pass HIV 

• Poor prisons creating HIV time-bomb: U.N.

Research and Corporate News

• HIV may be increasing in virulence

• GSK, Pfizer pool HIV drugs businesses 

• US Government statistics on syphilis, HIV

• Health advocates tout new model of female condom

• Generics deal cuts cost of AIDS drugs further

Updated April 5, 2009

General News

• WHO: World must fight drug-resistant TB threat

• Hard-to-cure TB poses new global health threat

• 64 infected by hepatitis at hospital in China

• NJ (US) warns nearly 3,000 to get tested for hep B

• New South African research centre to tackle HIV/TB 

Research News

• New antibiotic clears hurdle in TB treatment 

Updated March 8, 2009

General News

• GLOBAL: UN deputy secretary-general calls on men to do more HIV care 

• GLOBAL: HIV incidence rising in 50+ age group 

• SOUTH AFRICA : Sexy new HIV prevention campaign for gays 

• Leader in AIDS fight to be Dartmouth president

• Nigerian AIDS patients marry each other

Research News

• Ray of hope for drug-resistant TB 

• Common ingredient offers AIDS protection

• Scientists make HIV strain that can infect monkeys

Updated March 1, 2009

General News

• White House names new head of AIDS policy office 

• Britain releases report into tainted blood scandal

• Gates Foundation gives 100 mln for anti-HIV gels

• HIV rises among pregnant Swazis 

Research and Corporate News

• New drugs needed to fight flu pandemic

• HIV mutates at high speed to avoid immune system: study

• Matrix Laboratories says gets WHO approval for HIV durg

• Interruptions in HIV therapy common in ex-inmates

• Mylan says WHO approves heat-resistant HIV drug

Updated February 22, 2009

General News

• AIDS top killer disease in China last year: govt

• Rising AIDS threat for Asian homosexual men

• HIV rate among women in Swaziland now 42 percent

• U.S. AIDS cases cluster in cities, report finds  

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS: 'Major advance' seen in revolutionary gene therapy  

• GeoVax Starts Injections For Phase 2a Human HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial In USA

Updated February 15, 2009

General News

• China launches campaign to break sex taboos

• Financial crisis must not eclipse AIDS fight: U.N.

• Time to overhaul action for AIDS children: report

• Brazil boosts condom handouts by 20M for Carnival

• S. Africa plans to step up its AIDS battle

• French first lady on AIDS trip to West Africa

Research and Corporate News

• Report: Glaxo to cut prices for poor countries

• Gum disease feared to trigger full-blown AIDS: Japan study 

• Early study shows AIDS-fighting gel promising

• Skipping doctor visits risky for HIV patients: study

• More effort needed to curb hepatitis: experts

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Updated January 31, 2009

General News

• China rolls out two HIV drugs to tackle resistance  

• Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy  

• Iranian AIDS doctors get several years in jail  

• Africa 's Standard Bank to help HIV grant recipients  

Research and Corporate News

• TB, substance abuse closely linked in U.S.: CDC  

• Microbicide can help avoid herpes infection: study  

• Merck seeks new medicine uses, cutting jobs again

• Gilead Sciences profit rises on HIV drug sales

• Myriad Pharma buys Panacos's HIV drug bevirimat

Updated January 4, 2009

General News

• AIDS skeptic Christine Maggiore dies in LA at 52  

• Opposition MP in Malaysia 'withdraws HIV remarks'  

Research and Corporate News

• FDA approves new HIV blood test from Roche

• Mylan says FDA approved generic of HIV drug Zerit

• Dual HIV/TB infection common in S. African infants  

Updated December 29, 2008

General News

• Japanese porn actress-turned-AIDS activist found dead

• Opposition MP in Malaysia 'withdraws HIV remarks'

• Pakistan takes fight against AIDS into mosques

• HIV gaining ground in the Highlands  

Research News

• Study may predict if hepatitis C drugs will work

Updated December 21, 2008

General News

• EU honors Chinese dissident Hu Jia in absentia  

• Visits to jailed China activist curbed after award

• Indonesia may scrap plans to tag AIDS patients

• Malaysia 's HIV rate halved, but female infections rising

• HIV/AIDS "hidden but growing" problem in the Philippines

• PAKISTAN : Workers with HIV deported from Gulf States  

• The earlier you know your HIV status, the better

Research and Corporate News

• HIV infects women through healthy tissue: U.S. study

• Gilead sues Teva over HIV drug patent

• Aurobindo Pharma gets first US nod for efavirenz tab

• Lemur virus gives clues to evolution of HIV 

Updated December 7, 2008

General News

• World leaders urged to keep promises to fight AIDS

• Governments tackle HIV stigma on World AIDS Day  

• Police remove Chinese AIDS activist from Beijing

• China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination  

• China AIDS activists say education fights stigma  

• China denies alleged attack on foreign journalists

• Singapore likely to see record HIV cases in 2008: govt

• World leaders urged to keep promises to fight AIDS

• Bush says U.S. meets HIV treatment goal early

• Obama praises Bush efforts against AIDS

• No simple solution for Africa 's AIDS pandemic

• South Africa observes silence for World AIDS Day

• French first lady in new role as AIDS ambassador

Research and Corporate News

• Nobel winner sees end to AIDS spread within years

• More HIV testing can save babies' lives-UN report

• First days after HIV infection may hold vaccine key

• Prostate cancer radiotherapy safe for HIV patients

• Global Fund chief seeks to calm fears of AIDS funding cuts  

Updated October 26, 2008

General News

• Survey finds Chinese youth conflicted about sex

• Over $50 mln rural health project launched in China

• Chinese Officials Announce Stricter Punishment for Contaminated Blood Sales

• Female HIV infectors see sharp increase to 35%

• Uganda: Will credit crunch affect HIV/AIDS funding? 

• KENYA : Fear of HIV testing keeps pregnant women at home 

• China's Hu wins EU rights prize

• Swedish health agency blasted for HIV stance

• African leader in AIDS fight wins $5 million prize

Research and Corporate News

• 'Flying syringe' mosquitos, other ideas get Gates funding

• Earlier HIV treatment may be better, study finds

• New Merck HIV drug works in untreated patients

• "E-cards" may aid in STD notification

• Bristol and Lilly top analyst targets, shares rise

• US FDA expands approval for J&J HIV drug 

• HIV may cause dangerous blood clots

• Merck 3Q net drops 28 percent; to cut 7,200 jobs

Updated October 19, 2008

General News

• Infectious diseases claim 949 lives in China in Sept.

• Gay Chinese Documentary In Oscar Race

• HIV infections up sharply among Hong Kong gay men

• SAfrica's new health minister signals fresh approach in AIDS battle

• Iran reports 30% rise in HIV infection on 2007

• Ugandan community outlaws female circumcision

• Women need empowerment in fight against AIDS - UN  

Research and Corporate News

• Gilead 3Q profit surges as HIV drug sales soar

• Scientists bleak about AIDS vaccine prospects

• After setbacks, hunt for AIDS vaccine pushes on

• TB vaccine trials kick off amid funding woes  

• Brazil's President in Mozambique to launch AIDS drug factory

Updated October 12, 2008

General News

• Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research

• FACTBOX - Nobel medicine prize - Who are the winners?

• China Has Made 'Substantial Progress' in Fight Against HIV/AIDS, 

• HIV Cases Rising Quickly in New Groups in China

• Nobel is postscript to bitter 1980s HIV dispute

• Financial crisis threatens medical research: Nobel winner

• German Nobel Prize Winner Slams Pharmaceutical Firms 

• Magic Johnson critical of hosts after AIDS remarks

• Cutting HIV: male circumcision booms in Uganda

Research and Corporate News

• Drug-resistant HIV strains turning up in China

• Little HIV protection from circumcision for gay sex: study

• First human case of HIV '100 years ago'

• Pfizer continues realigning with 3 new units

Updated September 28, 2008

General News

• AIDS awareness still low in China: survey

• China warns of tougher punishment for bad blood

• South Africa's removal of health minister praised

• Leadership determines AIDS performance 

• Nearly one in five intravenous drug users may have HIV: estimate

• HIV on rise among self-injecting drug users

Research and Corporate News

• Pfizer, Nobel winner team up on health program

• Viral manoeuvres revealed by surveillance system

Updated September 28, 2008

General News

• AIDS awareness still low in China: survey

• China warns of tougher punishment for bad blood

• South Africa's removal of health minister praised

• Leadership determines AIDS performance 

• Nearly one in five intravenous drug users may have HIV: estimate

• HIV on rise among self-injecting drug users

Research and Corporate News

• Pfizer, Nobel winner team up on health program

• Viral manoeuvres revealed by surveillance system

Updated September 7, 2008

General News

• Asian health officials vow to intensify HIV-prevention campaign

• AIDS haunts low-prevalence countries in Asia-Pacific 

• Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia

• HIV-AIDS orphans face life alone in Swaziland

• UGANDA : Using mobile phones to fight HIV 

Research and Corporate News

• Gene may hold key to neutralizing HIV: U.S. study

• All types of sexual activity carry some STD risk

• Brazil rejects Gilead 's AIDS drug patent 

• Circumcision problems impair HIV prevention -study 

Updated August 31, 2008

General News

• China steps up random blood tests of travellers to check HIV

• In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate

• New HIV infections up 45% in Philippines: official

• HIV-positive Ivorians to receive free anti-retroviral treatment

• UN study says polygamy main AIDS driver in Swaziland

Research News

• Rare case of child-to-mother HIV transmission

• HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids

Updated August 25, 2008

General News

• Prostitution in Beijing booms during Olympics 

• Chinese gay bars open, activism slowed during Olympics

• Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak

• Safe sex ring tone sings "Condom, condom!"

• It's always wise to condomise

• KENYA : High levels of stigma persist in the north 

• ETHIOPIA : Cappuccino with condom

• KENYA : The lure of dodgy herbal "cures" for HIV 

• AFRICA : Many children still miss out on treatment 

Research News

• Poor treatment may cause "untreatable" TB: study

Updated August 17, 2008

General News

• Beijing provides 100,000 condoms for athletes

• GLOBAL: High food prices put pressure on HIV programmes 

• AFRICA : Donor AIDS money weakening health systems 

• Uganda turns to mass circumcision in AIDS fight

• Blood transfusions give Argentine patients HIV

• Mom, daughter lead Kenyan village in AIDS recovery

• NIGERIA : Gays hesitate at the closet door 

• NIGERIA : Sex, trucks and HIV 

• Kerala reserves govt job for HIV-positive - report

Research and Corporate News

• "Elite" HIV wife may hold secret to AIDS vaccine

• Genital herpes treatment does not prevent HIV

• FDA approves Gilead AIDS drug for hepatitis B

• MS drug may work against viral infection: study

Updated August 3, 2008

General News

• China maintains HIV-AIDS entry ban despite Olympic scrutiny

• UN: AIDS epidemic stable; fewer deaths, infections

• Mexican sex workers want place at AIDS conference 

• AIDS conference to bring together top scientists

• US underestimated country's HIV epidemic

• AIDS hitting Asian gays at high rates: UN

• UN AIDS chief concerned about Russia, eastern Europe

• Eighty percent of HIV-positive Kenyans unaware of status: survey

• Conservative Malaysia faces uphill battle in HIV fight

Research and Corporate News

• Italy launches clinical trial for HIV vaccine

• Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprise Signs Agreement With Clinton Foundation

• Gilead to sell HIV drug in 12 additional countries

• WHO approves 18th Ranbaxy HIV drug

• HIV carriers carried away over rumour

• AIDS patients, Abbott agree to settle lawsuit

Updated July 27, 2008

General News

• Asian Nations Urged to Control TB Threat

• Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight

• US lifts travel ban on HIV-positive people 

• Red Cross launches massive Africa AIDS appeal

• MOZAMBIQUE : Tourism, beaches and sex - a recipe for HIV 

• KENYA : More education equals less teen pregnancy and HIV 

Research and Corporate News

• Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul

• US government to release revised US HIV estimates 

• Both drugs and condoms needed to stop HIV

• Doctors 'miss early HIV symptoms'

• Gilead shares rise as new HIV study begins

• Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic -study

• Staying alive: Drug cocktail boosts HIV survival by 13 years

• S.Africa experts hope drugs can curb HIV infection 

• Meditation seen to slow AIDS progression

Updated July 20, 2008

General News

• US Senate triples funding for global AIDS fight 

• US ban on visitors with HIV could end soon

• Clinton unveils deal to cut malaria drug prices

• Is AIDS still an emergency? 

• Rice gets medal for helping to free HIV medics

• ISRAEL: Low infection rates but condoms still needed  

• Congo kids to get free AIDS checks and malaria drugs

• MOZAMBIQUE : Attitudes to HIV are changing in jail  

• ZAMBIA : Wanted - more people for HIV testing  

• Cameroon refugee on trial in Poland for infecting women with HIV 

Research and Corporate News

• US scientists scrap major AIDS vaccine test

• Anti-malaria gene in Africans raises HIV risk

• Two genes may prevent HIV infection: Canadian research centre

• Roche to suspend HIV research, seeing no advances

• China practices data protection system for drugs

Updated July 6, 2008

General News

• AIDS Orphans in China

• Unsafe Sex Hurting Asia

• Bill Gates is unforgettable for many Chinese

• Bush urges Congress to pass AIDS funds

• Activists march in India's biggest gay pride parade

• S.African addicts turn to AIDS medication to get high

• MOZAMBIQUE : Crossing borders for ARVs  

• Political will helping India 's AIDS battle - U.N.  

Research and Corporate News

• Sangamo technology shows promise in treating HIV

• Anti-retroviral drug cocktails slash AIDS deaths: study 

• Drug-resistant TB demands new approaches  

• People with HIV living longer, study shows

• New drug-resistance test gives hope to TB fight

Updated June 29, 2008

General News

• From China, stories of crisis and hope

• China one of first stops for Gates in new philanthropy job

• Mandela in London for 90th birthday, HIV/AIDS benefit concert

• Gay activists to march in India's biggest ever gay pride parades

• Senate agrees on $50 billion global AIDS bill

• Red Cross calls AIDS epidemic a disaster for Africa

• New York launches HIV testing for all adults in Bronx

• AIDS rates growing among drug users, gays: report

• Couples' counseling in Africa could cut HIV spread

Research and Corporate News

• Many may "trust" their partner is a low STD risk

• New study pinpoints HIV risk within existing African couples

• GlaxoSmithKline, Canada issue warning on HIV drug

• Push for more HIV screens to drive Gilead's growth

• Ardea Biosciences shares rise on HIV study data

Updated June 22, 2008

General News

• UN organs train Beijing Olympic volunteers in AIDS awareness

• China approves implementation plans of two major technology projects

• Men with HIV 'having unsafe sex'

• Syringe toddler tested for HIV

• New AIDS threat emerging in India among 'call center Romeos'

• Senate still deadlocked over $50B global AIDS bill

• THAILAND : Condom use not catching on among youth 

Research and Corporate News

• Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV

• Gilead Sciences HIV drug sector growth

• NYC suspends oral fluid sample use in HIV tests

Updated June 15, 2008

General News

• China to award blood donors 'medals for life' - WHO

• Sex and the Single Chinese

• Statement by  Vice Minister of Health of China

• UN calls for lifting travel restrictions on HIV carriers

• Better counting raises HIV rate in U.S. by 25 percent

• Head of UN's AIDS program Piot to step down 

• Funding gap for AIDS help persists: Global Fund

• Photo project lets Africa AIDS victims show their own story

• UN: New HIV infections outpaces drug treatment

• SAfrican minister under fire after ruling on HIV treatment

• High HIV rate heightens Mozambique poverty: UN envoy

• HIV/AIDS cases 'soar in Indonesian province'

• Condoms, spousal sex urged to prevent HIV in Caribbean jails

Research News

• Valeant says hepatitis C drug causes less anemia

• One in four New Yorkers has genital herpes

Updated June 8, 2008

General News

• AIDS drugs reach 3 mln in developing world-WHO 

• Bush to rich countries: Make good on AIDS pledge

• Anti-HIV regime cuts infection in breastfed babies

• Vast distances a barrier to combating HIV/AIDS in India

• SRI LANKA : Low HIV prevalence but high risk 

• S. African health minister: HIV rates declining

• SOUTH AFRICA : Current HIV treatment models not good enough 

• Aid orgs: Zimbabwe order put AIDS patients at risk

• AFRICA : Armies grapple with HIV among troops 

Research and Corporate News

• HIV treatment access improves, but coverage low

• Australian researchers say 'natural condom' could stop HIV

• Longer drug therapy helps babies ward off AIDS 

• SOUTH AFRICA : HIV a factor behind obesity? 

• PHILIPPINES : Tuberculosis remains a major killer 

• Vertex sells royalty stream from GlaxoSmithKline HIV drugs for $160 million

Updated June 1, 2008

General News

• The 25^th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

• Malaysian women urged to carry condoms

• Four in five Swazi men reject AIDS testing: survey

• HIV risk in war-torn Afghanistan high - ministry 

• MYANMAR : Remembering HIV in cyclone response 

• KENYA : Boy's suicide reveals gaps in HIV education 

• MALAWI : Success in reducing HIV rate 

Research and Corporate News

• U Penn researcher to launch drug trial in Chinese province among IDUs

• Gilead drugs ready for new markets

• Swiss company says malaria vaccine tests 'successful'

• FDA clears new Johnson & Johnson HIV drug

Updated May 25, 2008

General News

• Beijing hotels to offer condoms to combat AIDS

• From 'gay plague' to global tragedy: An AIDS anniversary

• South Africa wages intensified war on AIDS

• Indian sex workers get life insurance

• AIDS cases on the rise in Burundi: officials

• Chronic diseases top causes of deaths globally: WHO

Research and Corporate News

• Cancer risk soars in HIV-infected people -US study

• Gilead sees positive patent decision on Viread

• Call for fresh thinking as AIDS pandemic marks quarter century

• Experts call for increased focus on hepatitis

Updated May 11, 2008

General News

• Global Fund considers loans to fight AIDS

• Queen, Razorlight to headline Mandela AIDS concert

• BURUNDI: HIV policy ignores the disabled

• Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison

Research News

• AFRICA: Getting old on ARVs

• Free AIDS drugs slash death rate in Malawi study

Updated May 4, 2008

General News

• Singapore sees more HIV infections in 07

• Vietnam launches methadone clinics to fight HIV/AIDS

• Russia must grab chance to beat AIDS epidemic: U.N.

• Beating beetroot: S.African AIDS plan boosts treatment

• Web site challenges stereotypes on HIV/AIDS

Research News

• Aids help groups announce price cuts for anti-retroviral drugs

• More children to receive cheap drugs this year

• Adverse effects of HIV therapy differ by race, sex

• Scientists find a quicker way to make antibodies

• New immune treatment may control AIDS virus