Updated December 17, 2010

General News

• Routine HIV tests can save lives 

• U.S. considers new tools in global AIDS fight

• HIV rate rises for young gay men 

• TB, HIV target out of reach, says study

Research and Corporate News

• German doctors declare "cure" in HIV patient

• Britain is tuberculosis capital of Europe  

• Primate Immune System Differences Identified

• How 'chameleon-like' HIV virus eludes treatment by mutating

• FDA Approves Once-Daily Darunavir for Certain Patients With HIV

Updated December 12, 2010

General News

• Chinese director gets HIV patients to work on film 

• Kenyans rally against EU-India deal on AIDS drugs  

• Porn film clinic ordered shut after HIV actor blast

• 'Malaysian women in conservative state hit by HIV'

Research and Corporate News

• WHO says Cepheid rapid test will transform TB care

• Circumcision may not curb gay HIV transmission  

• GeoVax Announces Expansion of Phase 2a Human HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial 

Updated December 5, 2010

General News

• UNICEF says HIV-free generation is achievable

• Docs, patients in Beijing Ditan Hospital talk AIDS 

• UK Supports World AIDS day in China

• Wine for life: Italy group fights AIDS with wine

• Experts call for routine HIV testing in high risk areas

• Record number of Americans get tested for HIV: US

• Catholic AIDS workers: Pope echoing us on condoms

• Living with HIV and Aids in Guernsey  

Research News

• Merck's HIV drug Isentress fails once-a-day study

• Research Finds Not All HIV Affects Immune System Same Way

Updated November 28, 2010

General News

• A quarter of British people with HIV do not know it

• 3 big developments make AIDS outlook more hopeful

• More than a third of S.African men admit to rape

• Philippines reports rise in HIV-AIDS infections

Research and Corporate News

• HIV pill heralds new era in fight against Aids 

• Scientists May Have Solved an HIV Mystery

• Researchers say uncover HIV, insulin resistance link

• Factbox: HIV/AIDS numbers from around the world

• New spermicide may be as good as nonoxynol-9

Updated November 21, 2010

General News

• Pope says condoms sometimes permissible to stop AIDS

• World's Catholics Debate Pope's Condom Remarks

• S.Africa could halve new HIV infections

• Swaziland 's HIV/TB crisis threatens generations - MSF 

• CEOs lead by example, take public HIV tests 

• One in four Bali prostitutes 'HIV-positive'

• Malaysia plans sex education for six year olds

Research and Corporate News

• How HIV thwarts the body's natural defense

• Why so many antibodies turn out to be ineffective in blocking HIV infection 

• Study explains why HIV so tough to beat

• Kidney transplants found safe in HIV patients

• Lab detectives use science to nab HIV criminals: study

• HIV DNA Vaccine Achieves Strong T-Cell Immune Responses in Phase I Human Trial

Updated November 14, 2010

General News

• H.I.V. Discrimination Law Fails in Chinese Court

• Malaysia plans sex education for six year olds

• Text messaging joins Africa 's war on AIDS

• US porn maker to resume filming after HIV scare

• S.Africa's Zulu circumcision programme a success

Research and Corporate News

• FACTBOX-Facts about TB from annual WHO report

• Preventative TB therapy halves risk of death among ARV patients 

• Tiny variants in protein are key to natural HIV resistance

• Bone loss more common in HIV

• INTERVIEW-UPDATE 1-Mother-baby HIV box targets transmission

• HIV-related drug won FDA approval

• Glenmark completes phase-III trial for Crofelemer

Updated September 26, 2010

General News

• Did doctors jumpstart the HIV pandemic?

• 19 pct of gay, bisexual men in U.S. cities have HIV

• Long-awaited microbicide gel faces funding shortfall

Research and Corporate News

• Nonstick Coating Of A Protein Found In Semen Reduces HIV Infection

• TB conference to map out vaccine plan 

• Study to Test New Tuberculosis Vaccine in Infants by Aeras and Crucel

• Malaria comes courtesy of gorillas, DNA study shows

Updated September 19, 2010

General News

• Millennium Development Goals: Fight against Aids hit by $10bn shortfall  

• Hard hit Africa leads fall in new HIV infections  

• SOUTH AFRICA : Early HIV treatment may be cheaper than thought  

• KENYA : Targeting older people in HIV prevention  

• CAMBODIA : Government opens first methadone clinic  

• Homosexuality against word of God: African bishops  

• Australian doctor urges circumcision to ward off HIV  

• Sexual Health Week, UK  

Research and Corporate News

•  Gilead says Quad pill suppresses HIV at 48 weeks  

• Johnson & Johnson plans to buy Crucell for $2.3B  

• Mymetics' Novel HIV Vaccine to Begin New NIH-Funded Study  

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Updated September 12, 2010

General News

• HIV poses rising risk to Chinese women 

• HIV spread "out of control" among French gay men  

• Inquiry to hear from HIV victims  

• India not treating AIDS patients early-Global Fund  

• Senegal prostitutes look forward to Ramadan's end  

Research and Corporate News

• Where is HIV vaccine research heading?  

• J&J launches aid program for women, children  

• Great apes protected as EU restricts animal testing  

• Gilead Sciences applies for a new HIV drug

• FDA: Abbott Recalls Some HIV Blood-Screening Tests  

Updated September 5, 2010

General News

• Father seeks China AIDS activist's release

• Combating HIV Virus Possible Only with Adequate Funds 

• China court 'accepts first HIV job discrimination case'

• What Britain could learn from Portugal 's drugs policy

• Homosexuality against word of God: African bishops

• Mumbai struggles with acute malaria outbreak

Research and Corporate News

• Stem cell clinics: experts insist claims of cure-all are medically unproven

•  Once-Daily Treatment of HIV Infection

• Revaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children

• Breakthrough test gives fast diagnosis of drug-resistant TB

Updated August 29, 2010

General News

• China Urged to Close Health Gap

• China 's growing HIV crisis, a result of social stigma

• Young people 'don't really care' about STIs 

• Obama Requests More Money For HIV/AIDS, Other Health Programs

Research Corporate News

• HIV Virus May Hide in Brain

• Cancer drug shows promise for HIV patients

• New finding could lead to novel HIV treatments

• Vitamin A makes breastfeeding with HIV more risky: Study

• HIV-resistant cells work in mice. Can they help humans?  

• Breastfeeding reduces risk of malaria in infants with HIV

• Recurrent Pneumonia in People With HIV Might Increase Lung Cancer Risk

• Is oral sex still a risk?

Updated August 22, 2010

General News

• China AIDS campaigner detained: activists

• Time to Restart the Battle Against HIV/AIDS

• When it comes to HIV in this country, the law is a mess 

• Black community's HIV prevention needs 'overlooked'

Research and Corporate News

• Innovative Approach for Killing HIV Virus

• FDA-approved cancer drugs that may fight HIV identified

• Rise in HIV cases in UK leads to warnings

• HIV-resistant cells work in mice. Can they help humans?

• U.S. researchers develop new anti-HIV drug 

• Studying the Early Immune Response to HIV Infections

• High street hepatitis tests should be free on NHS, campaigners say

• Gilead spent $350,000 lobbying government in 2Q

• Sexual risk behaviour doesn’t increase in injecting drug users 

Updated August 15, 2010

General News

• Festival of Politics - Annie Lennox on HIV/AIDS in South Africa

• Sex after 50

• Myanmar migrants struggle with HIV in Thailand  

Research and Corporate News

• HIV is a 20th-century disease that needs 21st-century research 

• Chronic hepatitis C infection blunts CD4 gains after start of HIV treatment

• Crucell, Harvard to Take Part in Experimental AIDS Vaccine Test in Africa

• 'HIV gel ready in about 5 years' 

• Some Monkeys Naturally Resist AIDS, Research Shows

Updated August 8, 2010

General News

• WHO online consultation on global health sector strategy for HIV

• Anglo American on the frontline in fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa

• New York expands access to HIV testing

• Only 74% of Canadians would get HIV vaccine

Research and Corporate News

• China details plan to fight co-infection of HIV and TB 

• Older adults get HIV diagnosis later, die sooner

• Giving diaphragms to sex workers may not up risk-taking

Updated August 1, 2010

General News

• AIDS expert tells China 's gay men to face up to responsibilities 

• More HIV/AIDS help for Xinjiang 

• Methadone works. Stop the interfering

• Officials, Advocates Call for Bristol-Myers Squibb To Cut HIV Drug Prices

• A One Night Stand Is Not Worth Dying For

• DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic

• Cash payments lower HIV and STD rates

Research and Corporate News

• Anti-HIV Gel Cuts Infection Risk in Half

• Island Monkeys Give Clues to Origins of HIV's Ancestor

• Anti-HIV Gel Also Effective Against Herpesvirus

• Therapeutic HIV vaccines show promise

• Malaria cases rise by 19% in Scotland

• Researcher finds key to how AIDS infects cells

• Link between HIV drugs and heart attack

• Good early results for herpes vaccine

Updated July 11, 2010

General News

• Sex now chief cause of Ukraine 's AIDS epidemic

• THT Launches All-day 'STI Testival' In Bristol

• Infection Control Procedures In Dental Settings

• HIV Gains At Risk As Organizations Retreat On Funding And Resource Commitments

• China court rejects gay lawsuit over blood donation

Research and Corporate News

• Antibodies That Prevent Most HIV Strains From Infecting Human Cells 

• The Use Of Zinc Finger Nucleases To Generate HIV Resistant Human Stem Cells

• Methadone 'improves survival rate'

• Diagnosing Latent TB

• Viagra-popping seniors lead the pack for STDs

Updated June 27, 2010

General News

• China Exclusive: Action needed to address workplace discrimination against HIV/AIDS 

• French first lady calls on world to make AIDS history

• Donors Urged To Maintain Commitment To Global HIV Response Ahead Of The G8 Summit

• UN forms team to look at impact of discriminatory AIDS laws

Research and Corporate News

• 'Hidden' tuberculosis raises drug-resistance fears

• Study Of Viral Protein Structure Offers HIV Therapy Hope

• OraSure gets FDA nod for hepatitis C test

• Initiative to study effect of H1N1 on HIV-positive

Updated June 20, 2010

General News

• AIDS Clinic Run By Porn Industry Charged With Violating Confidentiality Laws

• Protest at HIV funds cuts 

• South Africa ’s New HIV Infections Fall 35%, Sunday Times Says 

Research and Corporate News

• New Gene Therapy Hope for HIV

• Nurse-Based Care Comparable to Physician-Based Care in HIV Treatment

• Study reveals promise for HIV test

• FDA seeks to ban Chicago HIV doctor from research

Updated June 13, 2010

General News

• 2.8 million people with HIV treated by mid-year: Report 

• Swiss acupuncturist probed over HIV infections

• 72 Per Cent Of Aids/HIV Sufferers In Malaysia Are Muslims 

Research and Corporate News

• Insight into structure of HIV protein may help design drugs

• Fatigue remains common in people with HIV

• HIV babies' lives at risk in drug giant's plans to close factory, claim NGOs

• Nutritional supplementation has only modest benefits for patients with HIV 

Updated June 6, 2010

General News

• World Cup 2010: Fifa blocking condom distribution at venues, say Aids groups

• Tuberculosis Linked to HIV Is Biggest Killer in South Africa

• African mining may be driving TB epidemic

• HK reports 101 HIV cases in first quarter 

Research and Corporate News

• Structure of immune molecule that counteracts HIV strains determined   

• State cutbacks prompt Gilead to cut HIV prices

• HIV vaccine — keeping hope alive

• New drug delivery systems to combat HIV

• Fat loss caused by some anti-HIV drugs persists in the long term 

Updated May 23, 2010

General News

• Tuberculosis most deadly of 'neglected' diseases

• Sex workers fear missing the party

• Cut out HIV discrimination call in AMs' report 

• Let's Talk About Sex, Says New Issue Of Mambo Magazine, UK

Research and Corporate News

• How A Normally Defensive Immune Response Can Help HIV

• Scientists Turn To Antiretroviral Vaginal Gels, Rings In Latest Microbicide Studies

• Smallpox demise linked to spread of HIV infection 

• Pledge to stop mother-to-baby HIV spread 

• Ancient origin for monkey version of HIV

• New hope in fight against HIV, TB 

• Mechanism T cells use to block HIV discovered   

• Novel Scaffolds For Inhibiting HIV Integrase

• Removing HIV's 'invisibility cloak' may help defeat the virus

• Dynamic HIV testing device developed

• False diagnosis of TB in HIV patients is fatal

• While-You-Wait Hepatitis B Test Given Green Light By EU

• Discovery Of Potent Vaccine Target In Body's Natural Defence System

• HIV Program Demonstrating Positive Impact On Viral Diversity And Viral Load

Updated May 16, 2010

General News

• WHO sees good progress on UN health goals for poor

• HIV epidemic may be imminent in the Philippines

• HIV/Aids activist flees China for US

• Over 600 UAE Nationals Living With HIV, Says UN Report

Research and Corporate News

• Novel Pouch Could Reduce Mother-to-Infant HIV Infection 

• Genital wart virus may raise men's risk of HIV

• Primary Care Docs Handling More HIV Cases

• NIH Grant To Advance Companion Diagnostic Tests For Identifying Antiviral Toxicity

• IAVI Statement For World AIDS Vaccine Day

• Liver deaths on rise due to 30-year-old hep C epidemic

• Unique Nanomedicine Formulation For DermaVir Therapeutic Vaccine For HIV/AIDS

• Link Between Frequent Alcohol Use And Faster HIV Disease Progression

Updated May 9, 2010

General News

• Rising Number Of Syphilis Cases In China  

• One third of HIV patients in Hong Kong are foreigners 

• Grandmothers' summit to put spotlight on Africa 's 'forgotten victims' of Aids

• Ten days of HIV/Aids testing at Rhodes after shock statistics

Research and Corporate News

• New HIV subtype found in Macao  

• HIV Vaccine Secret Found in 'Elite Controllers'

• Roche’s patent on HIV drug is dismissed

• FDA probes risks of HIV, prostate, other drugs

• Discovery Of Potential New Drug Target To Combat Kaposi's Sarcoma

• Dynavax Completes Over 2000 First Immunizations In Phase 3 Study

• FDA Recommends New Dosing When Co-Administered With Protease Inhibitors

Updated May 3, 2010

General News

• US congratulates China on lifting HIV visitors ban  

• HUNDREDS of England fans risk returning with HIV  

Research and Corporate News

• Model gives insight into HIV vaccines  

• FDA probes risks of HIV, prostate, other drugs  

• AIDS-related deaths continue to fall, others on the rise in people with HIV

• Many new HIV diagnoses in people aged over 50

• GSK relies more on emerging markets  

Updated April 25, 2010

General News

• China could lift HIV visitor ban

• Experts warn of dangers of delayed HIV diagnosis in the UK

• British shadow minister: gay age of consent 'poses HIV risk'

• Berkeley scholar in dock over HIV-Aids article

Research and Corporate News

• Gilead Sciences 1Q Profit Up 45% On Strong HIV Drug Sales 

• HIV's link to salmonella offers vaccine clues

Updated April 11, 2010

General News

• Few sexually active teens in US get HIV test: CDC

• Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Opposes Informing Partners of AIDS Infection 

• TB: A Disease of the Past? Action Now!

• The heroin epidemic advancing on Russia  

• India Must Not Sacrifice Us In Trade Agreement With Europe

• Methadone withdrawal 'could lead to rise in crime' 

• Man convicted for defaming ex-girlfriend on internet

Research and Corporate News

• Protein find may help fight HIV

• Pneumococcal vaccine works even in HIV patients 

• First Fully Automated Tuberculosis Detection System

• When do you break a patient's confidence? 

• New Path To Therapeutic HIV Vaccine 

• World TB Day - Canada 's Leading The International Fight Against TB

• New Research Demonstrates How HIV Disables The Immune System

• Resistance develops in 17% of patients starting HIV treatment in UK after 8 years 

• HIV invades through leaky cells: study

• No mother-to-child HIV transmissions in Denmark since 2000 

Updated April 4, 2010

General News

• After the panic, HIV travel bans remain 

• HIV charity opens online chatroom for gay men

• The heroin epidemic advancing on Russia  

• Sir Elton spends birthday raising AIDS awareness in South Africa

• Religious Leaders Vow To Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma, Discrimination

• Teen Users Of Crack And Cocaine At Significant Risk For HIV

Research and Corporate News

• HIV patients 'need drug lifeline'

• HIV Drugs Might Combat Two Other Diseases

• HIV drugs tested for ability to prevent infection 

• Structure of HIV Clad C GP120 protein unveiled

• Novel stem cell therapy to tackle HIV

• Chembio's DPP(R) Oral Fluid HIV Test Approved By USAID

• Older People And Those With HIV Are More Vulnerable To Tuberculosis

• Loss Of Hepatitis B S Antigen In Patients Co-infected With HIV And HBV

• Pneumococcal vaccine works even in HIV patients

Updated March 28, 2010

General News

• UNAIDS calls for lifting of HIV travel bans  

• Global Fund seeks $20 billion to fight AIDS, TB  

• Uzbek doctors infected some 150 children with HIV: report  

• WHO challenges Philippine bishops' advice on condoms  

• INTERVIEW-Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic - UN  

• Religious groups pledge to end AIDS stigma  

Research and Corporate News

• TB clinics boost HIV testing for couples  

• Medicare to pay for "fillers" in HIV patients  

• Patent pool decision heralds era of cheap HIV drugs  

Updated March 21, 2010

General News

• New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals

• Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn

• TB cases in Britain at highest since 1980s 

• WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening

• Disproportionate impact of HIV on MSM in US  

Research and Corporate News

• Experts warn of acupuncture infection risk

• Acne drug may help prevent HIV breakout

• Banana beats anti-HIV drugs

• HIV/AIDS Vaccine: Why It Won’t Be Coming Soon

Updated February 21, 2010

General News

• Circumcision: What is in the foreskin anyway?

• Kenya : Halt Anti-Gay Campaign 

• Scientists at AIDS meeting urge HIV prevention for long-term couples in Africa

• Cuts threaten future of HIV respite centre opened by Diana

Research and Corporate News

• AIDS vaccine effects may wear off, researchers say  

• Blanket HIV testing 'could see Aids dying out in 40 years'  

• HIV versus HIV: New Strategy, Say Experts  

• H1N1 Meets HIV  

• New HIV-Associated Tuberculosis Vaccine Proved Successful In African Trial  

• HIV illness 'delayed by' herpes drug aciclovir  

• Phase II HIV Gene Therapy Trial Has Encouraging Results  

• Merck Sharpe and Dohme report success from HIV drug Isentress   

• Future of AIDS gels may lie in drugs, experts say

• Health workers often decline TB treatment

• Excitement grows over Gilead's HIV combo Quad

• HIV transmission among male partners

Updated February 14, 2010

General News

• China sees rise of 'HIV phobia' 

• Number of HIV/AIDS patients in Japan drops for 1st time in 7 years

• HIV-positive German pop star charged: prosecutors

• Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa  

Research and Corporate News

• HIV spread among men traced

• Abbott Laboratories receives FDA approval HIV drug

• 'HIV home test kits must be regulated' 

• Make STD testing mandatory

• 3-D Structure of Bullet-Shaped Virus With Potential to Fight Cancer, 
  HIV Revealed

• XDR TB emerging despite good adherence

Updated February 7, 2010

General News

• Millions at risk if AIDS focus fades, says expert

• Important HIV show shut down in China

• Britain gives Sh125b for HIV research

• Getting 'down wit' Mr HIV 

• The public face of AIDS in China  

Research and Corporate News

• New hope for women against HIV?

• Mice stave off HIV infection

• Fighting HIV in developing countries – with tobacco

• Study Suggests High HIV Rate Among African Teens

• Black and Hispanic Infants Much More Likely to Have HIV

• FDA Liver Risk Warning for Bristol-Myers HIV Drug

• Achillion Rises on Hepatitis/HIV Drug Pact

Updated January 31 2010

General News

• To Benin , in search of a Princess Diana moment

• Bill Gates says innovation can leverage change  

• INDONESIA : Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons 

Research and Corporate News

• Vaccine 'could cut HIV TB deaths' 

• Scientists say crack HIV/AIDS puzzle for drugs

• Merck reps banned from US AIDS clinics over drug costs 

• Gilead Sciences' 3-in-1 HIV treatment became its top drug  

• Bristol-Myers, now a pure pharma, to post results

• Theratechnologies says FDA delays fat drug review date

• AFRICA : HIV prevention gel fails huge clinical trial

• Zambia : Halt HIV/AIDS Microbicide testing – Chief Mwanachingwala

• Canada , Gates Foundation scrap HIV vaccine plant

Updated January 24, 2010

General News

• HIV infections emerge long after China blood scandal: report

• China 's gay rights revolution

• Women are turning to risky online 'fresh' sperm banks

Research and Corporate News

• Circumcising Newborn Males Is a Cost Effective Strategy for HIV Prevention

• HIV infection linked to aging of the brain

• Subtle changes in immune system soon after HIV infection show 

•      who may benefit from earlier treatment 

• HIV/AIDS Cases Among Older Adults on the Rise 

• How GlaxoSmithKline chief has changed the agenda for big pharma

• Glaxo eyes token profit on malaria vaccine

• UPDATE 2-Merck HIV drug from Schering merger fails trials

• Herpes drug fails to cut HIV risk: study

Updated January 17, 2010

General News

• AIDS and the elderly in China : More elderly afflicted with HIV 

• Beijing police cancel China 's first gay pageant

• China postpones HIV-themed radio show 

• Police: Woman lied about infecting others with HIV

• District, NIH announce new initiative aimed at HIV/AIDS epidemic

• Gates Foundation allocates $38M in banking grants

Research Corporate News

• Drug-resistant HIV set for rapid upsurge 

• Researchers Trace HIV Mutations That Lead to Drug Resistance

• Cardiovascular risks common amongst young US women with HIV 

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension still a risk in patients with HIV 

• Prolonged Breastfeeding Protects Kids From HIV

Updated January 10, 2010

General News

• China to launch AIDS radio programme: state media

• HIV travel ban finally lifted

• Uganda lawmaker refuses to withdraw anti-gay bill

• U.S. AIDS chief sees new goals in global battle

Research and Corporate News

• STIs still worth getting checked

• Microbicide hopes fade with poor trial results 

• Circumcision may protect against HIV due to changes in bacteria

• Two Gilead Sciences' HIV drug regimen meets mid-stage goal

• AIDS drug cocktails saving lives: study

Updated January 3, 2010

General News

• China drops hepatitis B check for school, work  

• Clinton donor list doesn't say who gave in '09  

• People with HIV allowed into US after 22-year ban

• Be afraid, not ashamed, says safe sex campaign

• Online brothels becoming more popular with Singapore youth

Research and Corporate News

• Biological Catch-22 prevents induction of antibodies that block HIV 

• Adults And Children With HIV Are Living Longer

• New technology could revolutionise TB diagnosis

• South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV

• New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border