WORLD NEWS ON HIV/AIDS

There is constant research into the causes and treatments for HIV-related illnesses and AIDS. Here you will find articles on the latest news, developments, breakthroughs and guidelines. It is important to keep informed in order to be able to fight this desease with all the arms available.

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2013

Experts Question So-Called HIV 'Cure' (April 14, 2013) Widespread 'Test-And-Treat' HIV Policies Could Increase Dangerous Drug Resistance (March 18, 2013) Researchers Describe First 'Functional HIV Cure' in an Infant (March 3, 2013) Engineered Immune Cells Resist Infection from HIV and Could Ultimately Replace Drug Therapy (February 24, 2013) In China, Grass-Roots Groups Take On H.I.V./AIDS Outreach Work (January 2, 2013)

2012

Eastern Europe Struggles To Contain the Spread of HIV/AIDS (December 7, 2012) Hidden HIV/AIDS Immunity (November 4, 2012) Frailty Common Among HIV-Positive Patients in South Africa, But Early ART May Be Protective (October 12, 2012) Why an AIDS Vaccine Has Been So Difficult to Develop (September 9, 2012) Enlisting the AIDS Virus to Fight Cancer (August 29, 2012) Women Speak Out About HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (July 13, 2012) HIV Superinfections Appear Common (June 12, 2012) At-Home HIV Test Gets Thumbs Up (May 16, 2012) 'Junk DNA' Can Sense Viral Infection: Promising Tool in the Battle Between Pathogen and Host (April 24, 2012) Treatment Discontinued By One In Four U.S. HIV Patients (March 8, 2012) HIV Care Providers in US Struggling to Cope With Rising Patient Numbers (February 1, 2012) South Africa Loses 4.4m People to HIV/AIDS: Survey (January 24, 2012)

2011

New Hope in Fight Against HIV Pandemic (December 16, 2011) 34 Million Living With HIV After Treatment 'Gamechanger': UN (November 21, 2011) Scientists Reveal Surprising Picture of How Powerful Antibody Neutralizes HIV (October 13, 2011) HIV/AIDS Population Aging: Older Patients Pose New Challenges (September 24, 2011) Increase In HIV Virus Infection Rates (August 26, 2011) AIDS: Science has delivered on HIV prevention. Now what? (July 23, 2011) After 30 Years, the AIDS War Still Rages (June 5, 2011) New hope against HIV/AIDS (May 14, 2011) Put girls first, speakers urge governments during Commission on Population and Development event (April 19, 2011) Top 30 medicines to save mothers and children identified by the World Health Organization (March 29, 2011) Lack of attention to needs of young people has damaging social, economic, political and health consequences for all (February 28, 2011) Patent office rejects Abbott Labs plea for expensive AIDS drug (January 4, 2011)

2010

Scaling Up the 2010 World Health Organization HIV Treatment Guidelines in Resource-Limited Settings: A Model-Based Analysis (December 21, 2010) Some People Control HIV Without Drugs Due To 5 Amino Acids in a Protein (November 5, 2010) NIH Studies Influence Revision of WHO Guidelines For Treating HIV-Infected Women, Infants (October 15, 2010) Education More Important Than Knowledge in Stopping Spread of HIV in Africa (September 9, 2010) HIV Patients Say Doctors Ignore Their Other Problems, Study Says (August 21, 2010) Stem-Cell Work Closes a Door to AIDS virus (July 2, 2010) The Elderly Left Without Carers Are A Serious Casualty Of The African AIDS Epidemic (June 19, 2010) Well-trained Immune Cells Keep HIV in Check (May 5, 2010) Also In Global Health News: IDUs; Global Food Security; WHO Immunization Campaign; Clues For HIV Vaccine (April 27, 2010) UNAIDS Takes Action To Empower Women And Girls To Protect Themselves From HIV (March 3, 2010) Scientists Say They Have Solved a Crucial Puzzle About AIDS (February 1, 2010) Premature Aging of the Brain Seen in HIV Patients (January 26, 2010)

2009

Breaking With Past, South Africa Issues Broad AIDS Policy (December 2, 2009) AIDS Funding at a Dangerous Turning Point (November 5, 2009) Taking Medicine For HIV Proves Hard To Swallow For Many People (October 29, 2009) UNAIDS, NGOs Partner To Eliminate Mother-To-Child Transmission Of HIV In Africa (September 23, 2009) Structure of HIV Genome 'Decoded' (August 6, 2009) World Financial Crisis And AIDS Backlash Threaten Lives (July 8, 2009) HIV Prevention Efforts In Five African Countries Not Reaching At-Risk Groups (June 1, 2009) Basic Healthcare Crucial To Beating HIV (May 27, 2009) Awareness Campaign on HIV/AIDS Begins (April 8, 2009) Drug Policies Could Condemn Millions to HIV (March 4, 2009) Rapid HIV Evolution Avoids Attack (February 26, 2009) AIDS Top Killer Disease in China Last Year (February 17, 2009) Obama Lifts Global Funding Ban, Unties Hands of HIV/AIDS Groups (January 23, 2009)

2008

Third Stocktaking Report on Children and AIDS (December 1, 2008) The Impact of Nutrition and HIV: World Food Program (November 26, 2008) Scourge of HIV/AIDS Hits Adoptions (October 13, 2008) Roman Empire 'Raised HIV Threat' (September 4, 2008) HIV Vaccine 'Allows Drug Breaks' (August 4, 2008) Treatment 'Slashes Baby HIV Risk' (May 6, 2008) When Will We Have a Global AIDS Vaccine? (April 28, 2008) Clinical Symptoms Just As Good As Lab Trials for AIDS Patients (April 25, 2008) WHO Report Says Efforts to Confront Tuberculosis Are Too Slow (March 20, 2008) Studies Show Drugs Can Prevent HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding (February 7, 2008) Elusive Search for HIV/AIDS Vaccine (January 7, 2008)

2007

China's New AIDS Policy? (December 30, 2007) Still Losing the AIDS Fight (October 9, 2007) Girls, Women Trafficked In Asia For Commercial Sex Work Emerging As HIV/AIDS Risk Factor (August 28, 2007) HIV Denialists Spread Misinformation Online - Consequences Could Be Deadly (August 17, 2007) Children Living With HIV/AIDS Need Access To Specialized Antiretrovirals Treatment (July 27, 2007) Spread Of HIV In Africa Outpacing Treatment Efforts (June 25, 2007) About Half of People In Remote Region of Indonesia Unaware Of HIV/AIDS (June 22, 2007) Chinese Food and Drug Administration Announces New Blood Products Policy To Prevent Spread of HIV, Other Bloodborne Diseases (May 29, 2007) Global Commitments To Provide Universal Access To HIV/AIDS Treatment Will Not Be Met At Current Pace (May 25, 2007) Early Success With New HIV Drug (April 13, 2007) With 1,500 Infected Each Day, South Africa Gets AIDS Plan (March 14, 2007) Legal Wrangle Puts India's Generic Drugs At Risk (February 28, 2007) Herpes Drug Helps Control HIV (February 22, 2007) HIV Battled in a New Way (January 7, 2007)