AIDS/HIV

ACCRA, Ghana - President Barack Obama says the United States will help African allies combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

If you're looking for some insight into how Catholic leaders think about LGBT issues and their grasp of basic scientific facts regarding HIV/AIDS, take a gander at a brief article titled "Instances of Harry Knox's Anti-Catholic Bigotry" published by Catholic Online in May.

GENEVA (AFP) - The economic crisis has disrupted HIV prevention and treatment programmes, including causing shortages of anti-retroviral drugs, a report by UNAIDS and the World Bank said Monday.

The federal government has taken a bureaucratic step that will finally remove restrictions that barred HIV-positive travelers from visiting the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research hints that the social and sexual networks of black gay men, constrained by the preferences and attitudes of non-black gay men, may explain the risk of more rapid spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and higher sustained prevalence of HIV infection in black gay men.

BLANCHARD, Haiti - When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.

A new report on the non-HIV health and human service needs of LGBT people in New York state shows significant disparities compared to non-LGBT people, reflecting national trends exacerbated by lack of adequate data and homophobia.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety.

NAIROBI (AFP) - A US-based rights group on Wednesday urged Rwanda to revise a draft law which it said would introduce compulsory HIV testing and require all people with mental disabilities to be sterilized.

GENEVA - The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A Web-based game could help educate teenagers with HIV infection on how to avoid transmitting the virus, a pilot study suggests.

BLANTYRE (AFP) - Malawi is supplying 250,000 HIV positive citizens with free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and plans to start producing anti-AIDS drugs locally, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.

FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Raising awareness of the importance of HIV testing is among the goals of the U.S. National HIV Testing Day on June 27.

FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- HIV patients receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are more likely to have a level of arterial stiffness similar to that in healthy patients with high blood pressure, a new study finds.

THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their disease and miss out on the optimal benefit of effective treatments, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

The first step to ending the HIV travel ban in the United States has been taken by the Obama administration. The Office of Management and Budget posted a notice on its site Friday afternoon indicating that the department of Health and Human Services could move forward with steps to change a regulation that has restricted HIV-positive people from gaining entrance into the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis of data from 34 states suggests that many people still do not undergo HIV testing until late into the course of infection, when treatments may have limited effectiveness.