Tag: HIV/AIDS
Baby born with AIDS virus cured through aggressive treatment
New research released Sunday reveals that, for the first time, a baby born infected with HIV has been cured of the diseases. Though doctors are excited about the news, they remain cautious and unsure of what this could mean for future cases of HIV....
New documentary seeks an end to AIDS in black America
A new Frontline documentary is taking a look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the black community. In 2011, HIV was more prevalent in Washington, D.C., than in many African countries, including Rwanda, Ethiopia and the Congo....
AIDS Memorial Quilt turns 25 as fight against the disease continues
The first panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt was created in 1987 by a gay rights activist in San Francisco. Since then, 100,000 people have sewn more than 48,000 panels that depict the lives of loved ones lost to the disease....
VIDEO: Canadian scientists get go-ahead for HIV vaccine testing
Canadian scientists are beaming as the country's first attempt at an HIV vaccine moves out of the lab and into early clinical trials. But it will be years before they know if the vaccine will be effective....
Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak's history
Dr. Jacques Pépin, who spent years battling disease in Africa, has published a new book that looks at the history of HIV/AIDS, tracing not only the current outbreak, but also looking at earlier outbreaks perhaps dating to the 1920s and 1930s....
Circumcision campaign, to fight HIV, underway in Zimbabwe
In an effort to get a handle on its HIV/AIDS infection rate, health officials in Zimbabwe have launched an ambitious campaign to circumcise 1.2 million men in seven years....
Two forms of birth control put women at risk for HIV
A recent study shows women using two popular hormonal contraceptives put themselves and their partners at greater risk for contracting HIV. ...
Africa's HIV-positive women pressured not to have children
Across Africa, there have been organized efforts to prevent HIV-positive women from having children -- some are being paid, others being sterilized without their consent....
AIDS fighting drugs could prevent HIV
New studies show that taking a daily pill designed to fight AIDS can actually prevent an uninfected person from contracting HIV....
Uganda's anti-gay bill on hold
A controversial bill in Uganda that that called for the death penalty for homosexuality failed to make it out of parliament. ...
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