Close to the Cure: Developing HIV/AIDS Vaccination

Researchers are optimistic about AIDS vaccinations.  In the past year there have been a huge increases in understanding the disease and possible cures.  Conferences held all over the world are...

HIV infection rates in South Africa are levelling off

HIV infection rates in South Africa seem to be levelling off at an infection rate of 10.9% for residents over two according to a new study released today. The same study said the rate of infection in teenagers and children could be decreasing as well, perhaps due to the use...

Nadja Benaissa: German star from 'No Angels' arrested in HIV case

Nadja Benaissa, 26, the German star from the country's most successful girl group 'No Angels', has been arrested on suspicion of sleeping with a few partners and not telling them she is HIV positive. She apparently...

Man Found Guilty of First-degree Murder in HIV Case

Hamilton, Ontario - An Ontario man has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, in a landmark HIV case in Canada, after knowingly infecting several women, two of which have since died. Ugandan born...

Grey’s Anatomy Makes Viewers Health Aware

In an episode of last season's Grey's Anatomy, researchers from the Kaiser Family Foundation worked with the show's writers to inject some real-life facts into the show to see if audiences would retain the knowledge after watching the medical drama.In the episode, an...

U.S. Could end ban on HIV-Positive Travellers, Immigrants

The US ban on visitors with HIV coming to the country could soon be at an end, as a senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS could ease restrictions for travel. Since 1987, the US has banned anyone with HIV from...

Egypt Sentences Five Men to 3-Year Prison Terms for Being Gay

It's sad that in a worldwide society that some members are still being singled out for their sexaul preferences. I know it is not the same thing, but over in some parts of North America, same sex couples are...

Genocide Charge Laid against AIDS Activist

"A charge of genocide has been laid against Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) head Zackie Achmat at the International Criminal Court, the Cape Argus reported on Thursday. In the 59-page criminal complaint in the court in The Hague in The Netherlands, Achmat is accused of...

World AIDS Day Brings Large Numbers & Many Messages

From India to Canada the world & its leaders are thinking about AIDS today. I started thinking about AIDS, and what it means to me. I must have been around 8 when my mother told me the friend we occasionaly...

Tackling AIDS in China

"In most countries a 30% increase in HIV/AIDS cases would be a cause for alarm. But in China—where new cases jumped by 183,733 year to year from Oct. 31, according to the Ministry of Health—it's a sign that the government is at least taking the deadly disease...

Angelo D'Agostino, S.J.

Father Angelo D'Agostino, S.J., died on Monday at Nairobi in Kenya, after a long life of service to Holy Mother Church in the Society of Jesus, at the age of 80 years.  Father D'Agostino practiced psychiatry for many years in Washington, D.C., but had spent the last...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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