hiv aids June 14, 2018 Patients being tested for HIV after nurse reused syringes A Cherokee Nation hospital in Oklahoma is testing more than 180 patients for HIV and hepatitis after allegations that a nurse reused syringes to administer medications.
hiv aids May 31, 2018 Survivors file suit against ex-Gambian leader over alleged HIV 'cure' Three survivors of a supposed HIV treatment program run by Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh featuring what he called an herbal remedy "cure" filed a lawsuit Thursday against him, claiming they suffered under the forced regimen.
HEALTH March 22, 2018 Leading AIDS researcher selected to head CDC A leading AIDS researcher was selected Wednesday to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government's top public health agency.
hiv aids February 14, 2018 It's been 15 years since George W. Bush launched PEPFAR and saved millions of lives Fifteen years ago this week, President George W. Bush traveled up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to announce the largest commitment ever to fight a single disease – a commitment that has saved the lives of millions of people with HIV/AIDS.
hiv aids January 18, 2018 Aetna to pay $17 million after mailing revealed patients' HIV meds Aetna has reached a $17 million settlement after a class-action lawsuit argued the health insurer breached the privacy of thousands of customers who take HIV medications.
hiv aids January 18, 2018 Aetna revealed HIV patients' personal data, legal groups allege Health insurer Aetna reportedly exposed the personal data of HIV patients across the U.S. earlier this month when mailings to the patients revealed the information through a large window on the front of the envelope.
hiv aids December 1, 2017 Europe's HIV epidemic growing at 'alarming pace,' WHO warns The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016, showing the epidemic growing at an ‘alarming pace,’ global health officials said Tuesday.
hiv aids December 1, 2017 Sen. Marco Rubio: This World AIDS Day, we must recommit to make AIDS a disease of the past As 2017 comes to a close, nearly 37 million people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS.
hiv aids November 29, 2017 CDC: HIV diagnoses improving, but progress varies Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said.
hiv aids November 22, 2017 FDA approves first 2-drug HIV regimen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first two-drug regimen to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, aimed at easing the side effects for long-term patients who are on the standard treatment involving three or more drugs.
hiv aids October 20, 2017 Rep. Betty Price, wife of former HHS Secretary Tom Price, proposed quarantine of HIV patients A state representative from Georgia reportedly proposed the idea of placing a quarantine on patients with HIV, the disease that causes AIDS.
