HIV/AIDS - Page 12

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.

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.

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.

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.

September 25, 2017

WHO: AIDS no longer leading cause of death in Africa

Fewer people are dying of HIV/AIDS in Africa, with the World Health Organization (WHO) now listing respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis or pneumonia as the leading cause of death.

September 25, 2017

First NYC EMT to contract HIV on job honored 20 years after death

An EMT who became the first emergency responder in New York City to contract HIV while treating a patient is being honored on Monday, 20 years after her death.

June 7, 2017

Ohio man with HIV charged with murder in infected partner's death

A married man accused of not telling his longtime girlfriend that he was HIV-positive was charged with murder after the woman died of AIDS.

May 22, 2017

Young HIV patients experience near-normal lifespan

The average American born in 2015 is expected to live to 78.8 years of age.

February 8, 2017

Adults urged to get vaccinated

Too many U.S. adults are not getting vaccinated, putting themselves and others at risk, immunization experts say.

January 24, 2017

Federal program cuts disparities in HIV/AIDS care

When Gina Brown was diagnosed with HIV in 1994, she considered it a death sentence, but nearly 23 years later, she's living a full life in New Orleans, thanks largely to the federally funded Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.