June 17, 2016 Lifting US curbs on gay blood donors seen years away, experts say U.S. health regulators are under increasing pressure to remove restrictions keeping most gay and bisexual men from donating blood, but experts say any change would require years of research to guarantee the safety of the blood supply.
June 8, 2016 Thailand, Belarus, Armenia eliminate mother-child HIV spread Thailand has become the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday.
June 7, 2016 US panel reaffirms syphilis screening advice as infections rise Doctors should offer testing for syphilis to men who have sex with men, people living with HIV and others at an increased risk of the sexually transmitted disease, a U.S. government-backed panel recommended on Tuesday.
June 3, 2016 Acrobat who gave woman HIV to be freed from Australian jail SYDNEY (AP) — A Zimbabwean circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend with HIV through frequent unprotected sex received a suspended sentence on Friday after winning an appeal against a conviction of deliberately passing on the virus that causes AIDS.
June 3, 2016 GSK's modern HIV drug to be rolled out in Botswana An HIV drug first approved less than three years is to be rolled out in Botswana as a first-line core medicine to treat newly diagnosed patients under a contract agreed between the government and ViiV Healthcare.
June 2, 2016 Feds: Surgery tech accused of stealing drugs is HIV positive Federal prosecutors in Colorado announced Wednesday that a hospital surgery technician accused of stealing painkiller syringes is HIV positive and urged patients who may have possibly infected by him to be tested.
June 1, 2016 More than 2,200 Indians infected with HIV after receiving contaminated blood transfusions Contaminated blood transfusions have led at least 2,234 Indians to contract HIV over the past 17 months, the BBC reported.
May 27, 2016 Social media-based HIV testing finds new cases Outreach on social media may help encourage men at high risk for HIV infection to get themselves tested, a new study from the U.K. suggests.
May 27, 2016 New HIV vaccine trial aims to build on earlier modest success A late-stage trial will begin later this year in South Africa to test the effectiveness of an HIV vaccine that has shown promise in earlier trials, according to the National Institutes of Health.
May 20, 2016 Pediatricians should discuss fertility and sexual function, doctors say Talks about reproductive health in pediatrics often touch on contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, but many doctors still fail to discuss issues like fertility and sexual function, a group of U.S. physicians says.
