December 7, 2015 New HIV infections in gay black men may be leveling off New HIV infections in gay black men may finally be leveling off, health officials reported Sunday.
December 4, 2015 Young adults more likely to 'cheat' if they think partner is doing it Young adults who believe their partners are having sex with other people are more likely to have overlapping sexual relationships too, upping everyone's risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI), according to a small U.S. study.
December 3, 2015 Conflict-hit women need more reproductive, sexual health aid, UN says Around a quarter of the 100 million people globally who need humanitarian aid are women or teenage girls of childbearing age, but sexual and reproductive health services are underfunded, a United Nations agency said on Thursday.
December 2, 2015 Life insurance companies see good outlook for survival with HIV Two companies are for the first time jointly offering life insurance to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in recognition that their life expectancies are close to those of uninfected individuals.
December 1, 2015 Anti-HIV pill, taken as needed, prevents infection in gay men The odds of getting HIV can be dramatically reduced by taking two pills prior to sex and two more after, according to a new study of 400 high-risk gay men and transgendered women published online by the New England Journal of Medicine in conjunction with World AIDS Day.
December 1, 2015 On World AIDS Day, condom maker calls for safe-sex emoticon Time for an official safe-sex emoji?
November 27, 2015 UNICEF: AIDS leading cause of death for African teenagers While the global push to eradicate HIV may have saved over a million babies, AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African teenagers and the second most common killer for adolescents across the globe, the United Nations' agency for children said on Friday.
November 27, 2015 WHO records highest-ever number of new HIV cases in its European Region The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that in 2014 it had recorded the highest number of new HIV cases in its European Region, which also includes Central Asia, since the start of reporting in the 1980s.
November 24, 2015 Almost 16 million on HIV treatment as AIDS pandemic tide turns Some 15.8 million people worldwide are now on HIV treatment and a fast-track strategy to end the AIDS pandemic is starting to show results, the United Nations AIDS program said on Tuesday.
