HIV/AIDS - Page 26

October 30, 2015

TB surpasses HIV/AIDS as top killer: Drug quality control needs to change

Poor quality medicine presents an escalating challenge to public health efforts, especially in low- and middle-income countries, which has contributed to the rise in TB cases worldwide.

October 30, 2015

Russia to double spending on HIV care next year

Russia will double its spending on HIV care and prevention next year in the face of a growing epidemic, the country's health minister announced on Friday.

October 28, 2015

Indiana begins needle exchange in county with HIV outbreak

Health officials in Indiana on Saturday began a needle-exchange program Saturday in a county where an HIV outbreak among intravenous drug users has grown to nearly 90 cases.

October 28, 2015

India battles HIV/AIDS drug shortage as some firms halt supply

India is facing a shortage of HIV/AIDS drugs provided under the government's free medicine program after some drugmakers halted supplies due to delayed payments, leaving thousands of patients without treatment, activists said.

October 28, 2015

Cambodian villagers angry over HIV outbreak

Cambodia's prime minister appealed Thursday to villagers in northwestern Cambodia not to lynch an unlicensed medical practitioner who they suspect caused more than 100 people to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

October 28, 2015

Celgene drug can drive HIV out of hiding, study claims

An anti-cancer drug made by the U.S. biotech firm Celgene can re-activate hidden HIV in patients so that it can be detected, bringing researchers closer to being able to treat it, Danish scientists said on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed

A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV - and therefore is not cured. 

October 28, 2015

Tuberculosis now rivals AIDS as leading cause of death: WHO

For the first time, tuberculosis infections rivaled HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, the World Health Organization said in a report released on Wednesday.

October 28, 2015

A fresh setback for efforts to cure HIV infection

Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus.

October 28, 2015

Women are missing from HIV drug trials

Although women make up roughly half of the world's HIV cases, they remain largely excluded from clinical trials testing drugs, vaccines and potential cures for the virus, a research review confirms.