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HIV Body's anti-HIV 'training manual' offers vaccine hopes The body's own "training manual" for attacking HIV has been recorded by US scientists and it is... 5 April
Musician ordered deported to Zimbabwe because he failed to disclose HIV status to sex partners   Charles Kokanai Mzite’s life has been one of shifting fortunes, from international touring... 5 April
HIV self-testing: The key to controlling the global epidemic A new international study has confirmed that self-testing for HIV is effective and could be the... 3 April
HIV Transgender women 49 times more likely to have HIV, study says Transgender women were 49 times more likely to have HIV compared to a reference population,... 3 April
China China is fighting AIDS with cheap hotels — and it's working Low budget hotels in China are becoming more popular as a result of the growing Chinese sexual... 3 April
Kan. bill raises concerns for HIV, AIDS patients TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' leading gay rights group and the American Civil Liberties Union worry... 3 April
More HIV cases among Chinese students BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The number of Chinese students infected with HIV increased by 24.5... 3 April
China HIV AIDS day in Central brings understanding to disease Over 2,000 people from more than 30 organisations stood in the pouring rain to promote Aids... 3 April
Bhutto's ancestral land seeing worrying rise in AIDS cases Karachi: Larkana, the ancestral home of the Bhutto family in rural Sindh has become one of Pakistan... 1 April
HIV spreading among students in China BEIJING: The number of Chinese students registered as infected with HIV is on the rise, with... 1 April
GPS group in Vancouver for gay poz men Getting what you want from sex? Want a better, hotter, and healthier sex life? Ask us how at GPS!... 29 March
Margaret MacDiarmid B.C. plan to wipe out hepatitis will follow HIV model VANCOUVER — The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful... 29 March
B.C. spends $1.5M on AIDS-style research to battle hepatitis VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is hoping to use AIDS-style research to tackle hepatitis. Health... 29 March
Dr New survey sheds light on HIV in Regina REGINA — A new survey piloted in Regina has provided a snapshot of HIV among aboriginal people in... 29 March
Susan Rogers Health officials in Oklahoma urge HIV, hepatitis testing for 7,000 patients of Tulsa dentist TULSA, Okla. - Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon... 29 March
New vaccine-design approach targets viruses such as HIV Mar. 28, 2013 — A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the... 29 March
Kenya to invest in research to curb spread of HIV/AIDS Kenya's health officials on Wednesday pledged to increase budgetary allocation towards research on... 29 March
Baptist church in Kenya Good news on AIDS in Africa The latest news on AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, the epidemic’s epicenter, is good. New HIV... 29 March
Springborg protest Australia: 'HIV to rise' in wake of clinic cuts HIV infections in Queensland will rise if the Queensland Government does not change its policy to... 28 March
HIV/AIDS advocates appalled by Kansas quarantine proposal A bill currently moving through the Kansas state legislature has caused alarm in the AIDS community... 28 March
UNAIDS UNAIDS Executive Director calls on Côte d'Ivoire to redouble HIV response efforts UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé urged the Côte d'Ivoire government to intensify its efforts... 28 March
Advocate advises against passing judgement after HIV warning in N.B. MONCTON – Monday’s public health warning about possible HIV exposure should serve as a wake-up call... 28 March
Ban on food stamps leads to hunger, HIV risk among former drug felons Convicted drug offenders who are denied government food benefits upon release from prison are at... 28 March
CROI Low CD4s, not viral load, increase risk of non-AIDS diseases for those off treatment People with untreated HIV whose CD4s drop below 350 have more than twice the risk of developing... 28 March
Recipients in HIV-donor case to decide on treatment: CDC Five people who received organ transplants from an HIV-positive donor in 2011 will soon be asked to... 28 March