November 30 2007 1:00 AM ET
L.A. Mayor to Take HIV Test
To launch a city-wide HIV/AIDS initiative in conjunction with World AIDS Day, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will take an OraQuick Advance rapid HIV test on Friday to encourage residents to learn their own HIV status.
November 30 2007 1:00 AM ET
Risky Behavior Primary Cause of New HIV Infections in China
Sex has overtaken drug use as the main cause of HIV infections in China, leading to worries the disease may spread outside high-risk groups and into the general population, according to experts and a report released Thursday.
November 29 2007 1:00 AM ET
Most Dem Candidates Favor Funding for Needle Exchanges
Most Democratic presidential candidates support lifting a ban on federal funding for needle exchange as a way to protect public health, according to a questionnaire released Wednesday by a coalition working to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
November 28 2007 1:00 AM ET
Washington, D.C., Tops Statistics in AIDS Cases
Washington, D.C., health officials report that the rate of HIV infection is the highest of any city in the country. Infants, older adults, women, and heterosexual men are becoming infected at epidemic pace.
November 22 2007 1:00 AM ET
$60 Million U.S. Federal Grant Benefits AIDS Program in Kenya
A program developed by universities in Kenya and Indiana to fight AIDS in the African country has received a boost thanks to a $60 million U.S. federal grant.
November 21 2007 1:00 AM ET
Drop in AIDS Cases Due to Previous Inflated Estimates
The number of AIDS cases worldwide fell by more than 6 million this year to 33.2 million, global health officials in London said Tuesday. But the decline is mostly on paper. Previous estimates were largely inflated, and the new numbers are the result of a new methodology. They show AIDS cases in 2007 were down from almost 39.5 million last year, according to the World Health Organization and the United Nations AIDS agency. Although the decline is largely due to revised numbers, U.N. officials said it still showed the AIDS pandemic is losing momentum.
November 20 2007 1:00 AM ET
Feds Help Illinois HIV Transplant Probe
Federal officials are investigating what three hospitals knew and told four organ transplant patients about a high-risk donor who infected them with HIV and hepatitis.
November 17 2007 1:00 AM ET
Atty: Organ Recipient Not Told Donor Was High Risk for HIV
A woman in her 30s who is one of the four organ transplant patients infected with HIV and hepatitis was not told that the infected donor was high-risk, her attorney said.
November 16 2007 1:00 AM ET
DHS to Further Restrict Travel for HIV-Positive Foreign Nationals
The Department of Homeland Security announced proposed regulations Thursday purporting to offer a "streamlined," "categorical" waiver for HIV-positive visitors from other countries. However, by using this "streamlined" application process, applicants would have to also waive the possibility of any change in immigration status while in the U.S.
November 15 2007 1:00 AM ET
New CDC Numbers May Show Dramatic Increases in HIV Infections
The Washington Blade is reporting that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is debating when to release what the story called "alarming new statistics" showing that up to 50% more Americans are being infected with HIV annually than the government previously reported. AIDS activist groups familiar with the CDC told the Blade that middle-level officials at the agency have quietly told professional and scientific colleagues that the number of new infections was as high as 58,000 to 63,000 cases in the most recent 12-month period.
