July 10 2008 12:00 AM ET
GeoVax to Study AIDS Vaccine on Humans
GeoVax Labs, Inc., a biotechnology company that specializes in infectious diseases, is seeking approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration to test an AIDS vaccine on humans starting this fall, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Tuesday.
July 09 2008 12:00 AM ET
Schools Should Teach Teens, Tweens About Abuse
Schools should educate teenagers -- and even children as young as 11 -- about abusive dating situations, say teen health and safety advocates and state attorneys general.
July 08 2008 12:00 AM ET
Magic Johnson's Wife in Public Eye on HIV Campaign
Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife, Cookie, is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV.
July 03 2008 12:00 AM ET
Death Rates Fall for Recent HIV Patients
Anti-HIV drugs have improved the survival prospects of people with HIV or AIDS to the point that death rates among the recently diagnosed in industrialized countries have become comparable to those never exposed to the virus, according to a newly published European study.
June 28 2008 12:00 AM ET
HIV Study: Second Wave Affecting Young Black Gays
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study Thursday, the results of which could indicate a “second-wave” AIDS epidemic, The Washington Post reported. Positive HIV status among young gay men has been rising 12% each year since 2001, the study showed, with the steepest increase among young black men. “These men represent a new generation that has not been personally affected by AIDS in the same way that their older peers have,” Richard Wolitski, acting director of HIV/AIDS prevention at the CDC, told the Post .
June 28 2008 12:00 AM ET
NYC Urges Docs to Do Routine HIV Testing on Adults
Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS. Under a new program announced Thursday, officials have set an ambitious goal of testing a quarter million adults in the Bronx, one of five boroughs that make up New York City, within three years. ''We need every single individual to know their status,'' said Dr. Monica Sweeney, an assistant health commissioner who specializes in HIV prevention.
June 21 2008 12:00 AM ET
Study: Treating Herpes Doesn't Seem to Prevent HIV
Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk.
June 18 2008 12:00 AM ET
UNAIDS Calls for End of HIV Travel Restrictions
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, at the opening of a UNAIDS two-day meeting in the General Assembly, called for an end to all discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS, including travel restrictions imposed on them by some countries.
June 17 2008 12:00 AM ET
AMA Supports Transgender Health Care
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders commended the American Medical Association’s support for transgender health care Monday in a press release.
June 10 2008 12:00 AM ET
Cynthia Nixon Joins 40,000 in Race for the Cure
Actress Cynthia Nixon, a Susan G. Komen ambassador, joined over 40,000 participants on Sunday in the organization's 19th annual Race for the Cure.
