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A CDC report released last month about new annual HIV infections in the U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico, an omission that Hispanic HIV/AIDS advocates say could have widespread consequences ...

Since the HIV epidemic exploded onto the scene in the 1980's, the need for comprehensive care for those infected was obvious. As the number of infected people grew, the burden...

A report released by the new york City Department of health and Mental Hygeine indicates that the rate of new HIV infections in the city is about 72 new infections...

The Beijing Olympics are finally here and with them the human interest stories of the Games and their athletes. One of those human interest stories has an HIV connection. Olympic...

Zimbabwe on Friday lifted an almost three-month ban on the work of aid groups in the country, which the government had imposed because it said some of the groups had supported the opposition to President Robert Mugabe, the new york Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 8/30).

When the drug Viagra first came to market in 1998 it was targeted to men 56 years old and older. And today, the largest group of Viagra and other ED...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval to the Gilead AIDS drug Viread, to help treat hepatitis B patients. The Gilead AIDS drug is known in its...

U.S. residents increasingly are adopting HIV-positive children from abroad, according to figures from the U.S.-based Adoption Advocates International, the AP/Google.com reports.

Philippine health Secretary Francisco Duque recently signed an administrative order aimed at increasing efforts to combat HIV/tuberculosis coinfection, Asia Pulse/Individual.com reports.The order focuses on policies and guidelines for a collaborative approach aimed at decreasing the TB burden among HIV-positive people and decreasing HIV prevalence among people with TB.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The virus that causes AIDS infects one form of immune T-cell by rearranging its inner skeleton, allowing it access to the cell, scientists have discovered.