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Reuters - Chinese AIDS victims are dying needlessly because a "tragic stigma" prevents them seeking help in a country where one fifth of people think the disease can be passed on by sharing a toilet, a top activist said on Thursday.

Populations most at risk for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and STDs (sexually transmitted disease), men who have sex with men (MSM) and African Americans, are among the topics for this year's 17th annual HIV/STD conference, "A New Frontier: Integrating medicine, Services & Technology.

A nationwide study headed by HIV researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle now suggests that earlier HIV treatment equates to a better prognosis in the long term. Experts...

Half of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine will be shared by two researchers credited with their discovery of HIV. French researchers Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi will be honored...

At the 20th. Annual Living with AIDS Conference in Utah, experts warn that the booming crystal meth problem is contributing to new hiv cases around the country. The growing cocaine...

A recent study published in The Lancet has found that the proportion of IV drug users that are HIV positive may exceed 40 percent in at least nine countries around...

On Friday, two Minnesota radio talk show hosts claimed that Magic Johnson faked his HIV diagnosis. The talk show hosts have rationalized that Magic must have faked his diagnosis because...

Despite progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia, some of the country's citizens are concerned that the disease will not be a priority of the next president, who will be elected on Oct. 30, Reuters reports.

Mozambique's Deputy health Minister, Aida Libombo, recently said that more research into the cultural habits of Mozambicans is needed to determine how these factors contribute to the spread of HIV, AIM/AllAfrica.com reports. Speaking at the National Youth Meeting in the province of Sofala, Libombo said that young women ages 15 to 24 are most at risk of HIV in the country.

Officials in Martin and Indian River counties in Florida are calling for increased HIV/AIDS prevention and education efforts in an attempt to encourage testing and curb the spread of the virus, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Karen Thomas, an epidemiologist at the