South Africa is in danger of losing the battle against HIV/AIDS, Unicef has warned. If present trends continue there could be five million orphans in South Africa by 2015 and the country is one of just nine countries worldwide where infant mortality is ri
It may seem remarkable that, 23 years after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there is still denial that the virus is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
A three-in-one AIDS pill for children has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in a global U.S. AIDS relief program. The generic pill made by India's Cipla Ltd combines the generic HIV-fighting drugs lamivudine, stavudine and nevi
Diagnoses of new sex infections rose by 2% to 376,508 from 2005 to 2006, largely among young people and gay men, the UK Health Protection Agency repoerts.
More than 20% of people aged 18 to 24 mistakenly thought there was a cure for HIV. Among the same age group almost a quarter believed condoms have holes in them which let HIV through and more than one in ten young people thought the virus could be passed