Topic: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
China is due to hold its first AIDS Walk -- a fundraising walkathon already popular in the US -- on the Great Wall, organisers said Wednesday, as the nation steps up its fight against the disease.The AIDS Walk first took place in ...
Tests on lab mice have opened up a new path towards a vaccine against HIV, one of the most frustrating quests in the 30-year history of AIDS, scientists reported on Wednesday.Genetically modified mice fought back the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after they ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising.The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing ...
HIV infections fell and treatment soared following an unprecedented response to the AIDS epidemic over the last decade, the UN said on Wednesday, while sounding the alarm over declining funds.New infections dropped by more than a quarter between 2001 and 2009 across ...
HIV infections continued to rise in Europe in 2010, but thanks to treatment the number of cases of full-blown AIDS has dramatically declined in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday."The new data raises concern about the continuing transmission of HIV ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite a budget crunch, New York City might have to increase funding for programs to help AIDS patients as its cost-cutting efforts have floundered and the state or federal governments could slice spending, a new report said on ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday.A World Health Organisation-led report said ...
(Reuters) - The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday.A World Health Organization-led report said the ...
Darren Criss, who plays a gay student on Fox's 'Glee,' will appear at a Broadway fundraiser to support gay teens and AIDS researchDarren Criss, who plays out-and-proud gay student Blaine Anderson on the Fox musical-comedy Glee, will appear at a Broadway fundraiser ...
Melbourne in Australia will host a major conference on HIV and AIDS in 2014, the International AIDS Society (IAS) said on Tuesday.Up to 25,000 delegates will discuss progress made in battling the epidemic and future policy plans at the 20th International AIDS ...