Along with Thabo Mbeki, the former president, she bears key responsibility for the African National Congress government’s delaying for years the distribution of...

A 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his blood into his wife while she was sleeping, thereby infecting her with the virus, court documents have...

The number of new cases of HIV in Northern Ireland rose by more than 50% in 2008, compared to the previous year. Latest figures from the Communicable Disease...

The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and...

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent...

We are fond of brushing off human interest stories and focus most of our discussions on political oriented debates that we fast catch up with any political gossip that...

A controversial plan to make HIV testing compulsory in South Africa has been criticised by campaigners who argue it would breach patients’ human...

AIDS is a widespread disease in Africa and has devoured millions. All the countries across Africa – and across the globe as well – are struggling to control the...

As African countries still struggle to control the deadly AIDS epidemic, they are also grappling with debates over what rights and duties to give those living with the...

After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent...

Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a good thing, right?...

AIDS is spreading faster among Canada’s aboriginal people than in the general population, and a strong cultural stigma and links to rising drug use make the...

Under the dusty sun, the fathers of the bride and groom agreed to the marriage and this ancient Muslim tradition proceeded as it has for hundreds of years. But unknown...

University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex,...

A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human...

All the right thinking people in this world should raise their voice in support of the around 1.4 million people living with HIV and AIDS in Kenya in their fight...

There is a myth which is doing rounds since the time HIV appeared in the modern world scenario. It must have been the outcome of some depraved thinking, if one has HIV+...

Women in Africa are being sterilised without their consent after being told the procedure is a routine treatment for Aids, a lawsuit will claim. Forty HIV-positive...

The nationwide initiative — funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ‘Population Services International’ (PSI) —...

The adult film industry said it was the first case since the 2004 outbreak, the LA Times reported. In fact, 22 performers have tested positive, including last...