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HIV-positive Indian couple commits suicide

AP — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:03:49 +0000

An Indian couple poisoned their three young children, then hung themselves from a ceiling fan because they were depressed about being HIV-positive, police said...

Shame drives HIV couple to kill themselves and their three children

Desh — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:42:54 +0000

An HIV-positive couple in Bombay killed their three children and then committed suicide after discovering that their six-year-old daughter had contracted the virus. Campaign groups said that the incident underscored the stigma that the condition...

HIV-positive migrants accuse US of neglect

AP — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:46:19 +0000

Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn’t see a doctor or get the right...

HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:33:33 +0000

An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.Because a jury found that Willie Campbell used his saliva as a deadly weapon, the 42-year-old will have to serve...

Kyrgyz Babies Pass HIV to Mothers

AP — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:57:55 +0000

Not long ago, she was a wife, mother and teacher. Now Dilfuza Mustafakulova is HIV-positive and has lost her husband and her job.Mustafakulova’s baby son was among 72 children infected with the virus at two Kyrgyz hospitals. Sixteen mothers...

Congress May Strike HIV Travel Limits

AP — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:26:56 +0000

Gay-rights activists are hoping to use a global AIDS relief bill supported by the Bush administration to repeal a 15-year-old law restricting travel to the U.S. by HIV-positive people.Activists oppose the near-ban as discriminatory since HIV is the...

George Michael fears being HIV positive

Parul G — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:44:53 +0000

Wham! Star George Michael is too scared of an HIV test because he fears the result may be positive. This gay singer, 44, revealed his fear for the dreaded disease to pal Stephen Fry in a BBC2 documentary on HIV, entitled Stephen Fry - HIV And...

What is leading AIDS epidemic hit African children the hardest? -- Rituals, customs?!

Irani — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:51:10 +0000

Do you know, 2.9 million people died of AIDS in 2006! And an estimated 39.5 million people are now living with HIV worldwide? Shockingly, AIDS kills some 6,000 people each day in Africa alone?! It is a figure more than what wars, famines and...

Red Cross seeks $300 million for HIV care in Africa!

Anupam Agnihotri — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:27:55 +0000

Southern Africa has become the nucleus of the HIV positive patients because there are 12 million HIV positive people alone in Southern Africa and according to an estimate every day, about 8,000 people die of AIDS in Southern Africa, which is a...

Unanswered query: Hospital-acquired HIV, kid dies

Puja — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:11:48 +0000

Reshmi was born to HIV negative parents on June 25, 2004. She was admitted to a hospital in the city after a colour change was marked in her body. Rashmi was suffering from Anemia - a condition of low hemoglobin and was taken to the hospital for...