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Blood flow in the brains of HIV patients is reduced to levels normally seen in uninfected patients 15 to 20 years older, scientists report online in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

HAART can reduce HIV levels to below detectable numbers. But, some small amounts of virus evade drug therapy and stay inactive in a so-called latent form, in immune system cells.

On the eve of World AIDS Day, WHO is releasing new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.

Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age, a WHO report has found.

One Heartland recently notified 82 children affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty just hours before they were scheduled to travel to Willow River, Minnesota that their camp session was cancelled.

Those in the United States living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to use marijuana than those in Kenya, South Africa or Puerto Rica to alleviate their symptoms, according to a new study published in Clinical Nursing Research, published by SAGE.

In an effort to save lives and contain the spread of meningitis, the GAVI Alliance has agreed to fast-track a US$55 million contribution to UNICEF and WHO to establish a stockpile of meningococcal vaccines and pay for reactive campaigns in the highly endemic African “meningitis belt” countries.

After serving time, prisoners battling heroin addiction, mental illness and HIV face many challenges as they re-enter society.

In 430 B.C., a new and deadly disease - its cause remains a mystery - swept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta.

With flu season just around the corner, this is no time to dilly dally before getting vaccinated against an illness that usually strikes hardest in late fall and winter.

Today at the Clinton Global Initiative, Senators Obama and McCain spoke about why Americans, even in the context of financial crisis, should back bold action to end global disease and expand access to primary education.

Rare Case In A Baltimore Couple Explains Why Some Infected With HIV Remain Symptom Free For Years Without Antiretroviral Drugs Finding renews promise of vaccine against AIDS; disproves theory of defective virus

The links between HIV transmission and the degree to which people are able to adopt realistic plans to achieve future projects, in other words, hope, have been overlooked in policies to tackle HIV/AIDS.

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is in Mexico City on the last leg of a twelve day, three-country mission. She is leading the UNICEF delegation to the 17th International AIDS Conference.

Today, at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening in support of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008.

The Acting Deputy Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), James Kunder, today administered the oath of office to Janina Jaruzelski as Mission Director for the USAID Regional Mission in Ukraine.

First hand reports indicate surviving children without food, water, shelter

Result is almost as good as therapies based on advanced laboratory tests, a new study finds

Two global research organizations dedicated to designing a vaccine against HIV - the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI)