HIV has become the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide, the UN programme on HIV/Aids says.
At the start of a 10-day conference in New York, UNAids launched a five-year action plan addressing the gender issues which put women at risk. (more..)
Following the conviction of Mark Devereaux for infecting a woman with HIV, Catherine Murphy from the HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, outlines some of the problems surrounding the issue. (more..)
Pharmacy chain Superdrug is today launching the £79 InstiTest, which gives results in just 60 seconds from a tiny fingertip blood sample. (more..)
A woman who found out she had HIV when she was pregnant with twins was infected by her boyfriend who had known he had the virus for nine years.
She was among four women unaware that Mark Devereaux, 41, had the virus when they had unprotected sex with him. (more..)
A new study from Zambia suggests that halting breastfeeding early causes more harm than good for children not infected with HIV who are born to HIV-positive mothers. Stopping breastfeeding before 18 months was associated with significant increases in mortality among these children, according to the study’s findings, described in the Feb. 1, 2010 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, and available online now. (more..)
Retroviruses such as HIV and HTLV-1 don’t hit-and-run, they hit-and-hide. They slip into host cells and insert their own DNA into the cell’s DNA, and from this refuge they establish an infection that lasts a lifetime. (more..)
(CNN) — From the beginning, it seemed an unlikely match. (more..)
The US Government has finally removed the ban on immigrants with HIV/AIDS that barred them from entering the country. The amendments would be followed by a bi-annual global HIV/Aids summit, giving support to America’s intentions to become a leader in fight against HIV/Aids.
The 22-year long ban was imposed in the late 1980s. According to Rachel Tiven, who is the Executive Director of Immigration Equality, these amendments were long overdue and also The 2012 World Aids Conference would take place as planned in the USA.
Rachel Tiven further added that it is terrific to see that people are moving past the whole issue of the disease and other issues related to HIV/AIDS and that ‘stigma’ has no place in the US Policy! (more..)
South African ex-Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, criticised for questioning whether HIV causes Aids, has died aged 69 from liver disease.
Her critics dubbed her “Dr Beetroot” for her advocacy of healthy eating rather than drugs to fight HIV.
As health minister between 1999 and 2008 she maintained that anti-retroviral drugs were too expensive and had possible harmful side-effects.
She was removed from the post when ex-President Thabo Mbeki stepped down.
But a study last year claimed that more than 300,000 people had died prematurely because of the delay in rolling out the drugs to people with HIV between 2000 and 2005. (more..)
If you suffer with herpes attacks you will know what that is can be annoying at the very least and miserable and deeply upsetting at the other end of the spectrum.
If you have herpes and are at the point on this spectrum where you feel you need some help with stopping the attacks the tips below should help you along the way. (more..)