Bill Gates Gives Away $750 Million To Help Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Bill Gates on Thursday announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $750 million to the Global Fund which is currently fighting the worldwide spread of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The announcement arrived at the World ... continue

HIV Vaccine Protects Monkeys from the Virus

A new weapon has been created in the fight against HIV.  Researchers have developed a vaccine that protects rhesus monkey from an extremely virulent form of  simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which is distantly related to the virus ... continue

Ron Paul: AIDS Patients Bear Responsibility, Not Society

Ron Paul, The Libertarian Texas Congressman, is defending comments he made in his book "Freedom Under Siege", where he said that society is not responsible for caring for AIDS patients. He said that AIDS patients have to ... continue

780,000 People Infected with AIDS Virus in China by End 2011

As the end of 2011 getting closer, China is expecting about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus, mostly due to heterosexual sex. The state media, citing a report from the Ministry of Health and the United ... continue

20% Of HIV Carriers In The United States Don’t Know About Their Infection

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a new report in which they reveal that upwards of 20% of people with HIV in the United States don't realize they have the disease. According to the ... continue

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Reduced India Aids Cases By 100,000 [Study]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested $258 million to help prevent AIDS in India and now a recent study has shown that nearly 100,000 people in the region have avoiding the virus because of the ... continue

Gamers Unlock AIDS Molecular Puzzle

12-15 dedicated gamers did in less than 10 days what scientists studying the AIDS virus have never managed to accomplish, they solved a molecular puzzle that has been a headache for AIDS researchers for a very long-time. Known ... continue

National HIV Testing Day is Today

June 27 marks National HIV Testing day and all around our country thousands will make their way to various health centers, hospitals and community-based organizations to participate in a range of community events including free HIV testing. “One ... continue

Indonesian State wants to tag AIDS patients with RFID tags

The Indonesian State of Papua is preparing to pass a new law that will require some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with RFID chips. Under the proposal, patients who had shown "actively sexual behavior" could be implanted with ... continue