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hiv aids June 8, 2016

Thailand, Belarus, Armenia eliminate mother-child HIV spread

Thailand has become the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday.

Men's Health June 7, 2016

US panel reaffirms syphilis screening advice as infections rise

Doctors should offer testing for syphilis to men who have sex with men, people living with HIV and others at an increased risk of the sexually transmitted disease, a U.S. government-backed panel recommended on Tuesday.

hiv aids June 3, 2016

Acrobat who gave woman HIV to be freed from Australian jail

SYDNEY (AP) — A Zimbabwean circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend with HIV through frequent unprotected sex received a suspended sentence on Friday after winning an appeal against a conviction of deliberately passing on the virus that causes AIDS.

hiv aids June 3, 2016

GSK's modern HIV drug to be rolled out in Botswana

An HIV drug first approved less than three years is to be rolled out in Botswana as a first-line core medicine to treat newly diagnosed patients under a contract agreed between the government and ViiV Healthcare.

hiv aids June 2, 2016

Feds: Surgery tech accused of stealing drugs is HIV positive

Federal prosecutors in Colorado announced Wednesday that a hospital surgery technician accused of stealing painkiller syringes is HIV positive and urged patients who may have possibly infected by him to be tested.

hiv aids June 1, 2016

More than 2,200 Indians infected with HIV after receiving contaminated blood transfusions

Contaminated blood transfusions have led at least 2,234 Indians to contract HIV over the past 17 months, the BBC reported.

Men's Health May 27, 2016

Social media-based HIV testing finds new cases

Outreach on social media may help encourage men at high risk for HIV infection to get themselves tested, a new study from the U.K. suggests.

Men's Health May 27, 2016

New HIV vaccine trial aims to build on earlier modest success

A late-stage trial will begin later this year in South Africa to test the effectiveness of an HIV vaccine that has shown promise in earlier trials, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Infertility May 20, 2016

Pediatricians should discuss fertility and sexual function, doctors say

Talks about reproductive health in pediatrics often touch on contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, but many doctors still fail to discuss issues like fertility and sexual function, a group of U.S. physicians says.

hiv aids May 19, 2016

Large HIV vaccine study planned in South Africa this fall

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are planning a major study of an experimental HIV vaccine in South Africa later this year.

hiv aids May 18, 2016

As many as 4 in 10 gay men have HIV in some Southern cities

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three out of every 10 gay or bisexual men in several cities in the U.S. South have been diagnosed with the AIDS virus, three times the national rate, according to a study about how common HIV infections are in metro areas.