Tag: AIDS and HIV
China's Hu visits patients for World AIDS Day
Chinese President Hu Jintao has marked World AIDS Day by visiting patients in Beijing. [MORE]
PNG MP calls for greater HIV/AIDS awareness
A member of parliament in Papua New Guinea is calling on his fellow politicians to better understand the threat HIV/AIDS poses to the country.[MORE]
Govt pledges $150k towards Pacific HIV/AIDS fight
The Federal Government has committed $150,000 to help 10 Asia Pacific countries in the fight against HIV/AIDS.[MORE]
Safe sex message 'as important as ever'
Canberrans will pause today to remember those who have died and those who are living with HIV and AIDS. [MORE]
NSW a leader in HIV prevention: Della Bosca
New South Wales Health Minister John Della Bosca says new data shows the state remains a world leader in HIV prevention.[MORE]
WHO study outlines benefits of universal HIV testing
A study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found that universal testing for the HIV virus and immediate treatment could cut the number of people developing AIDS by up to 95 per cent.[MORE]
Papua doctor wants to microchip AIDS patients
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A doctor in Papua wants to implant microchips under the skin of people with HIV/AIDS.[MORE]
Leukaemia case raises hopes of possible AIDS cure
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Medical professionals in Germany may have stumbled across a possible cure for AIDS after treating a man for cancer.[MORE]
Patient HIV-free after bone marrow transplant: doctors
Doctors in Germany say a man infected with HIV has been free of infection for more than 20 months since having a bone marrow transplant. [MORE]
Infants contract HIV in Uzbek hospital
More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan.[MORE]
AIDS rife in Indonesian prisons: official
The HIV/AIDS infection rate is exploding in Indonesian prisons because intravenous drug users are being kept in the same overcrowded cells as other inmates, officials say.[MORE]
Dutchmen on trial for spreading HIV at sex parties
HIV-positive men have told a Dutch court how a three-member gay gang tried to infect them with the AIDS virus at sex orgies.[MORE]
Magic outraged at HIV-faking accusation
Former NBA star Magic Johnson is outraged after two Minnesota radio talk show hosts accused him of faking that he had contracted HIV, which can lead to AIDS.[MORE]
PNG man arrested over $5 circumcisions
A Papua New Guinea man has been arrested for performing circumcisions on young boys in the belief that the operation would reduce their chances of contracting HIV/AIDS.[MORE]
No evidence of potential HIV epidemic: Health Dept
The Health Department says there is no evidence that Kimberley Indigenous communities, in northern Western Australia, are at risk of an HIV epidemic.[MORE]
Study finds AIDS pandemic has earlier origins
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United States researchers have found the deadly AIDS virus first began spreading among humans at the turn of the 20th Century in sub-Saharan Africa, just as modern cities were emerging in the region.[MORE]
At least 3 million injecting drug users are HIV positive: research
New research is suggesting that that more than three million injecting drug users around the world are HIV positive.[MORE]
Magistrate's ruling undermines public health
For casual sex, including sex work, all people involved need to assume that everybody is, or could be, HIV positive.[MORE]
Authorities warn of AIDS surge in Aussie travellers
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Health authorities are being urged to step up safe sex education in an attempt to limit the number of Australian travellers returning home with HIV.[MORE]
Govt funding needed to combat increase in HIV infections
Researchers say governments need to come up with new strategies to address the significant rise in the number of new HIV infections in Australia. [MORE]
HIV infector 'may change plea'
The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will be asked to consider an alternative charge for a man who pleaded guilty to infecting his former wife with HIV.[MORE]
Authorities fear more undetected Cairns HIV
Qld authorities say there might be more undetected cases of men in Cairns who have HIV after time in PNG.[MORE]
6 Cairns businessmen contract HIV in PNG
Health authorities say a cluster of Cairns men has contracted HIV after having unprotected sex with women in Papua New Guinea.[MORE]
Guest workers scheme under fire from AIDS groups
The Pacific guest worker scheme has been criticised by AIDS support groups in PNG.[MORE]
AIDS spreads faster in Big Apple: report
The AIDS virus spreads in New York City three times faster than in the rest of the United States, the city's health department said in a report on the deadly disease.[MORE]
