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Cambodia on track to eliminate new HIV infections by 2020
Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Southeast Asian nation has reduced its HIV prevalence rate from a 1998 peak of 1.7 percent…
Most HIV-infected youth are unaware they carry the virus
More than a quarter of new HIV infections in the United States strike young people aged 13 to 24 and 60 percent of those don’t know they’re sick, health officials said Tuesday. An estimated 12,200 youth were infected with HIV in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
UN: HIV infections in Arab countries have more than doubled in 8 years
The United Nations said on Monday that the number of people in Arab countries infected with HIV more than doubled to 470,000 in the eight years to 2009. “The number of adults and children living with HIV has more than doubled between 2001 and 2009 from 180,000 to 470,000,” according…
U.S. approves over-the-counter HIV home testing kit
WASHINGTON — The United States announced Tuesday it has authorized sales of the first over-the-counter home testing kit for HIV, the virus that leads to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The OraQuick In-Home HIV test is expected to be available from October at 30,000 American retail outlets, its manufacturer said,…
FDA approves over-the-counter HIV testing kit
The United States announced Tuesday that it had authorized the first over-the-counter home testing kit for HIV, the virus that leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Under the testing procedure, the OraQuick In-Home HIV test kit will allow purchasers to collect an oral fluid sample by swabbing the upper…
Global leaders: Drug war ‘the main reason’ for continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic
The Global Commission on Drug Policy, an assemblage of former national leaders, policy makers and experts, has issued a new report (PDF) that calls the war on drugs “the main reason” for the continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic around the world. The group, which includes former presidents of Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Poland,…
U.S. urges circumcision for soldiers to fight HIV in Africa
MAPUTO — Male circumcision is the best way to prevent new HIV infections in the military, the head of US anti-AIDS efforts told a gathering of top army brass from Africa, Eastern Europe and central Asia. “We believe male circumcision is a highly significant, lifetime intervention. It is a gift…
HIV trial scrapped after gel found ineffective
In a major setback for AIDS prevention research, a clinical trial of a new vaginal gel supposed to reduce HIV infections has been suspended after studies showed it to be ineffective. Researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network, set up by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), expressed surprise at…
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