
Last week, South Africa's Cabinet approved a new policy that will allow the national defense force (SANDF) to selectively recruit and deploy soldiers who are HIV-positive. The move follows a high court decision last year that declared SANDF's old policy unconstitutional...

The Friends of AIDS Foundation invites you to attend the Los Angeles County World AIDS Day Community Forum. This forum will address 'What Happened?' (Statement about budget cuts), and will provide you with a snapshot of the impact on LA County and how these cuts will translate into service delivery...

Uganda risks undoing a decade of progress against AIDS if its government passes a new HIV testing bill under consideration, Human Rights Watch said Friday. HRW said the measure would mandate HIV testing but would not protect against discrimination or preserve patients' confidentiality...

Many Australians who report having unprotected sex do not get tested for STDs, according to a study released Monday to mark Sexual Health Week...

According to the World Health Organization's new report, "Women and Health: Today's Evidence Tomorrow's Agenda," HIV is the leading cause of death and disease among women ages 15 to 45...

Comprehensive risk-reduction programs to prevent or reduce pregnancy, HIV, and other STDs have sufficient evidence of their efficacy, and such sex education programs can benefit public health, a non-federal panel of health experts concluded in a new report...

The Friends of AIDS Foundation invites you to join us for a Day of Celebration and Remembrance on December 1, 2009. This free World AIDS Day Event will be held from 2-6pm at 2050 North Imperial Avenue, El Centro, CA 92243.

A federal advisory committee of infectious-disease experts is recommending that Australia re-invigorate its domestic HIV prevention efforts...

South Africa's Department of Health is planning to request a boost in funding for HIV/AIDS treatment based on estimates of the number of people needing antiretroviral therapy, a senior health official said recently...

The state-run China Youth Daily reports that police in Hunan province have shuttered a factory producing fake, nonsterile condoms and are now trying to track down more than 2 million that have been shipped...

In recent testing of 20 condom brands sold on the US market, all met minimum national and international performance standards, according to Consumer Union, the independent nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. Condoms are usually inflated with 17-18 liters of air in tests for breaking...

French scientists have mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene...











