In a case that could have dramatic global implications, scientists announced yesterday in Atlanta that they had cured a little girl born with HIV—the first child in the world known to have been cured of the infection. She was born in Mississippi and is now 2 ½ years old—and free of the disease, according to [...]
Gambian President to Build Hospital For Herbal HIV Treatment
January 20, 2013 | Posted by
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh plans to build a hospital to administer a herbal treatment to AIDS patients in the country. Five years ago Jammeh claimed to have discovered a cure to the disease, a mixture of boiled herbs. The procedure was criticized by leaders of Western medicine for giving false hope to AIDS patients, and [...]
New HIV Infection Rates Falling Dramatically in Africa
January 15, 2013 | Posted by
The big drop in new HIV infections in Africa calls for celebration. However, advocacy groups are warning that it is too soon to proclaim total victory. Africa Renewal Online reports on the fight to defeat the AIDS pandemic and highlights the hurdles on the way. Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race [...]
AIDS Cuts Kill: Naked Activists Storm House Speaker John Boehner’s Office
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
Three female AIDS activists seeking to highlight the “naked truth” about potential spending cuts in HIV programs were arrested Tuesday after taking their clothes off in the lobby of House Speaker John Boehner’s office. The trio had the words “AIDS cuts kill” painted on their bodies and had linked arms with four men who also [...]
F.D.A. Approves Once-a-Day H.I.V. Treatment That Few Can Afford
August 29, 2012 | Posted by
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new once-a-day H.I.V. treatment from Gilead Sciences that contains four different drugs in one pill. But the price Gilead plans to charge for the new drug — about $28,500 a year — was criticized as excessive by one AIDS activist, who said it would put additional pressure on [...]
CDC: Risky Sexual Behavior Among Black Youth Declines
July 25, 2012 | Posted by
While HIV remains a major threat to sexually active teens across America, recent studies show a drastic decline in sexually risky behavior among black teens. According to The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the percentage of black high school students that said they had [...]
Timothy Ray Brown Cured of AIDS by Bone Marrow Transplant
July 25, 2012 | Posted by
Magic Johnson “looks” healthy, but he is not cured of HIV. He still takes meds and must use protection for sex with his wife. Timothy Ray Brown is cured. No meds. No condoms needed to protect him from spreading HIV, just from getting it…again. Timothy Ray Brown, who stopped showing signs of HIV after being given [...]
As AIDS Conference Starts in Washington, There’s Now Talk of Cure
July 22, 2012 | Posted by
As the International AIDS Conference comes back to the United States for the first time in 22 years, researchers and activists may be looking at the possibility of HIV/AIDS being eradicated in our lifetimes. This dastardly disease that hides in the body’s cells and spreads in blood, breast milk and sperm and that has killed [...]
