Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN)—Investigators with the Women and Infants Transmission Study Group report that early diagnosis of an AIDS-defining illness in children, who acquired HIV infection from their mothers, is associated with impaired cognitive development....

Reuters - Early diagnosis of an AIDS-defining illness in children who acquired HIV infection from their mothers is associated with impaired cognitive development, investigators with the Women and Infants Transmission Study Group report in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter Columbus, Ohio (AHN) - Scientists have discovered a natural factor to help fight the battle against HIV. The report featured in a BBC study, notes two proteins that normally help repair cellular DNA were found also to destroy DNA made by HIV after it...

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Washington D.C. (AHN) – A new UK charity report states millions of children whose mothers are living with HIV/Aids do not receive enough long-term care and support. Save the Children has found up to nine million children lost their mothers to...

Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter Pretoria, South Africa (AHN) - In a crass and tragic slip of judgment, an employee of South Africa's blood service tells a student that she is HIV positive in order to see how she would react. The 19-year old student was hysterical, "I was utterly shocked...

The number of HIV-positive drugs users who inject has reached its highest level for more than a decade.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Prague, Czech Republic (AHN) —The director of an AIDS support center in the Czech Republic reveals that the Slavic country registered a record number of 90 new cases of people infected with the HIV virus in 2005. Miroslav Hlavaty, the director of the...

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Prague, Czech Republic (AHN) —The director of an AIDS support center in the Czech Republic reveals that the Slavic country registered a record number of 90 new cases of people infected with the HIV virus in 2005. Miroslav Hlavaty, the director of the...

Kenya's Anglican Church issues a public apology for previously shunning those with HIV/Aids.

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Lagos, Nigeria (AHN) - A humanitarian group is urging U.S. drugmaker Abbot Laboratories Inc. to make a new HIV drug accessible in developing countries, especially Africa. The relief organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres, says a new formulation of Abbot's...

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Lagos, Nigeria (AHN) - A humanitarian group is urging U.S. drugmaker Abbot Laboratories Inc. to make a new HIV drug accessible in developing countries, especially Africa. The relief organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres, says a new formulation of Abbot's...

Reuters - A humanitarian group urged U.S. drugmaker Abbot Laboratories Inc. on Wednesday to make a new HIV drug accessible in developing countries, especially Africa.

AFP - A social outcast five years ago, Jahnabi Goswami -- who is HIV positive -- is now campaigning to persuade Indian couples planning to wed to dump traditional horoscope-matching in favour of AIDS tests.

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter Charleston, WV (AHN) – A small-town police chief is accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed he was HIV positive and posed a health risk....

AP - A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed the ailing man had HIV and posed a health risk.

Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer Tijuana, Mexico (AHN)—A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine indicates that the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Tijuana, Mexico is increasing faster than previously estimated. According to...

Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer San Diego, CA (AHN) - A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) indicates the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Tijuana, Mexico is increasing, and much higher than had previously been estimated. According to...

Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer San Diego, CA (AHN) - A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) indicates the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Tijuana, Mexico is increasing, and much higher than had previously been estimated. According to...

Reuters - With billions of dollars pouring in to fight Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic, Tanzanian AIDS counselor Gandencia Bazil has a simple request.

Scientists have discovered how a molecule controls HIV's ability to highjack the genetic machinery of human cells.