The status of HIV/AIDS epidemic in north-eastern states of India is indeed alarming, said a report by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). The AIDS-related mortality per 1,00,000 population in India was estimated to be the highest in Manipur (36.

Spread of HIV/AIDS in Northeast India alarming: Report

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be successfully cured of HIV has died due to cancer, the International Aids society announced on Wednesday. Famously known as the “Berlin Patient”, Brown had made history when he was cured of HIV more than ten years ago.

'The Berlin patient' - First person to be cured of HIV dies due to cancer

A HIV-positive man in remission may be the first patient effectively cured of the illness without needing a bone marrow transplant, researchers said Tuesday in a potential breakthrough.

Brazil: HIV patient 'first in remission' to be cured by drugs alone

April 23 in history: Causes of AIDS discovered, first video uploaded on YouTube

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has discontinued clinical trial for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine after the vaccine failed to prevent infections of HIV which causes AIDS.

HIV vaccine trial halted after 'disappointing' results

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Doctors in a town in Pakistan are struggling to cope with a surge in patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, with nearly 700 cases since April, most of them children.

'How can she have HIV?': Pakistan town struggles with surge in infections

The World Health Organisation (WHO) team, which is in Pakistan to probe the recent outbreak of HIV in the country's Sindh province, began its inquiry by visiting a children's treatment centre and sought more information from its staff about the patients, according to a media report on Friday.

WHO begins probe in spread of HIV cases in Pakistan

In the dusty town of Ratodero in southern Pakistan, doctors are struggling to cope with an alarming outbreak of young patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, with almost 700 of new cases over the past few months, most of them children. But many of the families cannot afford proper treatment, which usually involves regular trips to Karachi for medicines.

Pakistan province struggles with hundreds of cases of children infected with HIV

The Pakistan government has sought the help of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to probe the recent outbreak of HIV in the country’s Sindh province, that has till now affected over 600 people, mostly children, according to a media report.

Pakistan: 537 out of 681 HIV affected between the age of 2 to 15, WHO to investigate

Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore said her experience of caring for someone infected with the AIDS virus had spurred her decision to help promote the documentary '5B' about the unsung heroes who looked after AIDS sufferers in the 1980s.

Julianne Moore says personal experiences spurred her to back AIDS ward documentary

The kidney of a 35-year-old HIV-positive woman has been transplanted into another patient with the virus that causes AIDS, US surgeons announced Thursday, in a major medical breakthrough.

US performs first kidney transplant from living donor with HIV

HIV biologist Prof Ravindra Gupta presents second patient with AIDS remission

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said.

UK man cleared for AIDS after stem cell transplant, becomes second patient to be free of HIV

A London man infected with HIV may be the second person in the world to beat the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported Monday, a finding advancing the costly and challenging search for a cure.

Indian-origin Dr Ravindra Gupta co-led team that helped person beat AIDS

Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday, following media reports that underage users caught HIV after going on dates set up via the world`s largest networking app for the LGBT community.

Chinese gay dating app halts registration after underage HIV report

Days after a pregnant woman died in Tamil Nadu after she contracted HIV through infected blood transfusion, the youth whose blood was transfused into her body also died on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu: Teen commits suicide after his HIV-infected blood gets transfused to pregnant woman

As Venezuela's hyperinflation and chronic medicine shortages leave HIV patients with little hope of obtaining life-saving anti-retroviral medications, many are now relying on the leaves of a tropical tree known called the guasimo.

With no antiretrovirals, Venezuela HIV patients rely on leaf remedy

“Know your status” is the theme for this year’s World AIDS Day on December 1. Knowing HIV status is a critical step to ensure one is not infected, and if infected, to get treatment at the earliest.

Fighting the scourge of AIDS

An estimated 120,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, the highest number in South Asia, according a report by UNICEF which warned that around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day globally by 2030 if progress in preventing transmission is not accelerated.

In 2017, 120,000 children and adolescents were living with HIV in India: UN Report

The event is scheduled to be held in Chennai on February 4 and is based on cancer prevention and treatment

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In the camps, 566 people were examined of whom 21 were found to be infected with HIV

21 infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao after use of same injection

Scientists announced the launch of another large HIV vaccine efficacy study on Thursday, fuelling hopes for a protective shot against the virus that causes AIDS, despite past disappointments

Hopes for HIV vaccine buoyed by start of second big trial

On Wednesday, AHF launched ?Love Condoms? as a measure to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in the country

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