HIV & AIDS

Mugabe says census will reveal AIDS toll on Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe launched the national census Wednesday, saying he hoped the once-a-decade count would measure the extent to which AIDS was affecting the population.

HIV & AIDS

Potential drug molecule shows enhanced anti-HIV activity

Researchers from Munich and Naples have shown that minimal modification of a synthetic peptide with anti-HIV activity results in a new compound with more than two orders of magnitude higher binding affinity to the chemokine ...

HIV & AIDS

Bill Clinton urges transparency in AIDS funding

Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday said donors will continue to fund the response to the world AIDS crisis despite global financial woes and urged greater transparency by all involved.

HIV & AIDS

Big AIDS meeting's bottom line: More treatment

(AP) — Call it a triple win for fighting the AIDS epidemic: Treating people with HIV early keeps them healthy, cuts their chances of infecting others, and now research shows it is also a good financial investment.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

MRSA cases in academic hospitals double in five years: study

Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) doubled at academic medical centers in the U.S. between 2003 and 2008, according to a report published in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital ...

HIV & AIDS

Aging AIDS epidemic raises new health questions

(AP) — AIDS is graying. By the end of the decade, the government estimates, more than half of Americans living with HIV will be over 50. Even in developing countries, more people with the AIDS virus are surviving to ...

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