US to Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers

Today is World AIDS Day, and I just found this good news item about the US dropping its travel ban on people with HIV coming into the United States. The full removal of the ban takes effect on January 4, 2010.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 December 67 Views

This $1 Plastic Chip Can Diagnose HIV In 15 Minutes

In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device can make an immediate diagnosis for HIV and syphilis in remote villages leading to drastically improved treatment.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 August 64 Views

Magic Johnson Thrives 20 Years On as Hero Who Demystified HIV

20 years ago, basketball All-Star Magic Johnson stepped to the microphones at a Los Angeles press conference to tell the world he was HIV-positive. Not a single person watching on Nov 7, 1991 thought he would be around to hold another news conference 20 years later.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 November 80 Views

US Panel Approves Pill to Prevent HIV Infection

We are in an era now, for the the first time, when we can foresee the end of the AIDS epidemic. said an expert speaking about the new pill, Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people that was just recommended for use by a US advisory panel.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 May 64 Views

Scientists Say Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured

A baby, born with the AIDS virus, appears to have been cured scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi, who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

By Jeanne Goddard

04 March 63 Views