Russian TV host Pavel Lobkov reveals HIV-positive status live on air
A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but where HIV/AIDS remains a largely taboo s
Dec 02, 2015, 14:44 PM ISTDNA: Today in History, December 01, 2015
Know all the historical facts happened on December 01 in this episode of DNA.
Dec 02, 2015, 11:21 AM ISTWhite House unveils five-year action plan on AIDS
In support of the World AIDS Day, the White House released an action plan for combating AIDS in the US over the next five years.
Dec 02, 2015, 09:54 AM ISTAIDS programme to continue as central scheme: Nadda
Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday announced that the National AIDS Control Programme will continue as a central sector scheme, following concerns over the ability of some states on contributing their share to the programme.
Dec 02, 2015, 00:41 AM ISTSocial stigma on HIV/AIDS should be pulled down: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels that the perceived social stigma on HIV/AIDS should definitely be pulled down.
Dec 01, 2015, 20:02 PM ISTChinese PM pledges to fight against HIV/AIDS
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has pledged more initiatives to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in order to limit its spread, a media report said on Tuesday.
Dec 01, 2015, 15:17 PM ISTShow your HIV certificate: Women in this UP village ask husbands
Ram Kishore, a resident of Udaisarai village of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh, who works in Mumbai and comes home once in a year during Diwali was shocked when he was asked for a HIV certificate by his wife before allowing him to share the bed.
Dec 01, 2015, 13:35 PM IST'Asia-Pacific region faces epidemic of HIV among adolescents'
The report 'Adolescents: Under the Radar in the Asia-Pacific AIDS Response', published by the Asia-Pacific Inter-Agency Task Team on Young Key Populations, which includes UNICEF and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS warned that the AIDS epidemic cannot be ended as a public health threat by 2030 without tackling the issue of adolescents.
Dec 01, 2015, 09:48 AM IST28th World AIDS Day: 5 lesser known facts about the disease
World AIDS Day is currently in its 28th edition. It was observed for the first time in 1988. The theme for this year is “Getting to zero; end AIDS by 2030”.
Dec 01, 2015, 09:27 AM ISTAdolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figures released today by UNICEF.
Nov 27, 2015, 09:10 AM ISTAdolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figures released today by UNICEF.
Nov 27, 2015, 07:40 AM ISTGay men in China hit hard by HIV/AIDS epidemic
China has reported nearly 110,000 HIV/AIDS cases so far this year, with gay men accounting for over 25 percent of the total, a media report said on Friday.
Nov 20, 2015, 14:20 PM ISTIs Charlie Sheen HIV positive?
Charlie Sheen will reportedly reveal his HIV secret in an interview with Matt Lauer on ‘Today’.
Nov 17, 2015, 13:34 PM ISTCycling from Kolkata to Bangladesh border for HIV/AIDS awareness
Over a hundred cyclists, including transgenders, will take a ride all the way on Sunday from eastern metropolis to the Bangladesh border in West Bengal to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the remote areas.
Nov 14, 2015, 00:19 AM ISTHIV spread peaks before violent conflict breaks out
The rate of new HIV infections rises significantly in the five years leading up to violent conflict in a country, says a new study.
Nov 13, 2015, 16:11 PM ISTAIDS preventive medicine available from December in Sonagachi
The medicine is designed to prevent sex workers from HIV infection.
Nov 10, 2015, 14:11 PM ISTMedImmune- new way to cure cancer
MedImmune is the newest member of the Human Vaccines Project, which will help to accelerate the research and development of vaccines and immuno therapies for infectious disease and cancer.
Nov 05, 2015, 16:29 PM ISTFrance to lift ban on gay men giving blood: minister
France will lift a ban on gay men donating blood, introduced in the 1980s to prevent the spread of AIDS but criticised by rights groups, the health minister said on Wednesday.
Nov 04, 2015, 17:48 PM ISTDrug from banana substance may help fight AIDS
A substance originally found in bananas and carefully edited by scientists could lead to drugs that fight off a wide range of viruses, including those that cause AIDS, Hepatitis C and influenza, new research suggests.
Oct 23, 2015, 12:47 PM ISTIAVI and CureVac partner to accelerate development and testing of AIDS vaccine candidates
Researchers at IAVI's Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute and elsewhere have designed several novel immunogens that have the potential to elicit such antibodies.
Oct 16, 2015, 20:39 PM IST