Critical Encounters: HIV AIDS

Acne drug prevents HIV breakout

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00 GMT

Scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating.

Acne Drug May Help in the Fight Against AIDS (HealthDay)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:49 GMT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A cheap acne drug that's been used for decades appears to target infected immune-system cells in which HIV lies dormant before coming back to life and spreading infection, researchers have found.

Acupuncture can spread serious diseases: experts

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:01 GMT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and possibly even HIV are being transmitted via acupuncture through the use of contaminated needles, cotton swabs and hot packs, experts warned on Friday.

New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains epidemic

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00 GMT

More than 3 percent of District residents older than 12 are living with HIV or AIDS, an epidemic rate of infection that continues to worry city health officials. But a report on the disease released Wednesday offered hope: New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths have dropped steadily in the past f...

Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage (Reuters)

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:40 GMT

Reuters - In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV. The news, of course, was devastating, but Mitchell believed that he had one thing going for him: On his own initiative, in anticipation of his first year in college, he had purchased his own health insurance.